Posted by Leanan on September 14, 2010 – 10:27am Have we passed the point of Peak Oil? In commemoration of OPEC’s 50th anniversary and the fact that, in recent days, I’ve read articles in the mainstream media like this one printed in Macleans that do their best to debunk the idea that the issue...
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Have we passed the point of Peak Oil?
Population: Thinking about our Future
Posted by Gail the Actuary on September 13, 2010 – 10:30am Topic: Environment/Sustainability This is a guest post by retired geography professor Gary Peters. He wrote a previous post as well. Death is inevitable; population growth is not. I prefer to discuss the latter and some of its implications in an attempt to convince...
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The 8 Most Exciting Solar Projects in the U.S.
Fast Company BY Ariel SchwartzToday Sunlight is the world’s most plentiful resource. That is, of course, why the United States has scrambled in recent years to supplant dirty, nonrenewable energy sources with ambitious solar projects. Below, we look at some of the most exciting solar projects–both existing and planned–in the country. 1. Solar Energy...
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U.S. may sue oil companies in gulf spill
BP and others may face federal criminal or civil charges if they are found to have violated U.S. environmental laws in the Deepwater Horizon rig disaster, officials say.
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Tropical storm Karl hits Mexico’s Yucatan
By GABRIEL ALCOCER, Associated Press Writer Gabriel Alcocer, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 7 mins ago CANCUN, Mexico – A strong Tropical Storm Karl made landfall on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on Wednesday, hitting a sparsely populated stretch of Caribbean coast, while two Category 4 hurricanes roared further out in the Atlantic. Karl made landfall about 30 miles...
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Why BP’s failure to mention safety culture is problem
17:13 14 September 2010 by Justin Mullins When the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated on re-entering Earth’s atmosphere on 1 February 2003, the immediate cause soon became clear. A piece of foam had come off during launch and cracked the wing, allowing hot gases to destroy the structure. But there was another, more insidious factor....
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Disappearing Amazon: Congratulations to Brazil’s Cattle Ranchers
The Amazon rainforest belongs to Brazil and nobody else. That being said, despite the fact that the rate of deforestation has slowed considerably in recent years, fifteen per cent of the area once covered by the rainforest has now disappeared, according to research undertaken by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The Brazilian...
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Alaska sues to lift Arctic drilling suspension
By DAN JOLING (AP) – 3 hours ago ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The state claimed Thursday that the Interior Department illegally halted offshore drilling in Artic waters, even though the department said there’s no such moratorium in place. Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell said Interior Secretary Ken Salazar illegally imposed an moratorium because he failed to...
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Colo. wildfire’s toll of destroyed homes rises
By DAN ELLIOTT and P. SOLOMON BANDA, Associated Press Writers Dan Elliott And P. Solomon Banda, Associated Press Writers – Wed Sep 8, 11:20 am ET BOULDER, Colo. – Will Esposito describes an otherworldly scene after a wildfire tore through a canyon in the Colorado foothills: Some houses in his neighborhood burning while others stood intact, a propane...
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Detroit fire chief: ‘I haven’t had anything like this in 20 years’
BY CECIL ANGEL, MELANIE D. SCOTT, SUZETTE HACKNEY, BILL LAITNER and GINA DAMRON FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS Sparked by downed power lines, blazes jumped from house to house, garage to garage, displacing families, disrupting neighborhoods and stretching thin the Detroit Fire Department on Tuesday. “I haven’t had anything like this in 20 years,” said...
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