Greener Brownfields
Series: November 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
From: Pat Maxwell
Length: 00:01:30
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Shakespeare called it “a precious stone set in the silver sea.” Can you name the country? If you guessed England, you’re right. It was also the first country to be transformed by the Industrial Revolution. In its manufacturing heyday, England was infamous for its skies dark with coal smoke belching from mills and factories. Today, most of England’s coal mines are closed, and industry disposes of pollutants more responsibly. But about 200,000 hectares of “brownfields” were left behind...
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Shakespeare called it “a precious stone set in the silver sea.” Can you name the country? If you guessed England, you’re right. It was also the first country to be transformed by the Industrial Revolution. In its manufacturing heyday, England was infamous for its skies dark with coal smoke belching from mills and factories. Today, most of England’s coal mines are closed, and industry disposes of pollutants more responsibly. But about 200,000 hectares of “brownfields” were left behind...
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