Image: Creative Commons You Don’t Need a Weatherman… If there’s one thing that South-Korea has a lot of, it’s coastlines. Offshore wind power is a great fit for the country, which is probably why the government and private companies have decided to invest 9.2 trillion won ($8.2 billion) in offshore wind farms. A 100 MW pilot wind farm is scheduled to come online by 2013, to be followed by a 900 MW one by 2016, and then an additional 1,500 MW of further capacity by 2019, for a total of 2,500 MW and 500 turbines (huge 5 MW ones!)… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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A ground-breaking retinal implant has allowed three people to see shapes and objects for the first time since they lost their sight to an inherited an eye disease. (Nov. 4)
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The European Space Agency hopes its lunar mission in 2018 will allow astronauts to explore the Moon’s South Pole region, which is of particular interest because of its plentiful sunlight and potential access to water-ice. (Nov. 4)
Continue reading …No, sir, Mr. President: In his book, titled “Decision Points,” Bush recounts being asked by the CIA whether it could proceed with waterboarding Mohammed, who Bush said was suspected of knowing about still-pending terrorist plots against the United States. Bush writes that his reply was “Damn right” and states that he would make the same decision again to save lives, according to a someone close to Bush who has read the book. Bush previously had acknowledged endorsing what he described as the CIA’s “enhanced” interrogation techniques – a term meant to encompass irregular, coercive methods – after Justice Department officials and other top aides assured him they were legal. “I was a big supporter of waterboarding,” Vice President Richard B. Cheney acknowledged in a television interview in February. Me too. It saved lives .
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photo: Lanscricae / Creative Commons We’ve covered the growing issue of water scarcity around the globe a number of times (including pointing out some interactive maps on the subject). A new report coming from the
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Singapore: Australia’s Qantas Airways grounded all its Airbus A380s Thursday after an engine failure forced one of the superjumbos to make a dramatic emergency landing in Singapore with more than 450 people aboard. The explosion in one of the four Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines, which showered metal debris on to an Indonesian city, was the double-deck A380′s first mid-air emergency. Qantas, which has never suffered a fatal jet crash in its 90-year history, said it was grounding all six of its A380s and other airlines said they were making checks on their aircraft on the recommendation of Rolls-Royce. Qantas said flight QF32 developed major engine trouble just six minutes into a flight from…
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Sparky Anderson, the white-haired Hall of Fame manager who directed Cincinnati’s Big Red Machine to back-to-back World Series championships and won another one in Detroit, died Thursday. He was 76. (Nov. 4)
Continue reading …Study: Keith ‘I’m Not a Liberal’ Olbermann Avoids Conservative Guests Like Plague
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Keith Olbermann has become very upset lately at people who claim MSNBC and Fox News are two sides of the same coin – ideological cable news counterparts. Olbermann is right to object to that distinction, but not for the reason he thinks. Unlike his 8 pm Fox News competitor Bill O'Reilly, Olbermann prefers not to have dissenting voices on his show. According to Philadelphia Daily News columnist Stu Bykofsky, Olbermann did not host a single conservative on “Countdown” last week . O'Reilly, meanwhile, brought 11 liberals on his show. read more
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Images: Panasonic and Tesla Motors logos The Two of Us Will Go Far (at Least 244 Miles Per Charge) Panasonic, which suppliers lithium-ion cells to electric car maker Tesla Motors, has decided to make the business relationship a bit more serious. The Japanese giant has bought about 2% of the Californian startup’s shares in a private placement ($30 million, $21.15 per share). Panasonic and Tesla plan to jointly market and sell Tesla battery packs using Panasonic’s battery cells…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Become an Eco-Leader With Colin Beavan and the No Impact Project’s Free Training
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Photo credit: ornellaswouldgo / Creative Commons In 2007, Colin Beavan began an experiment. The question was: Can one family survive a year in New York City without creating a net-impact on the environment . Since then, this simple question has spawned an entire movement, organized around the
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