Enel, acting through its subsidiary Enel North America Inc., dedicated a 250 Megawatt wind farm in Kansas, the biggest wind farm ever constructed by the … Enel 250 Megawatt wind farm in KansasRead more
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BioBacksheet™ from BioSolar
BioSolar, Inc. has announced that materials derived from cotton and castor beans compose the company’s newly developed BioBacksheet™ product. BioBacksheet™ is intended to be an … BioBacksheet™ from BioSolarRead more
Posted inHealth
Truth is stranger than fission
Interview with Dr Helen Caldicott. The nuclear power industry was moribund after Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, and it became so expensive to build a … Truth is stranger than fissionRead more
Posted inOil
Oil spill in Australia
An oil spill along the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia is 10 times worse than originally thought, state authorities said. A Hong Kong-registered ship … Oil spill in AustraliaRead more
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Stopping a dam on Himalayas
Work on a major hydroelectric dam in the Himalayas has been stopped after one of India’s most eminent scientists came close to dying on the … Stopping a dam on HimalayasRead more
Posted inHealth / Politics / Social
Why hunger
Article written by Frances Moore Lappé Hunger is not caused by a scarcity of food but a scarcity of democracy. Hunger is not caused by … Why hungerRead more
Posted inPesticide
Contaminated food
Most Contaminated: Consistent with two previous EWG investigations, fruits topped the list of the consistently most contaminated fruits and vegetables, with seven of the 12 … Contaminated foodRead more
Posted inRail / Transportation
High-speed trains for Turkey
From 1923, the year the modern Turkish republic was founded, to 1946, the country laid 128 kilometers of rail each year. But for the 50-odd … High-speed trains for TurkeyRead more
Posted inTechnology
Nanotube Structures for Electric Motors
Researchers from Rice University and the University of Oulu in Oulu, Finland, have found that carbon nanotubes could significantly improve the performance of electrical commutators … Nanotube Structures for Electric MotorsRead more
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U.S. Nuclear Power Plant Construction Cost Overruns
According to the Department of Energy, the first 75 reactors built in the U.S. experienced cost overruns totaling over $100 billion and that was before … U.S. Nuclear Power Plant Construction Cost OverrunsRead more