Sometimes it takes a picture to bring a concept home. When I see even these small images of Chris Jordan’s photos, they give me a perspective that reading text alone is difficult to imagine. 
Please take a look. The artist uses objects against landscapes, or piles of found objects, and statistics in his compositions. He brings to life ghosts of the past, present and future. The titles of his projects are: Running the Numbers: an American Self-Portrait, Intolerable Beauty: Portraits of American Mass Consumption, In Katrina’s Wake: Portraits of Loss from an Unnatural Disaster.
E.P.A wastes and recycling page
E.P.A. trends in electronic wastes and recycling page
Open CRS National Council for Science and the Environment Reports
One Quarter of U.S. Birds Endangered
From the USDA 1/4 of U.S. Birds at Risk, Study Says (Nov 29, 2007)
National Geographic.
The National Audubon Society and the American Bird Conservancy jointly released a watch list identifying 59 species in the continental United States that are on a “red list” of greatest concern and 119 more that are either seriously declining or rare. The report blames habitat loss, pollution, invasive species, and global warming for the species decline.The 2007 Audubon WatchList
National Audubon Soci
Endangered Species Policies Examined
An L.A. Times article reports on Fish and Wildlife mismanagement under former interior department appointee: “7 federal wildlife decisions to be revised. “A political appointee had overruled recommendations by staff scientists on endangered species. She quit under a cloud.”- By Janet Wilson, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer, November 28, 2007
E.P.A. Is Sued by 12 States Over Reports on Chemicals
The states filed the suit for weakening regulations that for two decades have required businesses and industries to report the toxic chemicals they use, store and release. By ANTHONY DePALMA, New York Times. Published: November 29, 2007
