Renowned historians and preservationists are primed to take on Wal-Mart in a legal battle over the placement of a new store: in a rural northern Virginia town next to the site of a key Civil War battle. Wal-Mart won approval for the location from a local board in 2009, but…
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Image credit: Solarcentury , used with permission. Some folks may believe that solar feed-in tariffs are a subsidy for the wealthy , but it’s not just the rich that are getting in on the action. Just like some pioneering solar affordable housing projects in the States , one UK housing authority is pressing ahead with plans to install solar on over 650 houses by 2012. The initiative will, i… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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A water main break outside Washington has sent water pouring from a 54-inch pipe, prompting the closure of the inner loop of the Capital Beltway in Maryland and snarling morning traffic. (Jan. 24)
Continue reading …A former Pakistani spy who helped the Taliban rise to power in Afghanistan has died in militant captivity 10 months after he was seized in northwest Pakistan, a top official said today. Sultan Amir Tarar, who as an American ally against Soviet rule in Afghanistan in the 1980s trained at…
Continue reading …Details of Keith Olbermann’s abrupt exit from MSNBC—as well as what’s in store for him now—are trickling out. The latest: Olbermann’s exit package was “well in excess” of $7 million, sources tell TMZ . The deal includes a clause that benches Olbermann for a while—at least when it…
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Images credit yuya vs design Designer yuya ushida built this transformer sofa, that extends from chair width to full three person sofa, out of eight thousand chopsticks, cut into four lengths and fastened with rings and joints. It took him three months…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image via The Moderns slideshow When their building’s water tower burst in October 2009, The Moderns office space suffered an 8,000 gallon flood. They called it their own tsunami of change. They knew that while it was a huge hassle to build a new space, they’d received a great opportunity to completely re-do what they considered an office and try to integrate their green ideals into that new workspace. Janine James, President and Chief Creative Officer of The Moderns, presented their remodel to the attendees at this year’s Compostmodern conference in San Fra… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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We’ve been charting the progression of in-home lighting, CFLs replacing incandescents but themselves slowly walking the path obsolescence as LED bulbs get cheaper and more common. It’s much the same on the vehicle lighting front, with LEDs taking over more and more automotive lighting, and now OSRAM Sylvania is giving us another reason to make that happen sooner. LED bulbs can provide the same amount of light as traditional incandescent car bulbs with less than 25 percent the energy draw. On a gas-powered auto that’s not such a big deal, where LEDs are being used primarily because of benefits like cooler temps, longer life, and greater stylistic freedom, but on an EV that reduction in current draw can offer as much as a six mile boost in range on a single charge. That may not sound like much, but if you ever run out of juice five miles from home you might just change your mind. Continue reading LED headlights can add up to six miles of electric vehicle range LED headlights can add up to six miles of electric vehicle range originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Two car bombs struck Shiite pilgrims in the holy city of Karbala Monday, killing at least 18 people as crowds massed for religious rituals in Iraq. Deadly blasts shook the capital Baghdad as well. (Jan. 24)
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