GreenField’s solar concentrators are engineered to track the sun from dawn to dusk, gathering every available ray of sunlight and generating power long before — … A new Solar power ‘concentrator’Read more
Posted inMiddle East / USA Empire
The Age of the Warrior
The US strategy in Afghanistan is back in the news, just ahead of the vice-presidential debate tonight. The British ambassador to Afghanistan has been quoted … The Age of the WarriorRead more
Posted inGreenhouse gas / Kyoto Protocol
Rising Greenhouse Gases from Industrial Countries’
Climate change talks set for the Polish city of Poznan from 1 to 12 December come half-way through a two-year negotiating process to forge an … Rising Greenhouse Gases from Industrial Countries’Read more
Posted inPolitics / USA Empire
No Debate
Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri will host the first and only vice-presidential debate between Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and Delaware Senator Joseph Biden. The … No DebateRead more
Posted inPolitics
Protecting Argentina’s mining industry intersts
Argentina’s president has vetoed a law protecting the country’s glaciers that would have restricted mining and oil drilling, officials and environmental campaigners said on Friday. … Protecting Argentina’s mining industry interstsRead more
Posted inLife style / Social / Transportation / Walking
Singing for their supper
Three young men are walking across Britain with no money, living wild and relying on the hospitality of strangers. Are they just eccentric – or … Singing for their supperRead more
Posted inEnergy / Geothermal / Renewable
US Geothermal Development Up 20% in 2008
The Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) has released its U.S. Geothermal Production and Development Update for August 2008. This report shows continued growth in the number … US Geothermal Development Up 20% in 2008Read more
Posted inRenewable / Transportation
Electricity from waste will run Metro System
In Mexico, methane from landfills, a natural byproduct of decomposing organic matter known as landfill gas, or LFG, makes up 10 percent of all greenhouse … Electricity from waste will run Metro SystemRead more
Posted inEnergy / Geothermal
26,000 yrs of power from Australian “hot rocks”
Barely one percent of Australia’s untapped geothermal energy could produce 26,000 years worth of clean electricity, scientists said, as the government announced a A$50 million … 26,000 yrs of power from Australian “hot rocks”Read more
Posted inEconomics / Financial crisis / USA Empire
Joseph Stiglitz talking on bailout
It is a disappointment, but not a surprise, that the administration came up with a bill that is again based on trickle-down economics. You throw … Joseph Stiglitz talking on bailoutRead more