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think that we are useless or God would not have created us.
There is one God looking down on us all. We are all the children
of one God. The sun, the darkness, the winds are all listening
to what we have to say. ”
—Geronimo
October 27, 2011
Five people and four companies have been indicted for
allegedly plotting to export 6,000 radio control devices to
Iran, including 16 of the items that were found in improvised
explosive devices in Iraq, the Justice Department announced
Tuesday.
Geo-engineering technology to absorb climate-warming carbon
dioxide emissions from the atmosphere can be rolled out by 2018,
the UK's Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME) said
On Friday, regulators closed First International Bank, Plano,
Texas. This brings the total number of U.S. bank and thrift
failures to 74 for 2011, behind last year’s pace of 127.
Arizona Public Service Co. and First Solar announced today
the completion of the 17-megawatt (MW) Paloma Solar Power Plant
– the first facility to reach commercial operation as part of
the AZ Sun Program.
Plans to connect the entire Arab world through a single power
grid are on track to be completed by 2014, a senior official
said yesterday.
"In order to advance Arizona's economy, it's essential that
we attract the industries of the future," said Governor Jan
Brewer.
Arizona mom Erin Carr-Jordan, seen at a Chicago McDonald's in
July, is crusading against bacteria-laden play areas at
fast-food restaurants all over the United States.
The facility consolidates waste and takes out recyclables
before it is transported to landfills in the area.
Rapidly growing megacities in Africa and Asia face the
highest risks from rising sea levels, floods and other climate
change impacts, says a global survey aimed at guiding city
planners and investors.
Who ever thought that every home in America would have a
radio, a television, a phone, a computer, and now a solar
rooftop? If it can be imagined, then it can be done.
The most recent list.
America is broken—economically, spiritually, morally, and
financially. Somewhere, somehow, at some point, we’ve lost our
way. In fact, it’s not just confined to the United
States…
Let's say you like the concept of renewable energy, but rent
your living space, as do about 12,000 other Flagstaff
households.
Liberals often fail to understand the fault lines that run
through the Republican Party. But when those fault lines mirror
their own, you would think they'd get it.
California Attorney General Kamala Harris has filed suit
against bottled water companies Aquamantra and Balance Water and
their bottle supplier, ENSO Plastics, charging that the
companies´ claims that their bottles biodegrade are false.
For renewable energy in the U.S., the question of survival and
growth is still unanswered. After all, the Department of Energy
has been funding renewable energy research and development since
its inception some 34 years ago...
Deserts are an unlikely place to find a form of plant life
that is so promising as to grown quickly on very little. Still
arid climate plants are very hardy. Tel Aviv University
researchers are doing their part to reduce humanity's carbon
footprint by successfully growing forests in the most unlikely
place — deep in Israel's Aravah Desert.
China is facing increasing safety risks from its nuclear
power plants as existing facilities age and a large number of
new reactors go into operation, the country's environmental
minister said in comments published on Wednesday.
Chinese solar manufacturers came under fire last week with news
breaking that SolarWorld and six unnamed American manufacturers
were filing a trade complaint, alleging unfair trading practices
and pushing for a tariff of 100 percent to be placed on all
crystalline silicon cells and modules imported from China.
China and Taiwan have agreed to cooperate on nuclear safety
in the aftermath of Japan's nuclear crisis.
Climate
change and population growth in the United States will make
having enough fresh water more challenging in the coming years,
an expert on water shortages said on Wednesday.
It's a day of competing press conferences in Springfield as
supporters and opponents of smart grid legislation attempt to
win over legislators.
The 17-nation eurozone is set to shore up its bailout fund to
contain the debt turmoil that threatens to engulf more countries
across Europe, and German lawmakers said Monday the plan could
boost the fund's lending capacity to more than 1/31 trillion
($1.39 trillion).
Here's the problem. The FDA is now being
pressured by the Pharmaceutical Companies to force supplement
manufacturers to stop making and selling supplements developed
after 1994 unless it passes the same testing used for drugs.
That testing is simply not economically viable. In some cases it
takes hundreds of millions to test drugs and to get them
approved. All of our supplements are state of the art. For
example I use active B vitamins in almost all of my
formulations. We will no longer be able to do that. In other
words your rights to buy high quality nutraceuticals will be
taken away.
With electricity costs increasing
nearly 22% in the past five years and even higher and more
volatile prices projected, water agencies face a daunting
challenge in keeping costs down for ratepayers, while at the
same time finding the resources to invest in critical
infrastructure projects.
The fossil fuel sectors are fighting back against a wave of
popular sentiment that they say is ill-founded. The oil, gas and
coal industries say that their products are abundant and
reliable, allowing this nation achieve its economic well-being.
The European Union is doomed to fail, at least as a monetary
bloc, because the cultural differences between northern and
southern countries are just too vast to allow for one monetary
policy, says former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan.
Republicans and Democrats must each give ground to address
budget deficits and rising debt burdens if they are serious
about fixing the economy, says Harvard economist Martin
Feldstein.
"It must be considered that
there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful
of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new
order of things."
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italy's Eni said Thursday adjusted earnings rose 7% during
the third quarter as higher oil and gas prices offset lower
production volumes while it resumes output from Libya.
For something that looks so ungainly, the rig exhibits
surprising stability. Thanks to three onboard gyro sensors, the
device effectively maintains its orientation and altitude, even
after collisions. Numerous control surfaces also assist with
attitude control.
A longtime internal policy that allowed Justice Department
officials to deny the existence of sensitive information could
become the law of the land -- in effect a license to lie -- if a
newly proposed rule becomes federal regulation in the coming
weeks.
A 57-year-old Louisiana man was sentenced to 36 months in
jail and fined $80,000 after he was convicted on 15 felony
charges that he knowingly violated the state´s Water Control
Law.
Mortgage insurers were pummeled by claims in the first half
of the year, losing $2.4 billion in the six months through
June--$618 million in the first quarter plus another $1.7
billion in the second quarter.
Property and casualty insurers are having a tough year.
Natural disasters cost money, and guess who ultimately pays —
the consumer.
Devastating drought, failing crops, Hurricane Irene’s rage,
Texas wildfires, hundreds of tornadoes throughout the Midwest,
Tropical Storm Lee and record-breaking rainfall are just a few
of the year’s weather disasters that have pummeled property and
casualty insurers.
Researchers say U.S. geothermal resources are capable of
producing more than 3 million megawatts of power, 10 times that
of today's coal-fired power plants.
The new Boeing Phantom plane uses engines which run on
hydrogen fuel. After the hydrogen is burned in the engines, only
water is emitted. The plane is a drone, or unmanned aerial
vehicle. It will be used by the US military for surveillance
purposes. The plane can fly at 65,000 feet for several days at a
time and has a wingspan of 150 feet. Powered by two 150 hp four
cylinder engines, it can cruise at 170 miles per hour. These
engines are found in some models of the Ford Fusion, but in the
Phantom they have been turbocharged and modified for high
altitude flight.
Utilities are investing in high-tech meters that not only
track energy use but also provide other kinds of information. At
the same time, their customers are divided in their willingness
to accept the new technology, according to a new report from
J.D. Power and Associates.
The worst fears about Obamacare are now being realized in a
decision on Monday by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
(MPAC) established by the law to supervise $500 billion in
Medicare cuts. MPAC, whose decisions have the force of law, has
voted to impose drastic pay cuts on all doctors under Medicare
and, by extension, under Medicaid (which tends to follow suit).
The cuts will effectively reduce the real pay for specialists by
50% over the next ten years ..
During a three-day Western trip that ended Wednesday, Obama
announced initiatives that could help 1.6 million college
students repay their federal loans, 1 million homeowners meet
their mortgage payments, and 8,000 veterans find jobs.
Nearly half of Americans say they have a gun in their
household, the highest percentage since 1993.
Growth among China's wind turbine manufacturers has slowed since
the beginning of 2011 due to several factors, including more
stringent regulatory approval for wind power programs and
reduced quality control. Most manufacturers recorded significant
declines in their financial results for the first half.
one C-class flare, There is a slight chance for an isolated
M-class flare. The geomagnetic field is expected to be
generally quiet for the first two days (29-29 October). An
increase to unsettled levels is expected late on the 29th or
early on the 30th due to high speed solar wind stream from a
coronal hole.
Increasing acidification in coastal waters could compromise
the ability of oysters and other marine creatures to form and
keep their shells, according to a new study led by University of
Georgia researchers.
The idea of generating hydrogen from salt water has often
been claimed to work effectively. However, the systems proposed
so far generally require a much greater energy input than the
energy they produce, making them impractical for energy
generation. Now, a recently revived system may be able to
cheaply generate a small amount of power.
The thinking there is that the newfound shale gas supplies
will lead to more development and cause the demand for natural
gas to escalate. Several factors have inhibited that gas from
getting to markets, two of which have been the scarcity of
pipelines and the fragmentation of the industry itself. Not only
does consolidation give Kinder more resources to expand its
network but merging also helps the company provide more seamless
coverage.
It found 171 Wisconsin companies that either produce, sell or
install wind power equipment or plan wind development.
Another 135 companies are part of the solar energy industry.
A new study suggests that for thousands of years, humans have
been exposed to nanoparticles shed by metal items such as silver
cutlery.
A greenhouse nearing completion in Italy will tap the sun's
energy to grow crops while generating electricity from its
roof-mounted photovoltaic modules...
Despite 87% of respondents saying they were aware of the
environmental effects of old batteries, 63% of respondents said
they did not recycle their batteries or drop them off at
hazardous waste centers.
It is hard to overstate the importance of the consumer when
it comes to the health of the U.S. economy. With roughly 70% of
U.S. GDP coming from consumer spending, the purchasing habits of
U.S. households are a critical contributor to economic health.
But over the last three years consumers have been tightening
their belts and paring their debt load. While that deleveraging
bodes well for the financial health of households over the long
term, it is also a drag on the economy at a time when concerns
are mounting about the possibility of a double dip recession.
Death by medicine is a 21st-century epidemic, and America's
"war on drugs" is clearly directed at the wrong enemy!
Prescription drugs are now killing far more people than
illegal drugs, and while most major causes of preventable deaths
are declining, those from prescription drug use are
increasing...
The trials, tribulations and triumphs of one man’s recovery
through traditional healing.
We hear a lot about the upcoming democratization of energy.
But with the average consumer thinking about energy only six
minutes per year, it’s fair to wonder if anyone will show up to
‘vote.’
Suppose you're some poor schmuck in India whose country was
forced by the World Bank to open up its seed markets to
genetically-modified seed from major corporations. Through
manipulative marketing practices, these companies seduce you
into purchasing their "superior" seed.
Hundreds of Tunisians, holding
placards, gather in Tunis, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, to protest
against the moderate Islamic party Ennahda. A moderate Islamist
party claimed victory Monday in Tunisia's landmark elections as
preliminary results indicated it had won the biggest share of
votes, assuring it will have a strong say in the future
constitution of the country whose popular revolution led to the
Arab Spring.
U.S. crude oil inventories jumped 4.735 million barrels to
337.634 million barrels the week ending October 21, as imports
rose sharply and refinery inputs also increased, the U.S. Energy
Information Administration (EIA) data showed Wednesday.
If you’re not a Bank of America customer, don’t get smug.
Chase and Wells Fargo are testing a $3 debit card fee in some
markets too. These two banks haven’t decided whether or when
they’ll make the fee permanent. But it’s more than likely
they’ll put some fee structure in place.
Freddie Mac (OTC:
FMCC) yesterday released the results of its Primary Mortgage
Market Survey® (PMMS), showing average fixed mortgage rates
changing little for the second consecutive week amid mixed
consumer confidence and housing data. Fixed mortgage rates
remain near their 60-year lows.
Requests for information about Google users from U.S.
government authorities jumped 29 percent in the first six months
of the year, according to a recent report issued by the online
search company. "Google does a better job in a lot of ways than
most companies about receipt of government process,"...
US House lawmakers on both sides of the aisle Tuesday blasted
the Obama administration for failing to take a strong enough
stand on trade issues with China, including Beijing's
clean-energy subsidies.
