From the article --- "...Meddling in the Florida redistricting process isnt the end of the Koch brothers efforts to buy, cheat and steal their way to an electoral victory in November. They help drive the Voter ID bills pushed by the American Legislative Council (ALEC) which are speci...
Nature of Business radio, created and hosted by Chrissy Coughlin, is a weekly show on business and environment. We've all heard of the battery, of course -- but how many of us have heard of the ultracapacitor? I'm guessing that's a pretty small slice of the audience, so I'm pleased to...
When Rudy Eugene attacked the sleeping Ronald Poppo in Miami by reportedly chewing off his face , many people responded to the shocking nature of the event with humor, suggesting that maybe Eugene was actually a zombie . The reaction makes sense – it’s difficult to process such a horr...
In late September 2011, the Occupy Wall Street movement was just a few weeks old. Waves of locally organized protests were unfurling across the country, and New York City was the movement’s emotional epicenter. Full of momentum and support from around the country, thousands gathered f...
As part of New Jersey’s Click It or or Ticket campaign, driver’s are getting a reminder about the potentially hefty fines they’ll face if they’re caught driving with an unrestrained pet. Under New Jersey Statute 4:22-18 , having an unrestrained pet in a vehicle is considered animal cr...
until the Germany Ministry of Justice decides whether or not he will be extradited. Watson remarked about the arrest, which came a decade after the campaign in question for an alleged ‘violation of ships traffic,’ “It’s very strange that this so-called extradition thing was dismissed ...
Sustainable Consumption for a Green Economy Our enormously productive economy demands that we make consumption our way of life, that we convert the buying and use of goods into rituals, that we seek our spiritual satisfaction, our ego satisfaction, in consumption… We need things consu...
Adam Werbach and Andrew Bryson from Saatch & Saatchi S recently undertook a remarkable trip to India. Over the course of their journey – intended to be a speaking tour – both realized they were learning far more than they were teaching. The end result suggests that Indian business hol...
By Marc and Angel Hack Life, DivineCaroline Some of the smartest people I know continuously struggle to get ahead because they forget to address a few simple truths that collectively govern our potential to make progress. So heres a quick reminder: 1. Education and intelligence accom...
Relationships are never uncomplicated affairs, whether they are seemingly casual in nature or are sanctified unions by religious or state authorities. If we take the time to look at relationships under a magnifying glass, what we see is that they are are full of boundaries and agreeme...
June 06, 2012 World Remains on Unsustainable Track Despite Hundreds of Internationally Agreed Goals and Objectives June 05, 2012 Goodwill Ambassador Gisele Bundchen Marks World Environment Day at Green Nation Fest June 05, 2012 Green Nation Fest Turns into UNEP Goodwill Ambassador Fest
To me spirituality is about more than simply self realization. It also involves self expression. The art of awakening is to both know yourself and show yourself. When we wake up to the wonder of life there is a deep love of being that demands to be expressed by bringing love i...
As it stands, Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs), a method by which the federal government subsidizes the energy sector are only offered to traditional sources, namely oil, coal and natural gas. However, a bill introduced by Senators Christopher Coons (D-Delaware) and Jerry Moran R-Ka...
The only great apes found in Asia, orangutans are found only in the lowland forests of Borneo and Sumatra in Southeast Asia. With 60 percent of their diet consisting of fruit, protection of orangutans’ habitat is vital. Sadly, the lowland forest habitats of these apes are disappearing...
It is official: This year’s spring was the warmest on record and this May was the second warmest, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Climatic Data Center . NOAA scientists found that the average temperature — 64.3 degrees F – for the ...
The sustainable investor group Ceres has just issued a new report on oil shale , and it sounds a loud note of caution to investors who may be interested in the commercial development of this particular fossil fuel source. Though the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has given the go-ahea...
Despite its economic travails, Spain has continued to ramp up its position as a global solar power leader. In the latest development, the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) has announced that it will undertake a three-year research project aimed at producing low cost solar...
MPs will this week be urged to back the development of more onshore wind turbines in suitable locations, in a new report that aims to provide an unbiased view in the increasingly heated row over whether the technology is cost effective and reliable. The London School of Economics (LSE...
Something in my peripheral vision caught my eye — to my immediate right, on the edge of the sidewalk, lay a small bird with wings outstretched and lightly struggling. I could not get into that garage and park fast enough so I could get to that little bird. Of course I didn’t find a pa...
In cooperation with project partners from BASF, Munich Technical University, and the University of Hamburg, scientists at Siemens' global research unit Corporate Technology developed an alternative for the standard polymer ABS, which is frequently used for consumer products. The new c...
Irwin sees increased risk from allowing Lishen to develop its own ultracapacitor supply chain. Schramm sees only upside.Irwin thinks Maxwell is worth $8 a share (his recent price target), while SEC filings show that Schramm and other insiders have been buying since the stock fell belo...
The price of crude oil has been shown to have significant impact on the global economy, and in the current somewhat fragile state of the various parts of that economy the current lower prices help. Yet Stuart Staniford has commented that, given the Saudi need for income to hold off “A...
The solar industry has welcomed new figures revealing the market is gradually recovering from deep cuts to the popular feed in tariff incentive scheme, which effectively halted growth across the sector last month. Deployment of solar PV has increased steadily at around 620 kilowatts p...
I'm sure Dr. Dorn's malpractice premiums went up by a big leap (Aurea W.--$500,000 for an OB/Gyn or any surgeon really is not unusual) and I'm sure his accrediting association is pressuring him not to be backing up any out-of-hospital births. North Carolina needs to have midwives lice...
This home in McMinnville is a 2011 Northwest Energy Star Home of the Year. Showcasing an environmentally-considerate approach to the construction of a custom home, Cellar Ridge built the Cozine Creek Cottage for owner Pat Britton with the design by Matthew O. Daby of m.o.daby design ....
Are the green-car rebates in the UK on the verge of themselves being rebated? That's what the London's Telegraph newspaper is suggesting, asking if incentivizing people to drive green can be too effective. UK ministers are talking about revoking some of the tax incentives created to e...
For related articles and more information, please visit OCA's Politics and Democracy page . This year will feature the most ideologically polarized election since the Reagan-Carter face-off of 1980. A radical-right Republican Party, backed by big-money interests, has made itself the t...
Euro zone leaders, led by Germany, have taken on a strictly hard-line, austerity-driven approach to trying to solve the debt crisis. Calls for EU leaders to augment emergency measures taken to date with pro-growth actions have become increasingly strident as it’s become increasingly c...
reveal that was so long it seemed a construct of Samuel Beckett , the moment of truth seemed to pass us by far too quickly. While we've comforted ourselves with the thought that there will soon be deliveries and real-world reviews of the sexy electric street fighter, we are certainly ...
