Jonathan Mann, the brilliant creator of Rock Cookie Bottom, composes a song every single day. Today’s gem simply relates some of the horrific twisted language in the Bush administration’s morally reprehensible and illegal torture memos. It is an incredibly powerful song, but makes me a little queasy every time I hear it. One of the [...]
Siemens Aims to Lead Global Solar Power Market
April 18, 2009 By 1 Comment
Siemens Energy, a subsidiary of global engineering company Siemens AG, is going to acquire a 28% stake in the Italian solar company Archimede Solar Energy SpA. Archimede is currently the only manufacturer of solar receiver tubes that use, under license from ENEA, molten salt as the heat-transfer fluid for application in parabolic-trough power plants.
Solar Power Clinics in War-Torn Burma Win World’s Most Prestigious Environmental Award
April 17, 2009 By 2 Comments
A project that trained medical personnel to install solar power at hospitals and mobile clinics along the war-torn border of Burma has won the top prize at this year’s Energy Globe environmental awards. The medical centers provide crucial aid to approximately 200,000 refugees who have fled Burma because of the catastrophic, genocidal efforts of its [...]
Obama Unveils Our High Speed Rail Future
April 17, 2009 By 7 Comments
Compared to most other industrialized countries, the rail infrastructure system in the United States is only in its most stunted infancy. President Obama’s stimulus package, however, is now going to help bring our nation’s transit system into the 21st century. Nine billion dollars has been allocated over the next five years to begin building a faster and cleaner high speed rail network that will not only provide many needed jobs, but will also give us more sustainable transit options and help to make us more competitive internationally.
Earth Day Activities In and Around Flint and Genesee County
April 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