The Obama administration is
setting up an Internet-based embassy to reach out to Iranians
hoping to broaden their understanding of the United States,
while at the same time studying new sanctions to raise the
pressure on Iran's government over its disputed nuclear program
and alleged ties to terrorism.
"China has for years been engaging in economic protectionism
and a quiet economic war affecting all of its trading partners,"
the group states. And SolarWorld's president Kevin Kilkelly
pointed to the recent Jinko Solar chemical pollution controversy
as an example of allowed lack of transparency.)
The advance estimate of annualized U.S. third-quarter 2001
GDP growth was 2.5%, marking an acceleration from
disappointingly weak 1.3% and 0.4% increases in second and first
quarter of the year, respectively. The increase in overall GDP
was in line with market expectations; however, encouragingly,
more of the gain resulted from a stronger than expected 2.4%
rise in third-quarter consumer spending ...
As the nation explores whether to invest more in nuclear
energy, the National Academy of Sciences has begun a study of
cancer risks faced by people living near nuclear facilities — a
study it admits is worrisome.
I think we found where the cuts should be made!
With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF),
Duffy and his team are documenting the flow of water at the
forested Shale Hills watershed from rain and snow through
plants, soil and rock — from "bedrock to boundary layer."
African farmers have developed new cultivation
techniques and adopted short-season crop varieties using their
own experience and observation to adapt to climate change a
workshop in Benin has heard.
Social agreement, like a treaty—or even as the trustworthy
word of an honest human being—must be kept. Once broken,
dissonance ensues, and conflict is sure to follow.
They don't understand how we analyze utility investments or
how prices are set. They don't understand the incentives
provided to utilities or protections required by customers. Put
simply, they don't understand the "regulatory compact" between
customers and utilities.
Wind energy is more affordable than ever, and new
installations across the country are saving consumers money on
their electric bills, as utilities rush to lock in long-term
favorable rates.
The production of this ingredient causes jaw-dropping amounts
of deforestation (and with it, carbon emissions) and human
rights abuses.
October 25, 2011
Using shovels, heavy machinery and their bare hands, rescue
workers scrambled through piles of rubble to find survivors
Monday after a deadly 7.2-magnitude earthquake devastated parts
of eastern Turkey.
Afghanistan would back rival Pakistan in a war with America,
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday.
"If fighting starts between Pakistan and the U.S., we are
beside Pakistan," Karzai said in a chest-beating statement to
Pakistani television station GEO.
...the revival of rail transportation of crude. It's been
made possible largely by the blown out spread between Brent and
WTI. It means that crude out of the Bakken that would otherwise
go by pipeline to the depressed market of Cushing, Oklahoma, can
instead profitably assume the burden of rail transportation
costs and go to the US Gulf Coast. Or California.
Those are the exact words of forecasters, who are predicting
a rough winter all across the United States. And you know what
that means:
...shows business owner confidence has dropped 34% from
Spring 2011 to Fall 2011. Looking ahead business owners have
similar pessimism about the overall economy with just 29%
expecting an improvement in business conditions over the next
twelve months versus 25% who expect a continued deterioration.
Ninety-eight interconnected tubes of what appears to be a
green, bubbling goo sit inside the greenhouse behind the Center
for Applied Energy Research lab at the University of Kentucky.
Year-on-year, Chinese oil demand continues to rise. But that
annual comparison continues to decline just a little bit each
month. September was no different
House Democrats are moving on several fronts to keep
political pressure on the supercommittee to repeal oil-and-gas
industry tax breaks in its deficit-reduction package.
Long-time cold fusion researcher Dr. George Miley, affiliate
professor at the University of Illinois, has recently released a
report documenting his successful replication of the work of
cold fusion pioneer James Patterson. Dr. Miley feels that the
work of Mr. Patterson and Andrea Rossi have many similarities
and has offered a theory that is felt to cover both.
he Environmental Protection Agency said it planned to
regulate wastewater discharged by companies producing natural
gas from shale formations, including chemically laced water used
in a controversial extraction process known as hydraulic
fracturing.
Biofuels face their biggest test yet -- whether they can
power fighter jets and tanks in battle at prices the world’s
best-funded military can afford.
Rivers are twice as likely to be polluted by municipal
wastewater treatment plants than industrial wastewater discharge
• A publicly owned and managed water utility is 100 times more
likely to breach Safe Drinking Water Act regulations than
investor owned water utilities
A top Wacker Polysilicon official said in Chattanooga on
Friday that recent high-profile bankruptcies of solar companies
are failures of those firms and don't reflect the industry's
health.
"The solar market is exploding worldwide,"...
War is on its way in the Middle East as Muslim countries are
determined to force a showdown over the future of Israel, Ronald
Reagan’s assistant defense secretary Frank Gaffney warned in an
exclusive Newsmax.TV interview.
Exposure in the womb to bisphenol A, a chemical used to make
plastic containers and to line cans of food, is associated with
behavior and emotional problems in young girls, new research has
shown for the first time.
“The world watched the nuclear crisis in Japan with fear and
heavy hearts; no one wants to see a repeat here in one of the
most densely populated regions of the country,” said NRDC
President Frances Beinecke. “Fortunately, we have a wealth of
safer energy sources ready to go that can fully replace the
power from Indian Point. When we consider the human and economic
costs of a nuclear crisis in New York, and the host of benefits
from investing in clean energy, the solution is common sense.”
Islamists on Monday claimed victory in Tunisia's first
democratic election, sending a message to other states in the
region that long-sidelined Islamists are challenging for power
after the "Arab Spring."
Crop scientists in the United States, the world's largest
food exporter, are pondering an odd question: could the danger
of global warming really be the heat?
For years, as scientists have assembled data on climate
change and pointed with concern at melting glaciers and other
visible changes in the life-giving water cycle, the impact on
seasonal rains and irrigation has worried crop watchers most.
Libya's interim leader outlined more radical plans to
introduce Islamic law than expected as he declared the official
liberation of the country.
Under this legislation, states could set up their own
permitting program for the management and disposal of coal ash
that is based on existing EPA regulations to protect human
health and the environment.
Hydraulic fracturing has been practiced since 1949 and has
become
extremely popular across the U.S. as gas companies
have increasingly focused on hard-to-tap gas reserves, but
little information is available on its impact on surface and
ground water supplies.
Scientists at Northwestern University, Illinois, have
outlined a new method for detecting electromagnetic radiation at
the high energy end of the spectrum. The work could lead to the
development of a small, hand held device able to detect this
"hard radiation" and has implications for the detection of
radioactive materials which could potentially be employed in
terrorist weapons, such as nuclear bombs or radiological
dispersion devices, as well as materials employed in clandestine
nuclear programs.
Against a backdrop of increasing business exposure to global
water supply threats, Ceres recently released a new tool for
evaluating those risks – and opportunities – that both investors
and companies can use as a roadmap to enhanced water
stewardship.
* Costs of green power to fall rapidly, market share to rise
* Broader geographic base to diversify risks, rewards
* Investors looking for climate-neutral, socially just products
C1 x-ray event, Solar activity is expected to be low with a
slight chance for isolated M-class activity. The ACE spacecraft
observed an interplanetary shock passage at 24/1748Z with a
subsequent sudden
impulse, Wind velocities increased from a
steady 350 km/s to 525 km/s and remained so through the end of
the period. This mostly likely was the arrival of a CME that
occurred at 22/0058Z in association with an eruptive filament.
A huge reservoir of natural gas trapped in shale rock deep
beneath Ohio holds the promise of a fresh supply of cheap energy
and thousands of new jobs.
But what does it mean to the state's coal industry?
Solar photovoltaic (PV) component profits are set to fall by
70% year-on-year in Q4’11 according to IMS Research.
A number of countries in Southeast Asia such as Thailand,
Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia have begun to pursue
wide-scale investment in solar power.
Swiss banks will likely settle a sweeping U.S. probe of
offshore tax evasion by paying billions of dollars and handing
over names of thousands of Americans who have secret accounts,
according to two people familiar with the matter.
Texas
set a new record for wind-power output earlier this month as
coastal wind farms start to play a bigger role in supplying
electricity to the state, the grid operator said in a report.
Thailand's capital was braced for more flooding on Sunday as
water levels rose in some of Bangkok's northern suburbs and
troops raced to fortify defense walls to protect two key
industrial zones.
The 1% indeed: a new study of the global economy and wealth
concentration has identified a complex system of only 147 banks
and corporations around the world which share in the largest
chunk of the change. While that number might not seem too
shocking to those of us paying attention, this study, "by a trio
of complex systems theorists at the Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology in Zurich, is the first to go beyond ideology to
empirically identify such a network of power," writes New
Scientist.
Turkish troops have killed at least 49 Kurdish rebels in a
valley near the Iraq border, the military said on Saturday, as
hundreds of troops also pursued Kurdish fighters within northern
Iraq.
Chief Circling Raven of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe had a vision
back in the 1700s of men in black robes who would come to the
tribe. Chief Shining Shirt of the Pend Oreille Tribe in Montana
had a somewhat similar vision. Neither man lived to see that day
but later generations were visited by the “Black Robes,” Jesuit
priests of the Catholic Church.
The Billion Dollar Green Challenge may have been launched
just this week, but already 32 universities, Harvard and
Stanford among them, have committed $65 million to investments
that finance energy efficiency upgrades.
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Friday approved BP's
exploration plan to drill up to four deepwater wells in the Gulf
of Mexico -- a major step toward returning the company to
deepwater exploration in the Gulf after its April 2010 Macondo
well blowout and spill.
The bailout of European financial institution Dexia
highlights the fragility of banks worldwide, including in the
U.S., experts say.
Like oil in the 20th century, water could well be the
essential commodity on which the 21st century will turn.
Human beings have depended on access to water since the
earliest days of civilization, but with 7 billion people on the
planet as of October 31, exponentially expanding urbanization
and development are driving demand like never before.
The motive for California’s law was driven primarily by its
struggling financial situation. Because many other states are
facing similar scenarios with large budget deficits, they too
are contemplating related actions. It’s understandable why
states want to impose these taxes, but does that make it right?
Mistrust at local level
Though much of the testimony focused on concerns over local
control. committee co-chairman Rep. John Keenan, D-Salem,
proposed another reason for the opposition: a mistrust of local
government.
October 21, 2011
Now, Herman Cain understands that we need fundamental reform
to get our economy moving. He calls for replacing the current
system with just three levies of 9 percent each on personal
income, corporate income and consumption. There would be no
capital gains tax, inheritance tax, Social Security tax or
Medicare tax. Just 9-9-9.
His proposal is breathtaking.
About 98 proponents and opponents of a wind turbine on Winter
Island hopped aboard the Salem ferry yesterday on a voyage to
the South Shore to discover what two turbines look and sound
like.
A federal judge in Brazil has ruled that the environmental
licensing of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam on the Xingu River
in the Amazon is illegal due to the lack of consultation with
affected indigenous peoples.
he U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just
released a new version of its Community Multi-scale Air Quality
model (CMAQ) that uses up-to-the minute meteorology and air
chemistry data to determine how weather conditions affect
pollution, and how pollution can affect and change weather.
U.S. Department of Energy officials violated environmental
laws by approving exploration and mining for uranium in
Colorado, a federal judge ruled.
The death of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi could create a
vacuum that a whole new slew of Islamic terrorists and would-be
despots seek to fill, says award-winning journalist Arnaud de
Borchgrave in an exclusive Newsmax.TV interview.
There is
a grave risk that the fractious nation divided along tribal
lines could fracture or further weaken, creating a new breeding
ground for terrorists...
"This food contains genetically modified
ingredients." Such a label on food items is being
demanded by food-conscious individuals...
A study by Columbia University scientists found that plastic
waste in landfills can power 5.2 million U.S. homes.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced
$592,400 in funding for a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
project in Huron Manistee National Forest. The U.S. Forest
Service project will help to restore Lake Michigan and put
people back to work, using a conservation corps model
to hire unemployed workers to improve habitat.
An economic recovery in the United States would raise the
risk of incipient inflation, thanks to the huge amount of
dollars the Federal Reserve has put into the banking system,
warns Fed Governor Charles Plosser.
The House of Representatives today passed another bill that
would prevent the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from
protecting public health.
