Fracking demonstrators protest in Cape Town Demonstrators wearing gas masks, lab coats to emulate scientists from oil company Shell protested in Cape Town on Tuesday against hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for shale gas. Posted 09 August 2011, by Sapa, Times Live (AVUSA Inc.), timeslive.co.za Shell SA is punting shale gas as an affordable alternative [...]
Archive for August 11th, 2011
11 Aug
Healthier planet Earth means a healthier you
Healthier planet Earth means a healthier you Posted 10 August 2011, by Penny Eifrig, Centre Daily Times, centredaily.com Even though the big “Earth month” of April has passed, every day is a day to celebrate and protect Mother Earth. As we think about summertime activities, there are many ways for us to [...]
11 Aug
Turmoil at Brazilian Research Center
Turmoil at Brazilian Research Center More than 100 researchers have left a neuroscience institute in Brazil in the last couple of weeks, protesting managerial problems they say are thwarting their work. Posted 09 August 2011, by Jeff Akst, The Scientist, the-scientist.com Dozens of researchers are walking out the door of the Edmond and [...]
11 Aug
Start Growing Your Own Urban Wildlife Habitat Garden
Start Growing Your Own Urban Wildlife Habitat Garden When a garden matures it naturally becomes a home and haven to creatures both wanted and unwanted. Posted 10 August 2011, by Kathy Jentz, SilverSpringPatch (Patch Network), silverspring.patch.com Eileen Schramm lives on Boundary Avenue and is elated when the resident catbirds return every year [...]
11 Aug
Congress cuts page program while EPA announces paid liberals-only internships
Congress cuts page program while EPA announces paid liberals-only internships Posted 09 August 2011, by David Mastio, The Washington Times, .washingtontimes.com Just as the House of Representatives was ending the 200-year-old page program to save $5 million a year, the Obama administration’s Environmental Protection Agency sent out an email touting the expansion of [...]
11 Aug
Store CO2 Underground and Extract Electricity? A Berkeley Lab-led Team is Working on it
Store CO2 Underground and Extract Electricity? A Berkeley Lab-led Team is Working on it Posted 08 August 2011, by Dan Krotz, Lawrence Berkeley National laboratory, newscenter.lbl.gov About a year from now, two nondescript shipping containers will be installed in a field in Cranfield, Mississippi. They’ll house turbines designed to generate electricity in [...]
11 Aug
In 6 monsoons, 44 ships sank off west coast
In 6 monsoons, 44 ships sank off west coast Posted 11 August 2011, by Simit Bhagat,, The Times of In dia (Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd), timesofindia.indiatimes.com MUMBAI: The recent MV Rak Carrier and MT Pavit fiascos are just the tip of the iceberg . As many as 42 other vessels have [...]
11 Aug
How to Get the Most from Monitoring Building Energy Use
How to Get the Most from Monitoring Building Energy Use Posted 10 August 2011, by David Jaber, GreenerBuildings (GreenBiz Group), greenbiz.com Not all energy is created equal. But it goes far beyond the renewable-vs-non-renewable sense that so many already consider. There are really three kinds of energy: Energy required for site activity, [...]
11 Aug
Fractal Algo Strikes Again, This Time Impacts Popular Bond Bear ETF TBT
Fractal Algo Strikes Again, This Time Impacts Popular Bond Bear ETF TBT Posted 10 August 2011, by Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge, zerohedge.com After previously testing its mettle in such markets as Natural Gas and Crude Oil, the fractal algo, just like the StuxNet virus, is now ready to progress to its real test: equity products, [...]
