Industrial globalised agriculture is heavily implicated in climate change. It contributes to the three major greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide (CO2) from the use of fossil … Don’t Buy the False Promise of Industrial AgricultureRead more
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Posted inAccident / Fukushima
Now its same as Chernobyl
Japan’s nuclear regulators raised the severity level of the crisis at a stricken nuclear plant Tuesday to rank it on par with the 1986 Chernobyl … Now its same as ChernobylRead more
Posted inEnergy / Renewable / Solar
U.S.’s Largest PV Solar Power Plant Goes Online
In the United States, solar-powered energy plants are starting to come into their own. San-Diego based Sempra Generation finished construction on the largest photovoltaic solar … U.S.’s Largest PV Solar Power Plant Goes OnlineRead more
Posted inMultimedia / Transportation
Moving Beyond the Automobile
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/19807526 w=550&h=325] We shouldn’t have to burn a galon of gas to get a galon of milk. Half of the trips taken everyday in … Moving Beyond the AutomobileRead more
Posted inEconomics / ToMl / USA Empire
The subsidiaries of Wall Street
Most of the pension shortfall using the current methodology is attributable to the plunge in the stock market in the years 2007-2009. If pension funds … The subsidiaries of Wall StreetRead more
Posted inOil / Pollution / Spill / ToMl
Gulf spill’s effects ‘may not be seen for a decade’
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill “devastated” life on and near the seafloor, a marine scientist has said. Studies using a submersible found a layer, … Gulf spill’s effects ‘may not be seen for a decade’Read more
Posted inWater
Fresh water supply
An interactive site for fresh water supply. – from josephbergen.com
Posted inCapitalism / Economics / ToMl
Chamber is always wrong
From the outside, you’d think the US Chamber of Commerce must know what it’s doing. It’s got a huge building right next to the White … Chamber is always wrongRead more
Posted inAccident / Fukushima
7 tons an hour of radioactive water to sea
Workers’ struggle to plug a gush of highly contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, using sawdust, shredded newspaper and an absorbent powder, … 7 tons an hour of radioactive water to seaRead more
Posted inEnergy / Multimedia / Renewable / Wind
Cooperative wind farm
Baywind Energy Cooperative. Built in 1996, the wind farm was the first community-owned wind installation in the UK, and generates around 10,000MWh of electricity each … Cooperative wind farmRead more