A high-tech flywheel plant, touted as one of the nation's
most innovative energy projects at its opening this summer, has
had two massive, rapidly spinning underground flywheels fail and
begin to disintegrate.
The intensifying quest for alternatives to fossil fuels and
the need to bridge the energy demand and supply gap has opened
up new avenues for the waste to energy plant market.
At last, victims of Japan's nuclear crisis can claim
compensation. And they are angry.
They are furious at the red tape they have to wade through
just to receive basic help and in despair they still cannot get
on with their lives seven months after the huge quake and
tsunami triggered the world's worst nuclear disaster in 25
years.
The story, however, won't end with Gaddafi's death. Now there
is a new concern: Where is Libya headed next? Will the rebels
ally themselves with the West, or with the Radicals jihadists of
Iran, Sudan and al Qaeda?
As dawn broke in the coastal Libyan city of Sirte on
Thursday, its most notorious inhabitant, Moammar Gadhafi must
have known his chances of seeing the day out were slim at best.
Wind power now accounts for the majority of the world’s
installed capacity of non-hydropower renewable energy
generation, and most people in the energy industry have come to
appreciate it as a low-cost, clean energy technology that is key
to not only reducing carbon emissions, but also driving economic
growth in the 21st century.
Hundreds of the world's largest investors, representing more
than $20 trillion in assets, today encouraged governments and
international policy makers to take new legally-enforceable
steps to combat climate change at the upcoming UN climate summit
in Durban, South Africa.
First, Iran now has enough enriched uranium to build at least
four nuclear warheads. Second, a sobering new report finds that
despite numerous technical hurdles, Iran is well on its way to
building nuclear warheads.
With rising energy prices, people are looking at every
available alternative to reduce their energy costs, whether it's
buying a car cheaper on gas, to turning the thermostat down
during the winter, to looking at solar technologies to convert
over to in running essential household items. Everyone would
love to have access to a solar system for their house, wouldn't
they? But let's face it... those house systems cost a fairly
pretty penny to purchase and have installed. No, let's rephrase
that... they cost more than a lot of us can afford!
You deserve to be energy independent without breaking the
bank. You need high quality products to fashion that solar
system you've got stewing in the back of your mind.
Japan has not ruled out the possibility of complete closure
of its nuclear power stations as one option for the country's
future energy policy after the world's worst nuclear accident in
25 years, economy minister Yukio Edano said.
A Pakistani nuclear power plant imposed a seven-hour
emergency after heavy water leaked from a feeder pipe to the
reactor, but no radiation or damage has been reported, an
official said on Thursday.
A deadly and highly contagious marine influenza virus, called
infectious salmon anemia, has for the first time been officially
documented in salmon in British Columbia.
Here Are Some Disturbing Facts:
After 10 Days With No
Food, 90% of People Will Steal, Pillage and Kill.
But
Worse, Within 15 Days, Severe Hunger Transforms Ordinary People
Into Savage Human Flesh Eaters
NASA has released a series of new satellite images that show
tens of millions of fires detected worldwide from space since
2002. The US space agency maintains a comprehensive research
program using satellites, aircraft and ground resources to
observe and analyze fires around the world. The research helps
scientists understand how fire affects our environment on local,
regional and global scales.
Global climate talks in South Africa next month will not
produce a "big bang" capable of producing a new and binding pact
to slash greenhouse gases, but steady progress could be made, a
senior European climate official said on Tuesday.
The recent discovery of a 30-foot, hairline crack in the
concrete outer shell structure at FirstEnergy's Davis-Besse
Nuclear Generating Station is further reason the plant's
operating license should not be renewed past its current
expiration six years from now, anti-nuclear critics said during
a news conference Wednesday morning.
The recovery of fuel oil from a stricken container ship
grounded off New Zealand resumed on Thursday as salvage teams
worked to minimize the damage in the country's worst
environmental disaster in decades.
Economist and former Reagan adviser Arthur Laffer says Herman
Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan is a good one.
Arizona has produced more than 4,700 solar jobs, including
400 from the Agua Caliente Solar Project, and ranks third
nationally in solar job creation, according to the Solar
Foundation's National Solar Jobs Census 2011.
M1 flare, C-class, Solar activity is expected to be low for
the next three days (21-23 October) with a chance for M-class
activity. The geomagnetic field is expected to be mostly
quiet for the next three days (21-23 October).
"That's the elegance of this machine. It sounds like it's
just so basic, but it picks the oil off, puts it in a trough and
we pump it away, and that's all there is to it," says Team
Elastec project manager Don Johnson. "And it does it at a nearly
90 percent efficiency rate."
It has often and continually debated on how much the level of
the sea rise in the next few decades and centuries. Sea level
changes is actually old hat and has been happening (up and down)
for millenia. The new estimates show that the sea will
rise approximately 1 meter in the next 100 years in agreement
with other recent studies.
The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a pipeline safety bill
on Monday that would require strength-testing of old pipes and
hike fines for safety violations after a series of accidents and
explosions.
The legislation was sparked by an explosion a year ago in San
Bruno, California, on a line owned by Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
The explosion destroyed a neighborhood and killed eight people.
Power generation from small wind turbines is an increasingly
important part of the broader market for renewable distributed
energy generation. Small wind power provides cost-effective
electricity on a highly localized level, both in remote settings
as well as in conjunction with power from the utility grid.
Social Security recipients will receive a cost of living
adjustment of 3.6% starting in January.
Because inflation has been very low in recent years,
beneficiaries have not gotten a COLA increase since 2009
While solar power systems continue to become cheaper and more
efficient, homeowners may still be intimidated by the process.
To alleviate the fear of going solar, and to provide
first-hand advice, nonprofit organization Arizona SmartPower has
created the Arizona Solar Ambassador project.
A coalition of seven US-based solar panel manufacturers filed
a complaint Wednesday alleging unfair trade practices, setting
off an investigation that could thrust the solar industry in the
middle of a US-China trade dispute.
A few years ago, USA Today did a two-page article
about the problems faced by the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes in their
battle to clean up a Superfund plant on the Fort Hall
Reservation in Idaho (USA Today, “Tribes fight toxic
giant,” June 3, 1998). I am sorry to say the saga continues.
About 83% of those surveyed said it is the responsibility of
the service center replacing a car battery to recycle it,
according to SLAB Watchdog, which had Harris Interactive conduct
a survey about car batteries and electronic waste.
"Our latest measurements show that radiation from the damaged
reactors is 100 million becquerels per hour, which is one
eight-millionth of the amount measured soon after the accident,
The world has less than 18 months until we hit the Debt-Wall
— that moment when the world runs out of enough liquid capital
in the entire world to fund the deficits being run up by
governments.
Once we hit that Debt-Wall , our lives will change radically
— and for the worse.
The Delaware were also organized in a free and independent
Confederacy. It was the free existence or liberty of Indian
nations that resulted in the Indian treaties. Our North American
Indian ancestors served as a model of liberty by demonstrating
to the British colonists what it meant to be truly free, and
this model became a value that many of the founders of the
United States such as Benjamin Franklin greatly admired. No
people on earth were more free than our ancestors.
Americans are not accustomed to paying, and have been largely
unaware of, the true cost of treating and delivering clean, safe
water to their taps. Americans pay less for water – about a
penny per gallon on average – than do residents of most other
developed nations. Water is also typically the lowest percentage
utility cost per household, less than gas/oil, telephone and
electricity.
Global Hunger Index (GHI) suggests that the root of the
2007-2008 food crisis was increased demand for biofuels
combined with an increase in speculation in the commodities
markets. GHI says we’re now on track for a repeat of 2008...
except this time it may be worse.
Food prices may go higher than they did in 2008. And
supplies may be stretched thinner than they’ve ever been
stretched.
It's the middle of October, and the solar industry is on life
support. Evergreen has died. SpectraWatt is buried. And
Solyndra's eulogy has made mention of the black plague of
federal financing. Meanwhile, ethanol is counting its days and
second generation biofuels are DOA. And wind? If it's not dying,
it's on a killing spree taking with it every bird in sight.
OK. So this isn't the reality. But in many circles,
it's the perception. And as we all know, perception can
quickly turn into reality.
Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) yesterday released the results of
its Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS), showing average
mortgage rates relatively unchanged for the week amid mixed
economic and consumer sentiment reports. Adjustable mortgage
rates were mixed while fixed mortgage rates held steady
remaining near their 60-year lows.
An unofficial gauge of human misery in the United States rose
last month to a 28-year high as Americans struggled with rising
inflation and high unemployment.
The misery index — which is simply the sum of the country's
inflation and unemployment rates — rose to 13.0, pushed up by
higher price data the government reported.
Today’s Beige Book
report, compiled in preparation for the November 1-2, 2011
Federal Open Market Committee meeting, continued to portray a
very subdued economic environment with the pace of growth
characterized in many districts as modest or slight.
Utilities in the Pacific Northwest are using cash incentives
to encourage homeowners with aging, inefficient baseboard and
wall-mounted heaters to replace them with ductless heating and
cooling systems.
Ductless systems can reduce homeowner heating bills by 25
percent to 50 percent...
Back in the 1990s, the federal government tried an unusual
social experiment: It offered thousands of poor women in
big-city public housing a chance to live in more affluent
neighborhoods.
A decade later, the women who relocated had lower rates of
diabetes and extreme obesity - differences that are being hailed
as compelling evidence that where you live can determine your
health.
Yucca Mountain, designed to be a final repository for spent
nuclear fuel, might have alternative uses, but waste
reprocessing is better suited for places such as Savannah River
Site, according to a Government Accountability Office report.
October 18, 2011
The desalination market was still feeling the effects of the
economic downturn in 2010 and many projects were put on hold.
Following the election of the new government in Trinidad and
Tobago all planned projects were shelved. Elsewhere, major
markets were still Saudi Arabia, the USA, the UAE and Spain;
with Saudi and the UAE continuing to be predominantly thermal
markets, and Spain and the USA as membrane markets. Some
projects were commissioned in new markets, such as the Beckton
plant in the UK, but not nearly as many as expected.
It's hard to comprehend the impact of the Black Death. The
"Great Pestilence" is believed to have originated somewhere in
Northern Asia in the 1330s before hitting Europe in 1347. It
killed an estimated 75 million people worldwide - that's around
25 per cent of all humans in existence at the time. Now in an
effort to better understand modern infectious diseases,
scientist have sequenced the entire genome of the Black Death.
While the Occupy Wall Street protest movement has gained
rapid notoriety, a new poll from The Hill indicates that
Americans might be more supportive of an Occupy Washington
movement. The survey shows that 56 percent of likely voters
blame the country’s economic and financial woes on the
government, compared with 33 percent who view Wall Street as
responsible.
House budget committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan and Ronald
Reagan’s economic guru Art Laffer both expressed their support
for the plan which would replace the current tax code.
The anti-tax Club for Growth also came out in favor...
One in every four solar energy jobs in America is held by a
Californian, and growth in the clean-tech industry is burgeoning
nationwide, a new study said.
Changing the talk from "wealth redistribution" to "income
mobility," Republicans are trying to move the conversation away
from the "class warfare" that President Obama and Democrats have
pursued in recent weeks to legislation that will get businesses
to spend money.
While the public battle over wind turbines has garnered
headlines in recent years, solar power has quietly been moving
forward with the potential to eclipse the promise of wind in
delivering savings to towns.
The CDC adamantly enforces vaccine use but doesn’t exactly
have its own scientific basis for backing its claim.
China’s 12th Five Year Plan has introduced ambitious targets
to increase its solar energy generating capacity, and is about
to introduce an aggressive feed-in tariff to further boost its
solar sector. It’s time for the rest of the world to sit up and
take note.
Does Solyndra’s bankruptcy belie the clean technology sector?
Green energy has gotten a black eye but as pioneering tools exit
the queue, it will rebound.
Plants and animals are shrinking because of warmer
temperatures and lack of water, researchers said on Monday,
warning it could have profound implications for food production
in years ahead.
A bill in Congress that would force the U.S. EPA to regulate
coal ash under Subtitle D passed the House of Representatives.
Instead of turning corn into ethanol, the Harvey County plant
converts industrial and municipal trash into gases that can be
burned to produce steam and electricity.
In late 2010, solar panel makers were sold out, Germany was
gobbling up record numbers of the clean energy systems, and new
markets were steadily growing.
