Engineering Earth 'is feasible'

" A UK Royal Society study has concluded that many engineering proposals to reduce the impact of climate change are "technically possible". Such approaches could be effective, the authors said in their report. ...

FEMA refuses to help local PBS affiliate rebuild

"On the air, WYES-Channel 12 looks fine. Everywhere else, the local PBS affiliate's headquarters near City Park, devastated by 5 feet of Hurricane Katrina levee-failure floodwaters, remains a literal shell of...

Solar Power competes with high Oil Prices, Here comes the Sun

Here's a trivia question: What state has installed more solar panels than any other except California? If you said New Jersey, your solar energy IQ is brilliant. And if you know why several thousand huge mirrors...

Smoke and mirrors: Decoding the 2008 Beijing Auto Show

The Beijing International Automotive Exhibition is in full swing this week into next as car companies, marketers and designers showcase the latest and greatest in automotive engineering.Thousands of attendees are...

On Free Trade, conservatives opting against the system

Coming in from the financial news agency of record, a new poll shows that many republican supporters are in favour of alternatives to free trade as pursued by the current administration. ...

Digg Issues Cease and Desist to Diggdot.us

"Diggdot.us, a site that mashes up digg, del.icio.us and Slashdot, has received a cease and desist letter from digg's lawyers. Other similar mirrors have received the same. As a result, diggdot.us has changed its name to Doggdot.us, however, it continues to index digg's feed...

Tips For Driving In The Winter

"Despite record-breaking warm temperatures in much of the country the past week or so, winter is coming, accompanied by the usual arrival of onslaught of snow, ice and the hazardous roads such weather produces. Many of us will be heading to the mountains to take advantage of...

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