Television watching proposed as rural birth control measure.
Image credit:TimesOnline.
India's Health and Family Welfare Minister is pushing for a rural electrification scheme which sounds analogous to the TVA at its inception, back in the 1930's. But, India's proposed program uses a weird promotional angle: it's presented with population control as a major benefit. TimesOnline reports: “If there is electricity in every v...Read the full story on TreeHuggerPosts Tagged ‘Tva’
Indian Government Pushes Rural Electrification For Population Control: Television As Contraception?
Saturday, August 1st, 2009
Television watching proposed as rural birth control measure.
Image credit:TimesOnline.
India's Health and Family Welfare Minister is pushing for a rural electrification scheme which sounds analogous to the TVA at its inception, back in the 1930's. But, India's proposed program uses a weird promotional angle: it's presented with population control as a major benefit. TimesOnline reports: “If there is electricity in every v...Read the full story on TreeHuggerReport Reveals: TVA was Warned of Ash Spill Danger 23 Years Ago
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Photo via Jeffrey M Sanders
If there's anything more appalling than massive man-caused environmental catastrophes, it's the ensuing reports on how each one could have been (often rather easily) prevented. In the case of the 5.4 million cubic yards of coal ash that spilled out across Tennessee, it turns out the Tennessee Valley Authority had been warned of that exact scenario taking place--by its own employees, and as early as 1985. Oh, and along with this revelation comes the...Read the full story on TreeHugger