Now, the erosion of subsidies in Germany and Italy, the
world's two biggest markets, and rising production of the panels
that turn sunlight into electricity has left the industry awash
in a glut of equipment and driven panel prices down by some 35
percent this year.
The utility officials said they haven't run into major snags.
If they can persuade customers to charge at night, they're ready
to absorb hundreds of thousands of plug-in electric vehicles
with minimal upgrades to the electric grid.
Businesses across the region are revamping how they use
power, from replacing old lightbulbs with new, energy-efficient
ones to adding insulation, solar lights and low-capacity water
heaters.
TWIN studies have shown that people with schizophrenia and
bipolar disorder have changes in gene activity caused by their
environment. The finding provides the strongest evidence yet
that such gene changes might cause the conditions.
The European Union must make a drastic shift from fossil
fuels and derive more and more of its power from renewable
sources, driving up electricity costs over the next two decades,
according to a draft document seen by Reuters on Monday.
Last year researchers at Imperial College London proposed
that along with being used to cloak physical objects
metamaterials could also be used to cloak a singular event in
time. A year later, researchers from Cornell University have
demonstrated a working "temporal cloak" that is able to conceal
a burst of light as if it had never occurred.
U.S. corporate credit facilities have moderate overall
funding commitments from European banks, according to a Fitch
Ratings study. Fitch sampled a group of revolvers and found that
most contained approximately 20%-45% of commitments from
European banks. While overall exposure in corporates is
moderate, specific issuer exposures can be significant, with
commitment levels as high as 62% for individual revolvers.
In conjunction with a broad assessment of the ratings for the
largest banking institutions in the world, Fitch Ratings is
conducting a review of the global trading and universal banks in
its rating portfolio. As part of that review, Fitch has placed
the Viability Ratings (VRs) of seven and the long-term Issuer
Default Ratings (IDRs) of six global trading and universal banks
on Rating Watch Negative.
Fluor Corporation, the parent company of Savannah River
Nuclear Solutions, announced Thursday an investment of more than
$30 million in an Oregon-based company that is commercializing
small modular reactor technology.
Salvage teams raced on Monday to pump oil from a stricken
container ship off the New Zealand coast ahead of bad weather
which could split the vessel into two pieces spewing more oil
onto local beaches
North American forests appear to have a greater capacity to
soak up heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas than researchers had
previously anticipated.
As a result, they could help slow the pace of human-caused
climate warming more than most scientists had thought, a
University of Michigan ecologist and his colleagues have
concluded.
The Federal Reserve will roll out a third round of
quantitative easing — asset purchases from banks — and steer the
economy away from a fresh recession, says Goldman Sachs Chief
Economist Jan Hatzius.
The Fed, under Chairman Ben
Bernanke, has already launched two rounds of quantitative
easing, known widely as QE1 and QE2.
Paving slabs that convert energy from people's footsteps into
electricity are set to help power Europe's largest urban mall,
at the 2012 London Olympics site.
Doug George-Kanentiio, vice president of the Hiawatha
Institute for Indigenous Knowledge, told the story of
Skennenrahawi, the Peacemaker, whose vision some 800 years ago
resulted in the formation of the Iroquois Confederacy, or
Haudenosaunee. At what is now known as Cohoes Falls, the
Peacemaker tried to convince the Mohawk tribe to join his cause,
but the skeptical Mohawks instead put him on a branch of a tree
which they then chopped off, dropping him into the falls and
certain death. The following day, upon discovering Skennenrahawi
alive and unhurt, the Mohawks acclaimed him as a prophet and
became the first tribe to join the Haudenosaunee.
The House of Representatives passed legislation Thursday
night that would delay new rules to control pollution from
industrial boilers and incinerators, part of a Republican effort
to roll back or repeal federal regulations that they consider
harmful to the economy.
Iran's supreme leader warned the United States on Sunday that
any measures taken against Tehran over an alleged plot to
assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington would elicit a
"resolute" response.
The United States must take action against unfairly
subsidized solar panel imports from China and other suppliers
that threaten the future of U.S. producers, a senior
congressional Democrat said on Friday.
The microturbine -- essentially a jet engine -- generates 200
kilowatts of electricity, about 40 percent of the PGW building's
peak demand.
But rather than blowing the 580-degree waste heat directly
into the atmosphere, the hot exhaust boils water that can help
heat or cool the building's interior.
The Solar Foundation today released its second annual review
of the U.S. solar workforce. The "National Solar Jobs Census
2011: A Review of the U.S. Solar Workforce" found that hiring in
the solar workforce is on the rise. More than 100,000 Americans
are now employed in the solar industry.
With the tax credit for ethanol due to expire at year's end,
ethanol backers have formed a new coalition to raise funds for a
lobbying campaign to amend the federal tax law, but only for
E85.
"Noah" is about 1.2 meters -- or four feet -- in diameter,
with one hatch, one glass window and two holes for drainage and
ventilation. It's made out of fiber reinforced plastic, which
Tanaka said is lighter but also stronger than steel.
The government-sanctioned gunrunning operation, Fast and
Furious, was a plot to undermine Second Amendment rights in the
United States,...“Over a period of two or three years they were
running thousands and thousands of guns to the most evil people
on earth. At the same time they were yelling ’90 per cent… of
the guns the Mexican drug cartels are using come from the United
States.’
The tiny phytoplankton Emiliania huxleyi, invisible to the
naked eye, plays an outsized role in drawing carbon from the
atmosphere and sequestering it deep in the seas. But this role
may change as ocean water becomes warmer and more acidic,
according to a San Francisco State University research team.
Villagers in India or Africa pay
three to five times more for a litre of water than we do in the
developed world. This will get worse as the climate continues to
change; whether or not we accept global warming, we cannot
ignore changing weather patterns.
With the US government moving 30 million barrels out of the
Strategic Petroleum Reserve several months ago, part of a
coordinated stocks release with the International Energy Agency,
the question now is: should the government put that amount back
in?
Occasional low-level C-class x-ray flares, no Earth-directed
CMEs
observed during the period. a chance for an isolated
M-class flare, The geomagnetic field is expected to be at quiet
The Iranian plot FBI Director
Mueller has talked about this week also reads like the pages of
a soon-to-be-released novel by an author that some are called a
‘Modern day Nostradamus.’
The Earth's natural resources like food, water and forests
are being depleted at an alarming speed, causing hunger,
conflict, social unrest and species extinction, experts at a
climate and health conference in London warned Monday.
The recent high-profile implosion of Fremont, Calif.-based
solar manufacturer Solyndra can be traced to sprawling cities in
China, where low-cost manufacturers have come to dominate the
global industry by pushing down the price of solar panels to a
point where most U.S. companies can't compete.
GE has announced plans to build a new solar panel factory in
Aurora, Colo. GE anticipates the new factory will have the first
panels coming off the line in 2012 with commercial availability
in 2013.
The report projects that annual water
use in the state could grow steadily from current levels of
about 7.1 million acre-feet to between 9.9 to 10.6 million
acre-feet per year in 2110, a jump of nearly 40 to 50 percent.
Solar power advocates say the failure of California solar
panel company Solyndra was an anomaly, despite its heavy press
coverage.
...industry professionals and advocates of renewable energy
say that Texas potentially could become the No. 1 generator of
solar power in the U.S. within several years, thanks to its
size, wide-open spaces, sunshine and a large, fast-growing
population that will need more electricity.
One of the most important stories in the last week, but one
which didn't get much publicity...The story somehow managed to
be utterly predictable and shocking at the same time. Utterly
predictable because it said what almost everybody sort of
knew as the Libyan rebels took control of that country: that the
unity showed in overthrowing Moammar Khadafy was very likely to
dissolve into tribal and regional divisions once the common
enemy was vanquished. But it was shocking also because most of
the noise coming out of Libya's oil sector has so far been
positive about the return of production.
As the land that launched the
Arab Spring heads into historic elections next week, all eyes
are on the long-repressed Islamists - and whether a big victory
for them will irrevocably change this North African nation and
inspire similar conservative movements around the region.
If the US had installed solar at the same pace as Germany,
most of the 10 Mountain West states could be entirely powered by
solar today, and the US could be a 100% solar nation by 2026.
The United States has raised the tempo in its war against
al-Qaida in Yemen, killing nine of the terror group's militants
in the second, high-profile airstrike in as many weeks. The dead
in the late Friday night strike included the son of Anwar
al-Awlaki, the prominent American-Yemeni militant killed in a
Sept. 30 strike.
Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) released yesterday its U.S. Economic
and Housing Market Outlook for October showing with rental
demand rising and apartment economics improving, the multifamily
sector is a strong positive signal for the U.S. housing
industry.
Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) last week released the results of its
Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS), showing average fixed
mortgage rates up sharply from the previous week's
record-setting lows following a better than expected employment
report. Despite the sharp increase, mortgage rates remain near
their 60-year lows.
The U.S. is abandoning plans to keep U.S. troops in Iraq past
a year-end withdrawal deadline, The Associated Press has
learned. The decision to pull out fully by January will
effectively end more than eight years of U.S. involvement in the
Iraq war, despite ongoing concerns about its security forces and
the potential for instability.
To measure a country's greenhouse emissions from fossil
fuels, it makes sense to consider the whole carbon supply chain,
from oil well or coal mine to a consumer's shelf, scientists
reported on Monday.
Survivors of the 2005 South Asian earthquake are still
waiting for permanent resettlement and reconstruction of damaged
infrastructure in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and the northern
Pakistani region, six years after the disaster.
October is National Non-GMO Month, so it's a good time to ask
yourself how much you really know about what exactly GMOs are,
why they're produced, and how prevalent they are.
Remember, not only did you contribute to Social Security but
your employer did too. It totaled 15% of your income before
taxes. ...
Entitlement my ass, I paid cash for my social security
insurance!!!!
Our well-stocked pantry has helped us weather not one, but
two job layoffs. During these difficult financial times, we’ve
never once missed a meal and we actually ate like kings. I’m
absolutely certain our pantry was the real reason why we never
once had to accept help from anyone while we were down on our
luck. But listen...
IN 2008, both the Democratic and Republican candidates for
president, Barack Obama and John McCain, warned about man-made
global warming and supported legislation to curb emissions.
After he was elected, President Obama promised “a new chapter in
America’s leadership on climate change,” and arrived
cavalry-like at the 2009 United Nations Climate Conference in
Copenhagen to broker a global pact.
But two years later, now that nearly every other nation
accepts climate change as a pressing problem, America has turned
agnostic on the issue.
Real-estate mogul and New York Daily News owner Mortimer
Zuckerman, a longtime supporter of the Democratic Party, says
President Obama doesn’t seem to care for people – and the result
is an economy that is on the brink of a “potentially
catastrophic" collapse.
October 14, 2011
Oil prices have fallen in recent weeks as concerns about the
global economy in general and the eurozone area in particular
have intensified.
Traditional metrics include tracing lineage from flawed
base-membership rolls and the sometimes-complicated math of
blood quantum. Over the past decade, some tribes have turned to
DNA testing to make sure tribal members, and potential
enrollees, are who they say they are—at least when it comes to
parentage.
More than 100 million rural Chinese people will settle in
towns and cities in the next decade, testing provision of
welfare and services as a new generation of migrants turn their
backs on farming, according to a new government report.
The coal industry has been a major force in keeping West
Virginia out of a recession but the industry's -- and state's --
fortunes may be about to change.
A top Republican congressional watchdog wants the Energy
Department to turn over documents and emails about $4.7 billion
in loan guarantees for four solar projects approved right before
a Sept 30 deadline.
A recent 30-year study at Pennsylvania's Rodale Institute
comparing conventional and organic farming methods has produced
results that those of us in the back-to-basics prepper movement
have known for years. The findings don't surprise those of us
who have known (even if just by applying basic common sense to
the question) that genetically-manipulated, chemical-laden
fields of crops cannot perform to the output and standards of
organic farming... and actually cost more to produce!
An Idaho farm manager committed a felony by causing runoff
from a creek to replenish his irrigation wells, according to a
federal appeals court.
A two-day underwater investigation by Transocean and the U.S.
