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EPA Crowdsources Massive Photo Project

Posted by timothy on from the become-the-mayor-of-a-superfund-site dept.

coondoggie writes "Challenges from U.S. government agencies are all the rage these days and the Environmental Protection Agency today became the latest group to issue one: Take cool pictures of your surrounding environment to become part of historical record. The EPA's Locations Challenge looks to update a 40-year old agency project known as 'Documerica' which included more than 15,000 photographs of images of American environmental problems and everyday life. In the 1970s the EPA hired freelance photographers to capture images relating to environmental problems for the project."

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  1. Great! Let's take pictures of by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    all the chemical plants and nuclear facilities, and behind government buildings where they leave the garbage. Then there's airports and other public places, they can be environmental hazards too. It could get cold being outdoors so much so I'll grow a beard. And while I'm down town maybe I'll pick up some fertiliser for my garden, or take my copy of the Quran back to the library. What could possibly go wrong?

    1. Re:Great! Let's take pictures of by benjamindees · · Score: 5, Funny

      From what it sounds like, you could become a hipster.

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      "I assumed blithely that there were no elves out there in the darkness"
    2. Re:Great! Let's take pictures of by jensend · · Score: 5, Funny

      *shudder*

      While he did ask what could go wrong I imagine he was talking about minor things like security trouble and arrests, not major catastrophes like that.

  2. You call it "American environmental problem" . . . by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 3, Funny

    . . . I call it my "front yard" . . .

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    Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
  3. How about by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    We send them pictures of the many ways the EPA fucks our every day life. 5 million pics of high gas prices on the way. I know those EPA terrorists think that the gas prices are too low for their plans. But why the hell should we make it easy on those bastards to wreck our lives?