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Something big and strange is floating through the Chukchi Sea between Wainwright and Barrow. No one in the area can recall seeing anything like it before. This huge thing is not oil. One coast guard official said the following: “It kind of has an odor; I can’t describe it.” Nobody knows for sure what the [...]
An Italian research team has developed a technique that could be used to make clean fuel from water. The method discovered by researcher Roberto Bini and his team from the European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy – University of Florence, uses lasers to produce hydrogen from water under high pressure. ”There is no other chemical agent [...]
Disclaimer: 60 days have come and gone, but still no sign of the lawsuit. Chances are Palin has decided not to pursue this after all. For the second time in less than a year, Palin’s administration has sought legal action against an endangered species in favor of the oil industry. This time, the Cook Inlet [...]