Coast Guard confirmed that no oil is leaking from the Deepwater
Horizon, which sank in April 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico after BP
Plc's Macondo well blew out and caused the world's worst marine
oil spill.
The system uses the sun's ultraviolet
radiation to inactivate waterborne pathogens. Sunlight is
captured by a parabolic reflector and focused onto a
UV-transparent pipe though which water flows continuously.
The shedding of tears due to emotions is unique to humans. In
the past, researchers suggested that crying helps carry
stressful chemicals away from the body, or that it simply makes
us feel better, or that it lets babies signal health problems.
However, this is not the only benefit of crying — emerging
evidence suggests shedding a tear can reduce allergies, and even
lower the pain of rheumatoid arthritis.
“Fat taxes” are tariffs on what governments feel are
unhealthy foods. If only they had an inkling about which foods
are truly unhealthy!
...the plea for good, healthy, tasty recipes that are easy to
put together and make use of the simple ingredients from a home
pantry.
The test of the E-Cat (Energy Catalyzer) that took place on
October 6, 2011 in Italy has validated Andrea Rossi's claim that
the device produces excess energy via a novel Cold Fusion
nuclear reaction. Despite its success, the test was flawed, and
could have been done in a way that produced more spectacular
results -- as if confirmation of cold fusion is not already
stunning enough.
Exxon Mobil Corp said on Monday it had no reason to believe
an oil sheen on the Yellowstone River in Montana came from its
Billings refinery but it had moved to contain the oil to
minimize any environmental impact.
An international team of scientists has proposed a five-point
plan for feeding the world while protecting the planet.
The research concludes that "feeding the nine billion people
anticipated to live on Earth in 2050 without exhausting the
Earth's natural resources is possible, provided that we adopt a
more sustainable food production approach."
Monsoon floods are threatening UN World Heritage sites in
Thailand and the Philippines as heavy rains and high winds
continue to lash countries across Southeast Asia.
Floods in Thailand have killed more than 200 people,
destroyed farmland, and forced thousands to evacuate low-lying
land near rivers.
On May 24, 2007, a tank at the site leaked hydrochloric acid
onto the bermed surface of the well, which also was flooded due
to recent heavy rainfall.
Rather than taking the necessary steps to properly remove the
rainwater from the site, Gabriel Henson, an IPS supervisor,
drove a company pickup truck through the earthen berm.
France still plans to build a 60th nuclear reactor at home
despite delays and is eyeing a raft of possible deals for atomic
power plants in Europe and emerging countries, French Energy
Minister Eric Besson told Reuters on Monday.
Iranian officials must be laughing on the floor that the
president plans to respond to this incident by implementing “the
toughest sanctions yet” and to prosecute those involved. Iran
knows very well that the U.S. has no trade relations with it and
we have already twisted diplomats’ arms off to pass sanctions
against Iran over its nuclear program.
"Seventy-five percent of Americans said the U.S. economy is
getting worse in the week ending Oct. 9, while 21percent said it
is getting better," Gallup reports
Genetically modified canola has escaped from the farm and is
thriving in the wild across North Dakota, according to a study
that indicates there are plenty of novel man-made genes crossing
the Canada-U.S. border.
Greece is sinking deeper into a financial situation that some
describe as recession and others describe as depression. In any
case, there is rapidly shrinking optimism that the nation can
avoid default.
...once Greece defaults, contagion will spread to Portugal
and Ireland — and possibly Spain and Italy.
Public health and environmental groups sued the Obama
administration on Tuesday to overturn a decision that scrapped
tougher standards on smog pollution which causes lung and heart
problems.
Imagine a world where our garbage actually powers the
vehicles we drive. An untapped source of energy. Energy that
would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80%.
This is the world that's starting to take shape in Edmonton
Alberta at Edmonton's Waste-to-Biofuels Facility and Advanced
Energy Research Facility.
With the political situation more settled after the resignation
of Prime Minister Naoto Kan in August, Japan is now getting down
to the business of forging its energy future.
In a story that seems ripped from the pages of forthcoming
novel, "The Tehran Initiative," ABC News is reporting on an
Iranian terrorist plot against the United States foiled by the
FBI. Full details on the blog. Thank God the FBI was able to
thwart this Iranian plot to attack Americans, Arabs and Israelis
in Washington, D.C. -- but imagine how much more serious this
scenario would have been if Iran had nuclear weapons.
Has the time come for the U.S. to launch preemptive military
strikes on Iran's terrorist infrastructure and nuclear
facilities? The time has come for President Obama and each of
the Republican presidential candidates to explain what concrete
and decisive steps they will take to safeguard U.S. national
security from the growing threat posed by the mullahs in Tehran.
It appears that there's a number of customers willing to pay
a lot to be in possession of a lifelike replica of their face or
even their whole head ... or at least, REAL-f hopes so.
For far too long, breakfast cereal makers have carried out
highly deceptive product labeling and positioning campaigns
through the use of the term "natural." Consumers are easily
misled by this term, believing it to mean the product is free
from pesticide chemicals and genetically engineered ingredients.
But an explosive new investigation by the Cornucopia
Institute...
Over at Climate Progress, Stephen Lacey recently asked why
there isn't more development of micro hydro in the U.S., given
its potential to provide more than 30,000 low-cost megawatts of
power to U.S. (and bipartisan political support).
Fresh oil is leaking this morning from fuel tanks on the
container ship Rena that Wednesday ran aground on Astrolabe reef
about 11.5 nautical miles offshore of the north end of North
Island.
If there are two obstacles that are still keeping the general
public from embracing electric cars, those would have to be the
vehicles' limited driving range and long charging times.
Well,...
South Korea and the United States are adamant that there will
be no food relief for crisis-hit North Korea until it guarantees
that all aid will reach the most needy and there is an
improvement in ties between the two Koreas.
China, the only ally of the secretive Stalinist state, has
also been non-committal on how much food it is providing.
Do we really need to be reminded that America is dependent on
our enemies for energy? Or that reliance on fossil fuels may
lead us to ecological catastrophe?
Apparently so. Because the news from
Colorado is that the National Renewable Energy
Laboratories is laying off some workers.
Reports of the death of the solar industry are greatly
exaggerated. Yes, there have been some high profile bankruptcies
of US solar companies -- Solyndra, Evergreen, Spectrawatt -- in
2011. But the solar industry as a whole is on a boom that is
only going to increase in coming years. We are in the elbow of
an exponential solar growth curve that is going to transform how
we produce and use energy.
Global warming's impact on oceans will be severe, not only
for marine life but also for all life on land.
Global warming has often been discussed with regard to its
effects for life on land: increased temperatures and heat waves,
increased weather extremes, less but more intense rainfall,
drought and forest fires.
It might never happen or it might happen tomorrow, said
Daniel Hirsch, a lecturer on Nuclear Policy at UC Santa Cruz.
"If that happened tomorrow," he said, "most of us would not be
surprised."
"One thing we have learned from this is
that we need to rely on ourselves and not on promises from
elected officials."
Nonetheless, they declared it a boon to
their movement, which blames Wall Street and corporate interests
for the economic pain they say all but the wealthiest Americans
have endured since the financial meltdown.
Solar activity is expected to be low with a chance for an
M-class event over the next 3 days (14-16 October).The
geomagnetic field is expected to be mostly quiet on day 1 (14
October). Conditions are
forecast to increase to quiet to
unsettled conditions with the chance for active periods on days
2 and 3 (15-16 October)
OPEC Secretary General Abdalla el-Badri said October 11 there
appeared to have been minimal damage to Libya's oil production
facilities and discounted a recent news agency report saying
that the Elephant field was in ruins.
The foiled Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador
in Washington D.C. crosses a "very dangerous threshold," says
House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Mike Rogers — one
that demands an unprecedented level of action from the Obama
administration to stop the rising Islamist power.
Scientists have mapped out the entire genetic map of the
Black Death, a 14th century bubonic plague that killed 50
million Europeans in one of the most devastating epidemics in
history.
Carbon is the fourth-most-abundant element in the universe
and comes in a wide variety of forms, called allotropes,
including graphite, graphene, and the hardest natural material
known to man, diamonds. Now scientists have discovered a new
form of carbon that is capable of withstanding extreme pressure
stresses previously only observed in diamond.
Did you hear the breaking news last night—that multivitamins
may shorten your life? Here’s how junk science from the AMA set
off the media frenzy.
In the world of renewables, particularly solar, grid parity is a
term that is bandied about a lot. But what does it actually
mean, and when is it going to happen?
Despite cuts to solar subsidies over the past few years, a new
report from Lux Research finds that solar installations have
continued to rise – driven primarily by increased demand from a
single market: Germany.
You’re an earth-friendly person and want to go solar, but a
large tree shades your house; or you’re a renter; or you don’t
have $20,000 to drop on a solar power system. Or maybe you just
want to get more than 0.5 percent interest on your savings
account while getting a piece of the clean energy economy.
A cargo ship that has spilled hundreds of tons of oil since
striking a reef off New Zealand's coast appeared to be breaking
up in heavy seas, as its captain faced criminal charges in court
Wednesday.
It reminds me of something Will Rogers used to say. When you
find yourself in a hole, stop digging. President Obama dug in
with the $1 trillion stimulus, dug further with his financial
regulatory bill, and dug even deeper with ObamaCare.
Americans don’t need to study the economic data – as clear as
the data is – to know that these old-fashioned tax-and-spend
policies have only made things worse.
Anyone who installs a rooftop solar system through the end of
2011 will get less money in upfront incentives from Tucson
Electric Power Co. than those who installed one earlier this
year.
While the thought of building a worldwide infrastructure of
charging stations for electric vehicles may seem daunting, you
know what would make it even more challenging? If each station
had to separately cater to each make of EV on the road - think
of how many different styles of mobile phone chargers are
currently out there, for instance, and then picture that
applying to cars.
The US Energy Information Administration expects a 3.9%
decline in the electricity generation sector's coal consumption
in 2012, it said Wednesday.
That fall in demand is
somewhat steeper than EIA's expectations a month ago, in its
September Short-Term Energy Outlook, when it forecast a 2.3%
drop in consumption, data shows.
Republicans on the US House of Representatives Committee on
Natural Resources Wednesday used the first anniversary of the
end of a permitting moratorium on deepwater oil and gas
exploration in the Gulf of Mexico to heap criticism on the Obama
administration for failing to speed up drilling approvals.
U.S. plastics recycling continued to recover in 2010, reaching a
record volume in addition to a small uptick in the bottle
recycling rate.A total of 2.579 billion pounds of plastic
bottles were recycled in 2010, a 5% increase from 2009.
The U.S. offshore drilling regulator on Wednesday formally
issued sanctions against BP and the major contractors for the
2010 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig that killed 11
workers and unleashed more than 4 million barrels of oil into
the Gulf of Mexico.
New Study: Vaccinated Children Have 2 to 5 Times More
Diseases and Disorders Than Unvaccinated Children
A new, nationwide poll shows that by a wide margin, voters of
both political parties and in all regions of the U.S. disagree
with Congress' anti-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agenda
and support the EPA's new rules to limit air pollution from
coal-fired power plants. Two-thirds of the respondents - 67
percent - oppose Congress delaying implementation of the air
pollution rules,...
...teams had to demonstrate a system of their own making,
that could recover oil from a sea water surface at the highest
Oil Recovery Rate (ORR) above 2,500 US gallons (9,463.5 liters)
per minute, with an Oil Recovery Efficiency (ORE) of greater
than 70 percent. Today, the winning teams were announced.
October 11, 2011
As tensions increase in the Middle East, each of the
Republican candidates for President need to be pressed to
clearly and directly answer the following questions:
The Obama administration consistently refuses even to
consider putting a serious military option on the table.
A large crowd of Islamic militants rallied this week in the
heart of Islamabad to voice support for Pakistan's army and to
condemn the United States in another sign of a growing tide of
extremism sweeping the country.
Citing anemic employment, depressed confidence, and financial
risks from Europe, Bernanke urged lawmakers not to cut spending
too quickly in the short term even as they grapple with trimming
the long-run budget deficit.
Eurozone leaders must accept "collective responsibility" and
take "decisive steps" to prevent economic disaster, British
Prime Minister David Cameron told the Financial Times.
