Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day
- Anton Chekhov
Here's an interesting article on a mud volcano that started from a Gas drilling site but is now affecting the whole district in Indonesia.
NY Times article on Mud Volcano in Indonesia
