The global wind power market rose 6 percent to 41 gigawatts last year, led by China, which captured more than two-fifths of the total, the … Wind Power Market Rose 41 Gigawatts in 2011Read more
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Apple, Accustomed to Profits and Praise
Protesters visited a half-dozen Apple stores around the world to deliver petitions calling for reforms in the working conditions at factories run by Apple’s suppliers … Apple, Accustomed to Profits and PraiseRead more
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Solar land use, media outcry
The Los Angeles Times recently published a story on large-scale solar that gets much of the context and many of the facts about renewable energy … Solar land use, media outcryRead more
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Top 20 dirtiest banks
Private banks are the first to claim to fight climate change – but do they put their money where their mouth is? That’s exactly what … Top 20 dirtiest banksRead more
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Radioactive Concrete
The Japanese government is investigating how radioactive concrete ended up in a new apartment complex in the Fukushima Prefecture, housing evacuees from a town near … Radioactive ConcreteRead more
Posted inFascism / Military / ToMl / USA Empire
Biggest Spy Center
The spring air in the small, sand-dusted town has a soft haze to it, and clumps of green-gray sagebrush rustle in the breeze. Bluffdale sits … Biggest Spy CenterRead more
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Our ability to control fire
The ability to control fire marked a major milestone in human evolution, helping our ancestors stay warm in the cold, enhance the nutritional value of … Our ability to control fireRead more
Posted inPolitics / ToMl / USA Empire
Participatory Democracy from Port Huron to Occupy Wall Street
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of the 1962 Port Huron Statement, the founding document of SDS. The Statement advocated for participatory … Participatory Democracy from Port Huron to Occupy Wall StreetRead more
Posted inEnergy / Renewable / Solar / ToMl
Sun shining after sunset
Two identical 50 megawatt solar thermal plants are now up and running in Spain, each sending enough clean power to the grid to power over … Sun shining after sunsetRead more
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1 percent of Big Agriculture
Monsanto, if you will, is the 1 percent of Big Agriculture–the scourge of small farmers everywhere. But now those farmers are fighting back, backed by … 1 percent of Big AgricultureRead more