Wednesday, April 15, 2015; By David Henkin On March 31, a federal judge ruled that the National Marine Fisheries Service broke the law when it approved the U.S. Navy’s five-year Pacific weapons testing and training plan. The agency had concluded that the Navy’s [reckless] use of sonar, explosives and vessel strikes would threaten thousands of ocean dwellers with permanent hearing loss, lung damage and death – but approved it anyway.. . . CONTINUE
TWO-YEAR-LONG sea level rise along N.J. coast an ‘EXTREME’ EVENT, study says. Increased about 12-INCHES over the last 100 years Peter Slovinsky of the Maine Geological Survey has been tracking sea levels for years. He said when considering the sea level has increased about 12-inches over the last 100 years, a five-inch jump in just two years gets your attention. “We had sea levels in the months of December, January,. . . CONTINUE
By Kevin Bullis on January 30, 2015 Researchers have found a way to augment ordinary silicon solar cells with a material called a perovskite. Putting a new kind of photovoltaic material on top of a conventional solar cell can boost overall power output by half. Researchers at Stanford University added a type of material known as a perovskite to a silicon solar cell, validating an idea for cheaply increasing the. . . CONTINUE
with more than 4,000 people dying from air quality-related illnesses in London every year, the city is proposing a new charge to improve air quality: an Ultra Low Emission Zone. Drivers of the most polluting vehicles will have to pay £12.50 a day in addition to the congestion charge to enter London by 2020 as the mayor bids to improve air quality in the capital. Starting a public consultation today,. . . CONTINUE
recharges 70% within 2 minutes, lasts 10 times longer, and is more compact Scientists at Nanyang Technology University (NTU) have developed ultra-fast charging batteries that can be recharged up to 70 per cent in only two minutes. The new generation batteries also have a long lifespan of over 20 years, more than 10 times compared to existing lithium-ion batteries. This breakthrough has a wide-ranging impact on all industries, especially for. . . CONTINUE
How The Islamic State Smuggles Oil To Fund Its Campaign by Deborah Amos, September 09, 2014 In less than three years, the Islamic State has had a remarkable rise from startup militants to a cash-rich and capable extremist organization. The swift expansion is fueled, in part, by a massive oil smuggling operation in eastern Syria that has now expanded to Iraq, according to regional analysts and oil industry specialists. The. . . CONTINUE
Dec 17, 2013, updated 2014-10-20 BMW i8 Spyder in Production BMW i8, $136,500 to start, began trickling into U.S. buyers’ hands in August. The BMW i8 was launched in Germany in June 2014. As of September 2014, a total of 341 i8s have been delivered worldwide. BMW will launch its new i8 all-electric sports car in the spring of 2014, with a convertible version of the car hitting the streets. . . CONTINUE
India Almost Doubled Its Solar Power In 2013 With Big Plans For More By Ari Phillips on January 21, 2014 India added just over 1 gigawatt of solar energy to its electrical grid last year, a major milestone that nearly doubles the country’s cumulative solar energy capacity to 2.18 gigawatts. After a slow start to the year, solar installation picked up rapidly – a good sign that India will be. . . CONTINUE
updated 01-27-2014 The police cannot spy on anyone without a court order but the NSA has become a new Gestapo spying on everyone, breaking the law and lying about it. Update: Polls Continue to Show Majority of Americans Against NSA Spying January 22, 2014 | By Mark Jaycox Update, January 2014: Polls continue to confirm the trend. In a poll conducted in December 2013 by the Washington Post, 66% of. . . CONTINUE
originally posted 07-30-2007 updated 12-28-2015 Best lead acid powered acceleration: 0-60 in ~ 3.5 seconds ! Best lithium ion powered acceleration: 0-60 in ~ 1.8 seconds ! 10.258 sec. @ 123.79 mph : Sept 11, 2010 He attributes the faster times and longer range to a new lithium manganese cobalt polymer pouch battery from Dow Kokam. He also has boosted the size of the White Zombie’s electric motors from 772lb-ft. . . CONTINUE
updated 01-10-2015 posted 03-04-2010 Press Release October 18, 2013 Macy’s, Inc. Installs New Bloom Energy Server in Connecticut 600 kW project will provide clean and uninterruptible power to Macy’s online fulfillment center CHESHIRE, Connecticut – October 18, 2013 – Macy’s, Inc. and Bloom Energy today announced that an innovative and clean electricity generation system has been installed at Macy’s online fulfillment center in Cheshire, CT. The Bloom Energy Servers use. . . CONTINUE
a “super-entity” made up of 147 gigantic corporations basically dominates the entire global economy…. Faine Greenwood, September 10, 2013 America’s top 1 percent of earners control 19.3 percent of total household income, a gap wider even than in 1927. The current gap between America’s rich and poor is the widest in history, new research using Internal Revenue Service data reveals, as the country continues to struggle to recover from a. . . CONTINUE
on the intra-coastal An afternoon-evening cruise on the Glory B Nothing special, we just enjoyed a short trip out on the electric catamaran-sailboat. The Glory B I took some photos of the new solar panels and the boat’s night lights earlier. The 3 solar panels are connected to the batteries providing auxiliary power to everything but the propellers. Under sail, the propellers charge their own batteries which are basically only. . . CONTINUE
