Oldest Maya Sun Observatory Hints at Origin of Civilization

http://economicrisis.com/oldest-maya-sun-observatory-hints-at-origin-of-civilization/6105 Oldest Maya Sun Observatory Hints at Origin of Civilization The oldest ancient Maya ceremonial compound ever discovered in the Central American lowlands dates back 200 years before...

A High-Yielding Energy Company for Income Investors

http://economicrisis.com/a-high-yielding-energy-company-for-income-investors/1542 A High-Yielding Energy Company for Income Investors The midstream industry, those companies responsible for carting oil and gas to and fro, is known among dividend investors for its...

BP Photoshops Their Command Center: The Dumb Get Dumbererer

Courtesy of AMERICAblog and The Washington Post, check out the latest is numb-skullery coming from our environmentally responsible friends over at BP. It seems as if BP has been altering some photography on its...

Turn off oil and start the transformation

All Americans have vested interest in energy production and transforming from fossil fuel dependency to a combination of alternatives. The nations that accomplish the transformation the fastest will be the winners in the long run. Corporations and communities that have vested...

Tampa Bay Florida Free from Gulf Coast Oil Spill

Recently took a trip to Tampa Bay Florida to take photos of the beach. There are no signs of oil and the tourism appears at its usual level for this time of year. Many restaurants, hotels, and other places...

Barack Obama Hates the Gulf Coast

So, are we tired of this oil leak yet? Have we just had enough of watching video of that oil just spewing out of it's man-made hole, bubbling out into the ocean and washing up on our shores? No, we're not...ask...

The BP oil disaster: dispatches from new orleans

May 31, 2010 Check this out - "A Spill Afar: Should It Matter?" by Elisabeth Rosenthal and let me know what you think. Let's see your comments. What do you think of this NYTimes Green Blog question? Let me know and I will let you know the take; better - a...

GOP's Oil Conspiracy Theories: Height of Stupidity

Leave it to the right-wingers to take an awful tragedy and turn it into a political football. Not that it's anything new, but the things that some of these people have been saying lately is beyond the pale. It...

Five dead baby dolphins wash up on Mississippi Coast

If you're anywhere on the beaches of the Gulf Coast, you might want to keep an eye out for dolphins."GULFPORT, Miss. -- The deaths of five young dolphins over the past week has marine scientists concerned.The dolphin calves washed-up along the beach in Harrison County, but...

Supplement To The WEATHERAmerica Newsletter, January 28, 2009

Major Winter Storm, Intrusion Of Arctic Air, February 1 - 4Although some may be incredulous at the idea of another "big hitter" storm affecting the U.S., odds on such an event are increasing. The operational GFS...

Will Yellowstone Eruption Be Obama’s Katrina?

With earthquake swarms rattling Yellowstone National Park, seismologists speculating about whether a mega-eruption is imminent and Wyoming residents raising tough questions about the danger of such an event in...

Hurricane Ike Storm Surge

Wunderground graphic. See my NP story to see the storm surge graphic. Sending pictures or graphics to NP doesn't work quite right.

Impact of Hurricane Gustav Might Last Four Years

I’ll wager dimes to donuts that the same people who criticized my recent tongue-in-cheek post post, I’ll Be Praying for Rain in Denver on Aug. 28, are now hoping — but not necessarily praying to God about it since they are atheists — that Hurricane Gustav hits New...

Ailing Paul Newman Turns Over $120M to Charity

"Star Paul Newman has quietly turned over the entire value of his ownership in Newman’s Own — the company that makes salad dressing and cookies — to charity.Completed over a two-year period in 2005 and 2006, the amount of his donations to Newman’s Own Foundation Inc....

Cuba's Cure

"The Cuban health care system is producing a population that is as healthy as those of the world’s wealthiest countries at a fraction of the cost. And now Cuba has begun exporting its system to under-served communities around the world—including the United States."

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