He also called on France and Germany to bury their
differences and to introduce a decisive plan to end the
uncertainty before the end of the year.
"Fukushima’s nuclear disaster is a nightmare. Ghostly
releases of radioactivity haunt the Japanese countryside. Lives,
once safe, are now beset by an ineffable scourge promising vile
illness and death..."
The Chinese government spent more than $30 billion last year
alone to subsidize the nation’s solar energy industry, allowing
Chinese firms to dump cheap solar panels on the U.S. market and
send their American competitors into bankruptcy.
The Berkeley, Calif., City Council is debating whether to
repeal a law making the city a nuclear-free zone, with one
member saying it's costing the city money.
They found that low solar activity can contribute to cold
winters in the UK, northern Europe and parts of America. But
high activity from the sun has the opposite effec
The intensity is heating up in America. It’s not just in
Egypt, Tunisia or the United Kingdom anymore. We’re starting to
see uproars here in America now too.
Just a couple of
months ago we saw the start of “flash mobs.”
Do you use vitamins and supplements? You could be in for a
rude awakening when you walk down to your neighborhood vitamin
store a few months from now.
...in fact there is an overabundance of evidence that humans
are warming the planet and changing the climate, so much so that
the U.S. National Academy of Sciences labels as “settled facts”
that “the Earth system is warming and that much of this warming
is very likely due to human activities.”
According to a new report, ratepayers in Florida and Georgia
would be better served by investments in energy efficiency and
renewable energy resources, rather than building new nuclear
reactors in those states.
Why are our tax dollars going to subsidize the creation of
Frankenfish? It’s bad enough the government has totally failed
to do any kind of regulation for genetically modified organisms
(GMOs), including blocking attempts to at least
mandate labeling for these artificial and barely-tested foods .
Thimerosal is a widely used vaccine preservative that is
present in the majority of flu shots and other vaccines.
Thimerosal is 49% mercury by volume, an extremely toxic chemical
element that wreaks havoc on the nervous system, neurological
function, and overall biological function [1]. Each dose of flu
vaccine contains around 25 micrograms of thimerosal, over
250 times the Environmental Protection Agency’s
safety limit of exposure.
Wind can be an unpredictable and unstable source of power,
and high in the sky where it is more stable, it's
difficult to exploit. Airborne wind turbines could provide a
solution to this problem,
"Although rising moderately this year, U.S. fixed capital
investment has fallen far short of the level that history
suggests should have occurred given the recent dramatic surge in
corporate profitability," Greenspan writes in the Financial
Times.
Global subsidies for fossil fuel consumption are set to reach
$660 billion in 2020 unless reforms are passed to effectively
eliminate this form of state aid, the International Energy
Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday.
Governments will become more desperate as they become
bankrupt.
We are entering volatile and somewhat
dangerous times, especially for those of who enjoy economic
freedom and liberty
Conscious of the health hazards of Big Food Inc., a critical
mass of organic consumers are now demanding food and other
products that are certified organic, as well as locally or
regionally produced, minimally processed, and packaged.
“The year 2010 was one the worst years in world history for
high-impact floods. But just three weeks into the new year, 2011
has already had an entire year’s worth of mega-floods. “ –
Meteorologist Jeff Masters
The naturally occurring compound, NMN, has been shown to
reverse diabetes in mice
Egyptian Christians mourned their dead and berated the army
on Monday after at least 25 people were killed when troops
crushed a protest about an attack on a church in the worst
violence since the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak.
the survey paints a dark picture for U.S. infrastructure. "We
have conducted this survey around the world, and the overall
results for the U.S. are some of the lowest scores that we have
seen.
No baloney — Ohio has caved to a lawsuit by two Muslim prison
inmates and banned pork for all prisoners in its jails.
multiple low level C-class events...slight chance for M-class
events, for the next three days (11-13 October). The
geomagnetic field is
expected to be at quiet to unsettled
levels with a slight chance for
an isolated active period on
day one (11 October), as a recurrent
coronal hole high speed
stream becomes geoeffective.
Increases in the price of crude oil have resulted in
skyrocketing prices for home heating oil over the past several
years, and as a result, HHO has gotten a bad rap.
My husband, a Caucasian, said, “It’s so ridiculous how
Europeans always try to prove they were there first.” I began to
put things into perspective. I began to remember a time when I
didn’t care where someone came from.
The change would have little effect on bills for traditional
electricity customers, but customers with solar, wind or other
renewable generation would find they pay an average of an extra
$33 a month, said J.C. Thomas, the utility's manager for
government and regulatory affairs, last week.
Democrats hope to highlight the growing divide between the
United States and other major economies when it comes to
clean-energy spending.
The small wind industry is, well, small — representing about
50 MW of capacity additions each year around the world. But new
project additions are set to triple by 2015, bringing yearly
capacity up to 152 MW, according to a new analysis from Pike
Research.
The complaint revolves around subsidies which support
low-cost solar products imported from China. The U.S.
International Trade Commission is an independent,
“quasijudicial” Federal agency which analyzes, catalogs and
protects American manufacturers against unfair foreign tariffs
and trade practices.
EPIA says 60 percent of U.S. PV solar installations are in
California. In such western states, solar irradiation is high.
Electric rates there are high as well, so EPIA believes that in
those markets "PV will become competitive relatively rapidly."
In the study, mice injected with human brain tissue from
Alzheimer’s patients developed Alzheimer’s disease. The mice
developed brain damage characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease,
and over time, the damage spread throughout their brains, the
researchers said.
More than 40 percent of doctors surveyed said their patients
receive more medical care than needed, due chiefly to
physicians’ fear of malpractice lawsuits.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, 31
people were killed around the country in clashes between
government and opposition forces on Sunday. While not yet
formally recognized as a new regime, the opposition Syrian
National Council is sending representatives to Turkey and
basking in the applause of EU member states
Fresh out of incentive funding budgeted for rooftop solar
systems for 2011, Tucson Electric Power Co. has proposed
shifting some money around to fund more systems this year.
Constitutional protections are in place not because we try to
protect guilty men from the consequences of their actions, but
because we must protect the innocent from an over-zealous
government.
The nation’s unemployment rate is significantly higher than
stated in the government’s monthly tallies and the number of
jobless citizens is now approaching levels not seen since the
Great Depression, Donald Trump and author Robert Kiyosaki tell
Newsmax.TV.
US military Predator and Reaper drones operating out of
Nevada’s Creech Air Force Base have fallen victim to a keystroke
logger virus.
The Vermont Department of Public Service this week released a
draft of an ambitious Comprehensive Energy Plan aimed at seeing
the state get 90% of its power from renewable energy sources by
2050, up from its 25% goal set in 2008.
McKinley's bill is HR 2273 -- the Coal Residuals Reuse and
Management Act. It amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to enable
states to adopt and run permit programs to manage and dispose of
fossil fuel combustion products -- particularly coal ash, also
called fly ash.
Purveyors of neo-classical economics do not want us to know
their economics is myth that presumes mother-earth has limitless
“resources.” Whether expressly or not, I believe all the
protesters are standing up against these basic tenets of modern
economics, which are incompatible with continuing sustainable
civilizations and our spirits.
U.S. News and World Report Editor Mort Zuckerman says
President Barack Obama's anti-business policies are causing
business people to despair of recovery ever happening.
October 7, 2011
American Transmission Co. wants to spend up to $4.4 billion
on power line upgrades and maintenance over the next 10 years, a
wish list that is more costly than anything the company has
previously proposed.
If approved, the cost of the projects in the plan would be
paid by utility customers across the state.
American Electric Power and others are attempting to block
access to public records related to the utility's proposed rate
plan.
Ameren Corp. says stricter clean air rules that take effect
next year are forcing it to shutter two of its oldest Illinois
power plants by the year's end and eliminate 90 jobs.
In Florida, not just one, but a few beekeepers lost millions
of bees suddenly in one day. The bees are being tested for
chemicals because pesticides are suspected. Irreplaceable
hundreds of thousands of dollars were lost instantly.
In Europe, Japan’s major nuclear crisis at the Fukushima
Plant has heightened the debate over the place nuclear energy
should play in the future energy mix, fueling the argument
against it and forcing others to call for a reassessment. Global
climate change and the need to reduce energy consumption are
also adding to the call for smart megawatts power generation.
Combined, these issues are spearheading the push into the
development of safer, alternative energy solutions.
One of the most legendary businessmen in American history,
Jobs turned three separate industries on their head in the 35
years he was involved in the technology industry.
A group of military defectors known as the Free Syrian Army
is emerging as the first armed challenge to President Bashar
Assad's authoritarian regime after seven months of largely
nonviolent resistance.
The U.S. Army has been on a mission to reduce its energy
consumption and shift as much of its use to clean sources as it
can. That apparently hasn’t happened fast enough, so the service
branch has redoubled efforts with the creation of a task force
intended to woo private sector investment.
Stop for a moment and think about a world without flour ...
what would that be like? I can think of several things right off
the bat...
- No bread, hot from the oven, pungent yeasty overtones
wafting through the air ...
- No biscuits slathered with homemade jams or jellies ...
- No cornbread for sopping up pot likkur from peas or
turnip greens ...
- No coating for cubed steaks, chicken, or pork chops ...
- And last, but not least, no gravy..
The world is possibly facing the worst economic crisis in
history, the governor of the Bank of England said Thursday.
Since Earth Day, at least 1,784 pounds of used household
batteries have been collected through a pilot recycling program
in San Gabriel Valley, Calif.
An exciting new ballot initiative, if California voters
approve, could turn the tide against genetically engineered
foods in America.
They’re safe, effective, and backed by decades of solid
research. So why has California made their sale illegal unless
accompanied by a scary and verbose warning label?
New census figures show homeownership over the past decade
saw the biggest drop since the Great Depression.
The indictment of two executives of an electronic waste
recycler accused of duping customers and sending e-waste to
developing nations is a watershed moment for the battle for
responsible e-waste recycling, an activist said.
In the U.S., our buildings — schools, homes, and offices —
consume one third of the energy we use. That makes them a major
source of carbon dioxide emissions. And when your home isn't
properly insulated, you need more energy to heat it. That
produces more carbon dioxide and raises your heating bill.
Russia and China blocked efforts of other major powers to
pass a U.N. Security Council resolution on Syria Tuesday, with a
dramatic dual veto thwarting a call for an immediate halt to the
crackdown in Syria against opponents of President Bashar
al-Assad.
US crude oil stocks tumbled 4.679 million barrels last week
to 336.284 million barrels as a drop in imports outweighed a dip
in crude runs, data released by the US Energy Information
Administration (EIA) showed Wednesday.
China warned Washington it is adamantly opposed to
a proposed U.S. bill aimed at forcing Beijing to let its
currency rise, saying its passage could lead to a trade war
between the world's top two economies.
In a coordinated response, the Chinese central bank and the
ministries of commerce and foreign affairs accused Washington of
"politicizing" global currency issues.
Energy companies making the switch to smart electric meters
have led to an increase in customers questioning how the new
devices work and if they're safe.
One common concern customers have about the device is the
possible health risks associated with its wireless transmission
of data.
In response to a request from the federal government for
proposals to develop offshore wind energy in waters between
Rhode Island and Massachusetts, Deepwater Wind has submitted its
plan to build a 200-turbine wind farm at least 18 miles from
shore.
Throughout September, Energy Secretary Steven Chu heard the
jeers. They came from Republican legislators who used the
Solyndra bankruptcy for political fodder. They came from
taxpayers who wanted him to halt the loan guarantee program
ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline. And they came from Beltway
pundits clamoring for a clean energy scandal. Mostly, he sat
silent.
Electric reliability has always gotten the runaround. Today,
some state regulators would say that they are getting the
end-around.
It may sound like a repeat but it is a
really a re-make. The Obama administration, of course, has given
a high priority to updating the country’s transmission system,
which would become more efficient and therefore make room for
more green energy. Earlier laws that have given more permitting
authority to federal regulators have largely flopped.
Economic troubles across Europe are reducing the amount of
money available for lending to the energy sector, an
international financial adviser said Wednesday.
"The top
10 [European] banks were frozen in their tracks," by the
economic problems,...
Hydropower is conquering the environmental demons of its past
and faces a bright future, clouded only by the threat of new
regulations and their added costs.
