published March 12, 2009 and has No Comments
Image credit: Libra Rising , Centaur, Art and Myth: a pictorial The last sighting of this beast was during US Congressional testimony, during 2008:- Mythical Hybrid Beast To Battle Climate Change . Recent news indicates a growing interest in co-locating wind turbines and large scale solar thermal plants with fossil-fueled electricity generators. See below for an excerpt from the ...
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published March 11, 2009 and has No Comments
The Ethicurian tells us that the dairy farm industry is in crisis, drowning in a lake of milk. Elanor quotes the Associated Press: Hundreds of thousands of America’s dairy cows are bring turned into hamburgers because milk prices have dropped so low that farmers can no longer afford to feed the animals…. Dairy farmers say they have little choice ...
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published March 11, 2009 and has No Comments
Percent Change In Individual US Monthly Vehicular Travel, 2007 vs. 2008 The US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, has published the data upon which this graphic was based. For the raw data, see December 2008 Traffic Volume Trends, Individual Monthly Motor Vehicle Travel in the U.S. for December 2008, here. ...
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published March 10, 2009 and has No Comments
USEPA is requiring large scale coal burning operations and their corporate owners to self-report on approximately 300 US fly ash impoundments. This is only round one, but takes the necessary first step toward harmonized national regulations and enforcement standards for impoundment design, operation, maintenance, and closure. Recipients have ten days to respond to EPAs letter of request. It's going ...
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published March 10, 2009 and has No Comments
Cubs Branded Plastic Baby Bottle . Image credit: NextCentury . The major brands, Avent, Disney First Years, Gerber, Dr. Brown, Playtex and Evenflow have all have agreed to stop selling baby bottles manufactured from the monomer Bisphenol-A (BPA). This is according to a press release by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal . Will this voluntary agreement result in a ...
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