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Nuclear Power is So 20th Century
When I was born in the 1950s, nuclear power was said to be “too cheap to meter.” Although few and far between, disasters at Fukushima and Chernobyl have laid waste to that claim and, for that matter, entire cities. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, herself a nuclear physicist, led the charge to eliminate her nation’s nuclear […]
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Don’t burn people for fuel. Is this really that hard?
Who's writing about setting people on fire to meet our energy needs? Oh, it's Glenn Beck. What a surprise.
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NOAA weather-monitoring program hit by sequester cuts
After its plan to meet sequester demands by furloughing weather forecasters was nixed, NOAA is proposing to take funds away from a state-of-the-art satellite program.
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Organic farmers lose court battle with Monsanto
Monsanto says on its website that it won't sue organic farmers if trace amounts of its biotech genes wind up in their crops, and a federal court says that's good enough.
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Elusive sea serpent spotted; penis jokes commence
Researchers shot not one but FIVE videos of the Michael Fassbender of the sea.
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Utilities and distributed energy: Further reading
If you're as fascinated by utilities as we are, you'll want to follow these links to more reports and articles covering the spread of distributed energy and utilities' efforts to adapt.
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We really, really want one of these gorgeous human-sized bird’s nests
These "spirits nests" are often made out of Eucalyptus wood.
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Patriot Bankruptcy Puts Retired Miners in Life and Death Struggle
In my many years in Appalachia, I’ve worked, traveled, prayed, broken bread, and raised a glass with a good many retired coal miners. I know that, in retirement, they are still paying heavily for their decades of work in the mines – you can hear it in their shortness of breath, you can see it […]
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Naked bike riders have a strong message of … sorry what were we saying?
In Sunday's World Naked Bike Ride, genitals met saddles around the world. We bring you some photos, and try to sort out what it all means.
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Trees may be keeping you alive
There’s reason to believe that killing trees really does lower overall health.