Wisconsin judge goes further and rules that none of us—farmers
or consumers—have the right to decide what we have for our own
dinner.
The H1N1 vaccine scourge is in full force and so is the push.
What isn’t emphasized among the government and medical community
is the strong link between the vaccine and a rare, debilitating
nerve disease.
The United States can expect a downturn similar to the one
that gripped Japan for decades, marked by alternating periods of
slow growth and recession, says author and economist A. Gary
Shilling.
Great Lakes shorelines are becoming clogged by algae blooms
fed by agricultural run-off, while invasive mussels decimate the
food chain in deeper waters, an environmental group said on
Tuesday.
A nationwide strike by Greek civil servants to protest ever
steeper austerity measures paralyzed the country today, bringing
transport to a halt and grounding all flights
Carbon Dioxide emissions are not just from industry but may
be caused by construction especially when there is a lot of new
construction. Constructing buildings, power-plants and roads has
driven a substantial increase in China's CO2 emission growth,
according to a new study involving the University of East
Anglia.
The preliminary strategy is the first effort of its kind to
be developed with the involvement of parties throughout the
region, including the states, tribes, federal agencies, local
governments and thousands of interested citizens and
organizations. The plan strategy, which builds upon on-going
efforts underway in the Gulf Coast states includes specific
steps for on-the-ground action and represents the Task Force’s
commitment to putting Gulf coastal restoration on an equal
footing with other national priorities.
Americans are becoming much more confident with their
knowledge about the environment, according to a new survey
commissioned by SC Johnson.
OPEC countries which boosted oil production to compensate for
the loss of Libyan supply earlier this year must reduce output
as Libya returns to world markets, a senior Iranian oil official
said Wednesday.
That's the implication of newly published research at the
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston that found
that some cases of the dementia-causing illness may be
contagious
Lake Agassiz was an immense glacial lake located in the
center of North America (Manitoba mostly). Fed by glacial runoff
at the end of the last glacial period, its area was larger than
all of the modern Great
Lakes combined, and it held more water than
contained by all lakes in the world today.
It´s a Who´s Who of unwelcome development – power plants,
Wal-Marts, casinos and quarries all join landfills on the list.
But landfills, with a 76% opposition rate, consistently rank
first.
The weekly Niño indices continued their cooling trend and all
are currently at or below –0.5oC . Consistent with this cooling,
oceanic heat content (average temperature anomalies in the upper
300m of the ocean, remained below-average in response to a
shallower thermocline across the eastern Pacific Ocean.
A new issue is sparking interest in natural gas. It’s
“flaring” -- the burning off of natural gas that is discovered
alongside oil deposits.
The procedure has long been used
elsewhere but is only recently coming to light in this country
and especially in the Bakken shale fields of North Dakota.
Neither the oil drillers nor the environmentalists disagree that
the natural gas at issue should be captured, piped and processed
before it consumed.
The move comes as GOP Congressional investigators are looking
into the department's handling of the Solyndra agreement. Obama
officials were warned about potential problems with the company
as it sought government help, according to documents that have
emerged over the last few weeks.
Two taxpayer-backed clean-energy companies that specialize in
capturing heat from the earth and turning it into electricity
are facing deep financial difficulties, according to an analysis
of financial records.
For the next few days, PES will be scanning the net to bring
you the latest and most up-to-date information about the
important October 6 test of the E-Cat (Energy Catalyzer), taking
place in Bologna, Italy. Keep checking this page for the latest
news and updates!
A huge hole that appeared in the Earth's protective ozone
layer above the Arctic in 2011 was the largest recorded in the
Northern Hemisphere, triggering worries the event could occur
again and be even worse, scientists said in a report on Monday.
12.25% of Domestic Energy Production, Surpassing Nuclear by
18%, Closing in on Oil
Renewable Electricity
Expands by 26%; Provides 14% of the Net U.S. Electricity while
Nuclear Drops by 4% and Coal by 5%
Assad reportedly made the threat during a meeting with
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, when he said: "If a
crazy measure is taken against Damascus, I will need not more
than six hours to transfer hundreds of rockets and missiles to
the Golan Heights to fire them at Tel Aviv."
Solar activity is expected to be at low levels with a slight
chance for M-class activity for the next three days (07 - 09
October). The geomagnetic field has been at predominantly
quiet levels for the past 24 hours.
The conventional wisdom holds that the parties in Congress
are not locked in a zero-sum game where the loss of one triggers
the gain of the other. Instead, it appears that the parties are
embracing one another in a downward death spiral, losing public
favor with each passing month as their bickering continues. But,
outside the Beltway, Gallup reports, there is a decided national
shift in favor of the Republican Party and against the
Democrats.
The Salt River Project has switched on Arizona's largest
solar- energy array, a 144-acre, 20-megawatt installation in
Florence.
The Scottish first minister, Alex Salmond, believes that
electricity generation harnessing wave and tidal power can be
fully commercialized by 2015. There are still plenty of
ambiguities, however, and with the Marine Renewables Deployment
Fund having been scrapped a few months ago, care must be taken
not to be too optimistic. Either way, this period is now
critical for the marine power industry.
American militants like Anwar al-Awlaki are placed on a kill or
capture list by a secretive panel of senior government
officials, which then informs the president of its decisions,
according to officials.
In the words of the governor, Arizona has the potential of
being the Persian Gulf of solar energy. Arizona reeks of many
benefits to going solar from the unlimited net metering and any
extra 25% of power the solar panels generate is extra money at
the year’s end. With a high rebate program for solar, it is no
wonder that the state is embracing solar energy as a prime
resource.
"Photovoltaic solar panels actually start paying for
themselves right after installation," says Buzard. He estimates
10 solar panels in 235-watt sizes cost about $14,000 installed;
add in a 30 percent federal credit, register for renewable
energy credits and you pay for the system in less than 10 years.
Given that it typically gets hottest outside when the
sunlight is most direct, it would make sense to have air
conditioners that were powered by the thermal energy from solar
rays. Unfortunately, collecting enough of that energy in a
cost-effective manner can be challenging. Now, however, a team
of University of California, Merced students have created a
solar thermal collection system that is said to be significantly
simpler, cheaper and more efficient than anything that's come
before.
The "astounding" discovery that the expansion of the universe
is speeding up won the Nobel physics prize on Tuesday for three
astronomers whose observations of exploding stars transformed
our view of the world, and of how it may end.
Steve Jobs’ 2005 commencement speech at Stanford says a lot
about his life and the “great change agent” known as death.
Today, there is no perfect form of energy. Fossil fuels are
abundant but dirty. Solar and wind are clean but intermittent,
and geothermal is cheap once its running but difficult to get
started. Yet, as technologies evolve, so do creative
partnerships that maximize an energy's potential while hedging
against its shortfalls.
Approximately 3.5 million tons of electronics were recycled
by the domestic recycling industry in 2010, a report from the
International Data Corporation said.
A federal judge has approved a far-reaching settlement giving
Montana until 2014 to clean up polluted streams and lakes in 28
watersheds across the state, capping nearly 15 years of legal
battles, officials said on Monday.
A massive part of a glacier the size of 12 football fields in
the Swiss Alps could break off, local authorities warned, after
the discovery of an enormous crevasse in the glacier.
It’s no secret that the White House and the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) have been under incredible pressure from
the coal and oil industries to release weak standards that will
do little to nothing to protect our health and environment.
We all owe a big “thank you” to the Lower Elwha Klallam
Tribe. They never gave up on getting those two dams torn down,
and today that dream is becoming a reality. For 100 years they
have had to wait for their treaty rights to be restored and for
the salmon to return.
Reports of the death of the solar industry are greatly
exaggerated. Yes, there have been some high profile bankruptcies
of US solar companies -- Solyndra, Evergreen, Spectrawatt -- in
2011. But the solar industry as a whole is on a boom that is
only going to increase in coming years, which will transform how
we produce and use energy.
What we couldn’t tell you
last year was that under the original Leahy bill, nutritional
supplement manufacturers and distributers were explicitly
threatened with “misbranding” or “adulterating” jail terms if
they failed to follow to the letter the FDA’s New Dietary
Ingredient (in reality, new supplement) provisions.
Like most Indians who give thought to our relationship with
the United States, I dream of Indian treaties as sacred promises
or, at least, what the Constitution says in so many words: “all
Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of
the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the
Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the
Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary
notwithstanding.”
Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) yesterday released the results of its
Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS), showing the average rate
for the conventional 30-year fixed mortgage dropping below 4
percent for the first time in history amid increasing global
economic concerns. The 15-year fixed, a popular refinancing
option, also fell to the lowest level on record for the sixth
consecutive week.
.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta
warned NATO allies on Wednesday that spending cuts on both sides
of the Atlantic risked weakening the alliance's military
capability in a way that could be devastating to U.S. and
European security.
A senior U.S. administration official flies to Tel Aviv to
pressure the Israeli government not to launch a preemptive
strike against Iran, despite the rapidly growing nuclear threat
posed by the Ayatollah and the mullahs and the increasing
possibility that Iran could unleash a Second Holocaust
With natural gas supplies still rising
despite the move towards liquids and slowing demand in a cooling
economy, an energy analyst for Wells Fargo slashed by double
digits his gas price forecast Wednesday.
One of the nation's largest suppliers of dehydrated food has
cut loose 99% of their dealers and distributors. And it's not
because of the poor economy. It's because this particular
industry leader can no longer supply their regular distribution
channels. Why not? Because they're using every bit of
manufacturing capacity they have to fulfill massive new
government contracts.
October 4, 2011
Syrian troops going house to
house have detained more than 3,000 people in the past three
days in a rebellious town that government forces recently retook
in some of the worst fighting of the 6-month-old uprising,
activists said Monday.
Ozone loss over
the Arctic this year was so severe that for the first time it
could be called an "ozone hole" like the Antarctic one,
scientists report.
About 20km (13 miles) above the ground, 80% of the ozone was
lost, they say.
The cause was an unusually long spell of cold weather at
altitude. In cold conditions, the chlorine chemicals that
destroy ozone are at their most active.
Landfills smell. They’re noisy. They’re an eyesore. Big
garbage haulers rip up the roads around them. Property values
adjacent to them shrink.
Despite biotech companies' promises of increased crop yields,
drought and pest resistant seeds that can relieve the world's
hungry, genetically modified foods have yet to fulfill those
promises. Pesticide resistant "superweeds" and insects are on
the rise causing more use of the Monsanto pesticide, Roundup,
which is now being found in ground and rain water.
A five-megawatt solar power project making use
of five different solar technologies is due to go live next
month in Yuma, Arizona.
The project at Arizona Western College will serve as a state
of the art research and testing site for government and
corporate solar applications.
Bayer CropScience will remove its most deadly pesticides from
the market by the end of 2012 as part of its "ongoing portfolio
optimization efforts" the company has announced.
Banks are increasingly offering underwater homeowners a way
out that’s less familiar than the well-known process of
foreclosure. Instead, they’re employing a strategy called a
deed-in-lieu of foreclosure.
Essentially, a homeowner
(currently paid up on their mortgage or not) can voluntarily
sign the deed of their home over to their lender. In exchange,
the loan is canceled.
Just a few days ago, Mayor Bloomberg of New York warned about
riots in the streets if high unemployment rates continue.
Bloomberg has voiced what many politicians are afraid to - that
with the economy spiraling ever downward, the threats to life
and property are rising.
It is typical to refer to our respective nations and peoples
as being “in” Canada or “in” the United States and therefore as
being deemed subject to the jurisdictions of those two political
constructs called “states” in international law. What we seldom
express, however, is the more profound point that those two
Western European political constructs are on and in Turtle
Island, as North America is traditionally known to the Original
Nations of Turtle Island.
Clean Power Finance and Google are creating a new $75 million
fund to finance residential solar projects. This initial
investment in Clean Power Finance's white label financing
solution represents the second fund available to its network of
qualified installers who brand and market it to homeowners.
Google has now invested more than $850 million in the renewable
energy sector.
Climate change will cause damage in Canada equivalent to
around 1 percent of GDP in 2050 as rising temperatures kill off
forests, flood low-lying areas and cause more illnesses, an
official panel said on Thursday.
n Central Appalachia, coal’s potential troubles are running
much deeper than the proposed environmental regulations. Both
public and private reviews note a reduction in production,
citing not just pending federal rules but also increased
competition and the depletion of the most recoverable deposits.
