BP Denies Texas A Cash Advance, Gets Scathing Response
news.yahoo.com — Oil giant BP Plc rejected a request from Texas for a $25 million cash advance to clean up shorelines sullied by the Gulf oil spill, and got a scathing response from top Texas officials, according to letters given to Reuters on Thursday. (Submitted by BullHunter) More…
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CNN.com - Already a hit in the UK, Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins tries her luck in the U.S.
The Most Powerful Wind Turbine Looks Like the Weirdest Too
gizmodo.com — In the future, we will look at these 885-foot-wide structures in the middle of the ocean and we won't even blink. But, right now, I'm having a hard time imagining them spinning en masse at 20 revolutions per minute. (Submitted by tonychenyj) More…
With global climate pact dead China gets hungry for US pork
grist.org — China's growing appetite for meat -- and its rapid conversion to U.S.-style industrial meat production -- may prove just as damaging to the climate as its growing proliferation of cars. The only winners will be U.S. exporters of cheap corn and cheap pork. (Submitted by skored) More…
NY’s Solar Thermal Plan Will Save $175 Million Annually
inhabitat.com — Sixty percent of the energy used in buildings in New York State goes to heat and hot water. This power heavy fact has been the the driving force behind a newly devised solar thermal energy plan that could eventually save New York State residents $175 million a year. (Submitted by radicalrainbow) More…
Can West Coast Cities Survive a Mega-Quake?
oregonlive.com — Recent West Coast earthquakes have experts concerned about the safety of Northwest cities such as Portland and Seattle. In fact, on July 19 a 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Vancouver, British Columbia and a 5.2 earthquake struck Wed. morning, July 28, off the Oregon Coast. (Submitted by SlumDogMillions) More…
Forget Overfishing; Any Fishing Changes Sex Ratios in Fish
planetgreen.discovery.com — We know overfishing has a devastating impact on the environment, and we've seen weird things happen to fish as a result of a changing environment before, but a new finding has perplexed scientists... (Submitted by biofriendlyblog) More…
"The End of Fish - Can't We Invent New Ones?"
npr.org — I was teaching my Astro104 class –- “The Planets” — and I always spend some time looking at the evolution of life on Earth. I have come to see the class as a kind of lesson in Comparative Planetology in service of Sustainably. (Submitted by shaele) More…
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How computers and politics revolutionized the oldest science
arstechnica.com — The ability of early cultures to track the orderly motion of the solar system's inhabitants may make planetary science the oldest area of scientific study, but according to a perspective published in "Nature," it took some modern developments like computers for the field to come into its own. (Submitted by mklopez) More…
What NASA Means to America's Future: Neil deGrasse Tyson
youtube.com — In light of recent budget cuts, NASA has decided to forget about frontiers, ignore the moon, kick the Mars can down the road, & settle for promoting commercial access to ‘low-earth orbit.’ Would Neil deGrasse Tyson like to comment on NASA’s big fade? Yes, he would, and in no uncertain terms. In this thundering response, Tyson, astrophysicist & (Submitted by wjappe) More…