I read a story in Jan 08 about a trail of plastic garbage in the Pacific Ocean that was hundreds of miles long! Check it out here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch

Appalling what mankind does to the environment. I read an environmentalist saying "we don't deserve this planet". After reading some of the stories about the types of environmental damage we inflict on Mother Earth, I have to agree.

There's an assortment of these types of stories available - just google. Also check out what we're doing here at home in the oil fields of Alberta:

http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20071008_110103_110103&source=srch

I appreciate that the oil sands in Fort McMurray are the current economic engine of Canada, but it makes you think at what cost.