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Home » Archives by category » Environment & Climate Change
Bus stop makes strangers hold hands to operate heater
The people of Canada know a thing or two about how cold winter can be, especially when waiting outside for a bus to arrive. Minutes can seem like hours. Duracell wanted to help during these cold months so they outfitted a bus stop with a heater. There was a catch, though. To power the […]
A very dangerous amount of methane gas is located in a Texas water supply. Those in charge of the Barnette Shale do not accept or admit to any connection between their fracking projects and the gas. However scientists refute that statement and say results released by state regulators proves conclusively that fracking produces the […]
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Kinder Morgan is a American based energy company which owns 82,000 miles of pipelines that transport natural gas, crude oil, and other petroleum products. The organization is in the national spotlight after Rachel Maddow reported that a section of Kinder Morgan’s 15,000 page application, to the National Energy Board to expand the size […]
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Whale and dolphin watching tours around the world have been a tourist activity for decades. Dana Point, CA has the largest population of dolphins in the world. The dedicated crew of Capt. Dave’s Dolphin and Whale Safari have managed to capture a breathtaking sight. An enormous pod of dolphins stampeding through the waves has been […]
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As we have grown fonder of the concept of renewable energy sources, efforts to store that energy have been lackluster. That all changed with a Harvard research team led by Michael J. Aziz. Thanks to funding from ARPA-E, Aziz and his team have developed an organic battery from compounds known as quinones. Similar to the components […]
Continue reading …Watch the largest piece of ice ever recorded on video break off of a glacier
February 17, 2014
The public may now witness a once in a lifetime event thanks to Adam LeWinter and Jeff Orlowski for their film “Chasing Ice.” Numerous cameras are placed in arctic areas to record events known as ‘calving.’ Massive swaths of ice regularly break away from glaciers, but the calving at the Ilulissat Glacier in Western Greenland […]
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Ernie Tertelgte, 52, was arrested for fishing without a license and subsequently resisting arrest. Tertelgte asserts an interesting defense, claiming he is a “natural living man” and that laws do not apply to him. He also asserted he has a right to forage for food whenever or wherever he needs to: I am a living […]
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