'Green' Fireworks For 4th Of July - Can You Get The Same Boom With Less Pollution?
Thursday, July 2, 2009 - 04:14
in Earth & Climate
If you're like us, you are eagerly awaiting those July 4 fireworks displays because you get to blow stuff up using science (not just the US, Canada too, though they picked the wrong day by using July 1 for Canada Day celebrations) - if only we could have awesome fireworks yet not ruin the planet. Maybe we can. A new generation of "green" fireworks is trying to take off. Hint: that's "green" as in environmentally friendly. And take off as in ... oh, never mind. read more
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