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The Mercedes of the future

Via: hal-a-lujah • Environment/Climate • 7 Comments • 10 years ago

I came across this article, and I was so shocked that it is a being presented as a serious endeavor,that I had to seed it. This was actually part of a larger article showcasing alist ofother...

The Hole Truth -- Are Sinkholes man-made?

Via: dowser • Environment/Climate • 10 Comments • 10 years ago

Sinkholes form when groundwater slowly eats away calcium carbonate rocks, like limestone, forming holes in the rock. The holes grow together, so that larger chambers form, underneath the ground....

National Drinking Water Week – May 5-11

Via: dowser • Environment/Climate • 16 Comments • 10 years ago

This year, the American Water Works Association, in partnership with the CDC, the US EPA, and six other national organizations, is sponsoring National Drinking Water Week to promote awareness...

National Drinking Water Week -- What is the source of your water?

Via: dowser • Environment/Climate • 24 Comments • 10 years ago

Every drinking water supply in the US has a source-- it may be a reservoir, a river, an abandoned underground coal mine, or a ground water source. You can find the source of your drinking water...

NDWW -- The Day-to-Day Operation of a Water Company -- Water Treatment Processes

Via: dowser • Environment/Climate • 1 Comments • 10 years ago

No one really thinks that much about their water supply, until one day, we turn on our faucet and nothing comes out. As we fume with shampoo in our hair, remember that, periodically, the water...

IS CANADA'S OIL TOO DIRTY FOR EUROPE? - New York Times IHT Rendezvous

Via: jsbach • Environment/Climate • 3 Comments • 10 years ago

Is Canadas Oil Too Dirty for Europe? By CHRISTOPHER F. SCHUETZE Nati Harnik/Associated Press : Opponents to the Keystone XL pipeline at a U.S. State Department public...

Mystery in the Marsh: Where are the bugs?

Via: jane-ward • Environment/Climate • 8 Comments • 10 years ago

Bay Jimmy, La. LSU research assistant Brooke Hesson, brushing a net across some marsh grass, makes a somewhat surprising discovery. "There's a beetle in this one, a pretty beetle," Hesson said,...

Police Trained to Treat Keystone XL Protests as "Terrorists" (View TransCanada's PowerPoints) - AlterNet

Via: jsbach • Environment/Climate • 5 Comments • 10 years ago

Police Trained to Treat Keystone XL Protesters as 'Terrorists' (View TransCanada's PowerPoints) June 13, 2013 AlterNet by Alyssa Figueroa Peaceful environmental...

Giant Snails Invade Florida

Via: kavika • Environment/Climate • 13 Comments • 10 years ago

If Florida didn't have enough invasive species, they now have the giant snail. As big as rats, they chomp on everything in sight. Coming to an area near you soon....

A Radical New Way To Be Radical - Fighting The Mines In Wisconsin

Via: kavika • Environment/Climate • 21 Comments • 10 years ago

A new tribe has been formed in Wisconsin to fight the mines being proposed in northern Wisconsin. Every human being can become a member of the tribe....

She's Alive... Beautiful... Finite... Hurting... Worth Dying for.

Via: loretta-mashkawidee-kemsley • Environment/Climate • 3 Comments • 10 years ago

"When the last tree has been cut, the last river has been dried, and the last fish has been caught, then you will realize that money cannot be eaten." - Crow proverb

The world's most beautiful wastewater treatment plant

Via: hal-a-lujah • Environment/Climate • 4 Comments • 10 years ago

The Omega Center for Sustainable Living may be the most beautiful wastewater treatment plant in the world. It is powered by solar and geothermal power, so it requires no additional power to...

Koch Industries Pipeline ruptures dumps at least 17,000 barrels of crude in livestock ponds and -------!

Via: retired-military-ex-republican • Environment/Climate • 2 Comments • 10 years ago

Koch industries was informed they had a Crude Oil Pipeline rupture and were dumping crude oil which they knew nothing about. The Koch industries want a pipeline from Canada to Texas to ship their...

$Colorado river found unsafe with discharges coming from fracking sites.$

Colorado river found unsafe with discharges coming from fracking sites.

Via: retired-military-ex-republican • Environment/Climate • 4 Comments • 10 years ago

http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/12/20/hormone-disrupting-chemicals-linked-to-fracking-found-in-colorado-river/ 30 million people use this water for drinking water. Report 3 weeks...

Yeah , it's just WEATHER

Via: petey-coober • Environment/Climate • 21 Comments • 10 years ago

Right ... weather Does something look extremely odd here ? Take a good look at the picture below . Then read some news items :...

Propane shortage sends suppliers scrambling, prices jumping

Via: petey-coober • Environment/Climate • 14 Comments • 10 years ago

Propane shortage sends suppliers scrambling, prices jumping By Aaron Pressman | The Exchange 10 hours ago CBSTV Videos - After a relatively mild stretch of...

An explosion erupts as TransCanada awaits U.S. permit for Keystone XL oil pipeline to U.S. markets

Via: larry-crehore • Environment/Climate • 28 Comments • 10 years ago

Manitoba is facing its coldest winter since 1949, with temperatures dipping below -20 C. On Saturday January 25 th , 2014 at approximately 1:00am an explosion on a natural gas pipeline near...

Ride the Ryno: The $5300 one wheeled scooter

Via: larry-crehore • Environment/Climate • 2 Comments • 10 years ago

The RYNO has a single wheel and runs on electricity The scooter reaches speeds of 10mph and lasts 10 miles on one charge Self-balancing technology means the driver can't fall off,...

Japanese whaling ship ’attacks’ Sea Shepherd boat

Via: larry-crehore • Environment/Climate • 3 Comments • 10 years ago

Despite the clashes, Sea Shepherd's Peter Hammarstedt said the activists were still in contact with the fleeing Japanese factory ship, Nisshin Maru. Mr Hammarstedt said his ship Bob Barker...

Irelaand today flood cleanup continues as further weather warning issued

Via: larry-crehore • Environment/Climate • 2 Comments • 10 years ago

Gusts of up to 100km forecasted for tonight and tomorrow morning Sun, Feb 2, 2014, 19:21 As parts of the country deal with the aftermath of yesterdays flooding, Met ireann has...

Tom Steyer to SecState John Kerry: Investigate … Keystone XL has a fishy smell

Via: larry-crehore • Environment/Climate • 7 Comments • 10 years ago

In the letter (in entirety after the fold), Steyer calls for an independent and transparent review of the EIS. Problems include: All Links are Live The hiring of a TransCanada...

When you think of breaking a speed record seldom do you think of Greenland

Via: larry-crehore • Environment/Climate • 6 Comments • 10 years ago

Unless youre a glaciologist at the University of Washingtons Polar Science Center, then Greenlands Jakobshavn Glacier would jump immediately to mind. Recent observations have shown that in...

Healthy year and a half old Marius dead because the gene pool was full?

Via: larry-crehore • Environment/Climate • 12 Comments • 10 years ago

Marius the giraffe killed at Copenhagen zoo and fed to lions. Stunned, disgusted and outraged these are but a few emotions I felt when I read this in the press today, just another reminder of...

Is Your Dry-cleaner Or Garage Making Members Of Your Community Sick

Via: larry-crehore • Environment/Climate • 20 Comments • 10 years ago

PCE (perchloroethylene or perc) a powerful degreaser used in the dry cleaning business and also in the auto repair industry, could be making people very sick and even causing some cancers....

Appeals court gives go-ahead to BP investor suit over 2006 Alaska oil spills