60 cutting-edge research projects aimed at dramatically
improving how the U.S. produces and uses energy
The recent high-profile implosion of Fremont-based Solyndra
and two other American solar panel manufacturers can be traced
to sprawling cities in China, where low-cost manufacturers have
come to dominate the global industry by pushing down the price
of solar panels to a point where most U.S. companies can't
compete.
China now claims three-fifths of the world's solar panel
production capacity.
2011 has been a memorable year for Dish Stirling, but not for
the right reasons.This year, several Dish Stirling projects were
shelved or forced to scale-down operations – including the
relatively high profile Tessera Solar project using SES
Suncatcher technology.
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the
Department finalized a partial guarantee for up to a $350
million loan to support a geothermal power generation project.
The project, sponsored by Ormat Nevada, Inc., is expected to
produce up to 113 megawatts (MW) of clean, baseload power from
three geothermal power facilities and will increase geothermal
power production in Nevada by nearly 25 percent.
The Environmental Protection Agency is pushing back against
an inspector general report that alleges EPA's peer review of a
document that helps form the basis for climate change rules
wasn’t robust enough
An engineering consultant's report after a 2003 dike failure
at the Kingston Fossil Plant identified slope stability issues
that TVA failed to address, according to an expert witness
called to testify Thursday for plaintiffs in the Kingston coal
ash spill lawsuit.
Republicans are outraged by the loan guarantee given to the
failed solar cell maker Solyndra, calling it symptomatic of
government largess and favoritism. Careful, now. The same
lessons also apply to the nuclear and coal companies that are
seeking to get a leg up.
The Merrimack River needs to cool down, according to the EPA,
which on Thursday released a draft permit that would require
Public Service of New Hampshire to spend an estimated $112
million to reduce the temperature of cooling water discharged
from its coal-burning power plant in Bow.
A fire continues to burn on Thursday at Royal Dutch Shell's
largest refinery, its half a million barrels per day Singapore
plant, but the blaze is under control, Singapore Civil Defense
Force (SCDF) said in a statement.
Food is a key driver of climate change. How our food gets
produced and how it ends up on our tables accounts for around
half of all human-generated greenhouse gas emissions. Chemical
fertilizers, heavy machinery and other petroleum-dependant farm
technologies contribute significantly. The impact of the food
industry as a whole is even greater: destroying forests and
savannahs to produce animal feed and generating climate-damaging
waste through excess packaging, processing, refrigeration and
the transport of food over long distances, despite leaving
millions of people hungry.
Major British independent oil firm Greenergy sees its future
as an exploration company, but one that hunts for fuel in piles
of stale pork pies and cakes rather than under the ground or
from food crops.
A devastating Texas drought that has browned city lawns and
caused more than $5 billion in damages to the state's farmers
and ranchers could continue for another nine years, a state
forecaster said on Thursday.
“I think this was another huge success again for our
intelligence community, for our military, they’re the ones who
pulled off this successful attack against what apparently was
his convoy,” Hoekstra said.
Putting together the equation that adds up to zero in
home-energy use has its pluses and minuses.
An efficient home will provide savings in energy bills for
many years, but its construction will cost more and its
effectiveness will demand discipline in use.
FICO’s latest quarterly survey of bank risk professionals
offered a decidedly pessimistic outlook, reversing the growing
optimism seen in late 2010 and early 2011
...how does one become a hacker? Is there some secret society
with blood rites that tests your willingness to exploit and
deliver malicious payloads to unsuspecting computer users? Or,
do you have to sell your soul and pledge allegiance to an
organized crime boss to break into this mysterious field?
People don't like change because it has a tendency to upset
things that are comfortable. It's easy to get caught in our
routines, no longer thinking about what we are doing or why we
are doing it. It's easy to get complacent, but that doesn't make
it right.
Illinois landfills accepted for disposal more than 46.1
million cubic yards of municipal solid waste last year,
according to a new report.
Iran will ask OPEC to maintain its previous crude output
target when the oil producer group meets on December 14 in
Vienna in a bid to sustain oil prices at current "fair" levels,
oil minister Rostam Ghasemi said Tuesday.
Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani. He's "the head of a network
of Christian house churches in Iran" and "could be executed as
soon as midnight Wednesday in Tehran for refusing to recant his
religious beliefs and convert to Islam," according to media
reports
"Too expensive?" I was at a loss for words. With more than
three decades of experience in the solar energy industry, I hear
this all too often from the folks who are more familiar with
traditional energy sources. For some reason, people in the US
have a hard time understanding that solar energy is cost
effective; this is especially true if you are talking about
solar heating. Indeed, solar energy is not really understood by
the general public, much less a professor from a respected
institution.
With unemployment still hovering above the 9% mark, it seems
more and more evident, day after day, that our government has no
clue about how to get this economy going. In fact, that’s
probably why the economy isn’t going… it has TOO much government
interference!
Are utilities game?
Growing populations will necessitate more energy, which will
then cause more pollution. But is this dynamic inevitable and if
so, what can be done about it?
Merck & Co. has agreed to pay a $1.5 million civil penalty to
settle alleged violations of federal environmental laws at its
pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities in Riverside, Pa., and
West Point, Pa.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns that “time is
short” before Iran obtains nuclear weapons and poses a direct
threat to Israel and the rest of the world.
Researchers from the National University of Singapore's
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative (NUSNNI) have created
what they claim is the world's first energy-storage membrane.
Not only is the material soft and foldable, but it doesn't
incorporate liquid electrolytes that can spill out if it's
damaged, it's more cost-effective than capacitors or traditional
batteries, and it's reportedly capable of storing more
energy.
Japanese officials investigating the nuclear crisis at the
Fukushima power plant say a hydrogen explosion did not occur in
the No. 2 reactor, a report says.
The panel, led by an executive at Tokyo Electric Power Co.,
overturned a previous conclusion that an explosion took place on
March 15, four days after an 8.9-magnitude earthquake and
tsunami devastated the region, The Yomiuri Shimbun reported
Monday.
About $3 billion worth of infrastructure projects are on the
drawing boards in North Dakota's Bakken Shale play to monetize
the natural gas produced in association with oil, which
otherwise would be lost to flaring, operators and state
officials said in interviews
Human use of Earth's natural resources is making the air,
freshwaters and soils more acidic, finds new research by the
U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Virginia.
Citizen groups worried about the safety of the North Anna
nuclear power station called for strengthening the plant's
resistence to earthquakes at a press conference outside the
Louisa County plant today.
Sunoco's recent move to exit refining and be completely
immersed in the retail fuels market wasn't all that surprising
to people already in the retail sector in the US. It's going
gangbusters...
Plants absorb carbon dioxide and exhale Oxygen. They are a
major part of the global cycle. The global uptake of carbon by
land plants may be up to 45 per cent more than previously
thought.
The Solyndra episode has generated reams of press coverage
and fodder for political speeches, but this hasn’t changed
voters views on clean energy, new research from a pair of
Democratic and Republican pollsters suggests.
According to the most recent issue of the "Monthly Energy
Review" by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), with data through June 30, 2011,
renewable
energy has passed another milestone as domestic production is
now significantly greater than that of nuclear power and
continues to close in on oil.
produced the largest event of the period, a C7/2n x-ray
flare, Solar activity is expected to remain at low levels for
the next two days (04-05 October) Solar wind speeds, as
measured by the ACE spacecraft,
show nominal speeds around
400 km/s. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous
orbit reached high levels during the period. The geomagnetic
field is expected to be at quiet levels on day one (04 October).
Republic Services Inc. is spending $20 million to upgrade a
single-stream recycling facility in Southern California.The
Phoenix-based solid waste management company is modernizing its
CVT material recovery facility in Anaheim, which serves
municipalities throughout Southern California, the company said.
“High tax” state New York has a sales tax rate of just 4
percent, second lowest among all states that do impose a
statewide sales tax, but residents of the Empire State actually
pay an average of 8.48 percent, one of the highest rates in the
nation.
The Senate on Monday weighed whether to punish China for
undervaluing its currency and taking away American jobs. At
issue is whether legislation would boost the American economy,
as its supporters argue, or initiate a damaging trade war with a
major partner.
The energy sector is quietly divided. Those utilities that
depend on coal to meet their daily demands say that they are
unable to keep pace with pending environmental regulations.
However, those power companies that are building natural gas
plants say that the convergence of new rules along with ample
shale deposits will give the country clean energy supplies for
100 years.
It might not seem to be a bright investment right now, after
weeks of seemingly endless clouds and rain, but solar panels are
popping up on rooftops all over Maryland.
Even on a raw, rainy day like yesterday, Phil and Jody Hawley
still were able to make electricity and save money.
Billionaire investor George Soros has a three-step plan to
avoid another Depression: Eurozone governments must create a
common treasury, the major banks must be put under direction of
the European Central Bank, and the ECB would enable countries
such as Italy and Spain to temporarily refinance their debt at a
very low cost.
Seniors who take aspirin daily are twice as likely to have
late stage macular degeneration, an age-related loss of vision,
than people who never take the pain reliever, according to a new
study.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has signed a bill that would
effectively repeal a federal ban on incandescent light bulbs
within the Lone Star State.
As temperatures start to drop around the nation, the time has
come to wrap up your home garden and prepare for next year. Most
gardeners will be planting bulbs for next spring and taking
steps to protect perennials from harsh winter weather over the
next few weeks. But did you know that actions you take now can
also help in the fight against global warming?
Who arranged the Solyndra loan? A top Obama fund raiser
named Steven J. Spinner who, according to ABC, worked to "pick
and select fantastic projects" for DOE to fund. During the
campaign, he was responsible for raising at least half a million
dollars for Obama....
And what a coincidence! Spinner's wife, Allison's law firm
Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati got $2.4 million in legal
fees to handle the legal work in connection with the Solyndra
loan.
The fact is that the Solyndra scandal is just
the tip of the iceberg.
Streets of empty houses sit with dark windows around the
glittering coves of the Emory River.
A glance away, giant earth-moving machines scoop, pull and
push ash, the unwelcome trespasser that nearly three years ago
belched from a failed landfill to ooze over 300 acres and the
river. As the machines reshape the muck, massive tankers
continually sprinkle water to keep dangerous silica floaters out
of the air and out of people's lungs.
The latest survey took place between August 23 and September
2.
“At the time of the survey, many managers were clearly
considering the market impact of the U.S. debt ceiling and
downgrade issues and the ongoing European sovereign debt crisis,
and likely see the emerging markets as a comparatively stable
option based on steady growth rates and an expanding consumer
base”
Even as Congressional leaders continue to drag their feet on
clean energy and many states keep renewables-related legislation
on the back burner because of the still-sluggish economy, the
U.S. military continues to invest money and research into green
energy.
United Illuminating Co. and Connecticut Light & Power Co.
said Thursday new programs allowing utility customer to roll
loan payments for home efficiency upgrades onto bills are now
available.
"We think it's the first of its kind in the country,"...
"Vaccines are not free from
side effects, or "adverse effects""
This admission came after a review of more than 1,000 vaccine
studies, which was intended to assess the scientific evidence in
the medical literature about specific adverse events associated
with eight vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella (MMR); varicella
(chickenpox); influenza; hepatitis A; hepatitis B; HPV;
diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis (DtaP); and
meningococcal.
"Across the world, city air is often thick with exhaust
fumes, factory smoke or soot from coal burning power plants,"
says Dr. Maria Neira of the World Health Organization. "In many
countries there are no air quality regulations and, where they
do exist, national standards and their enforcement vary
markedly."
While Germany might
temporarily abandon nuclear facilities located in Germany, they
will never abandon electricity generated in nuclear reactors --
at least as long as German voters prefer a higher to a lower
standard of living. Put another way, for every kilowatt of
nuclear-based power lost because of temporary nuclear closures
that might take place in the largest economy in Europe, another
will probably be obtained from somewhere else in Europe, sooner
or later.
Young people from 100 countries and all regions of the world
today declared their commitment to fast track a future Green
Economy to heal and support the planet.
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