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Push from Mississippi kept Deepwater Horizon oil slick off shore

admin /11 May, 2012

ScienceDaily: Earth Science News Push from Mississippi kept Deepwater Horizon oil slick off shore Posted: 10 May 2012 07:50 PM PDT Geoscientists offer an explanation for why the Deepwater Horizon oil spill didn’t have the environmental impact that many had feared. Using publicly available datasets, their study reveals that the force of the Mississippi River Continue Reading →

Ontario, Hastings Win $2.32 Billion Sydney Desalination Plant Lease

admin /11 May, 2012

Ontario, Hastings Win $2.32 Billion Sydney Desalination Plant Lease Article Comments Text By Gillian Tan Hastings Funds Management and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan have won the right to a long-term lease of Sydney’s desalination plant after submitting a bid worth 2.3 billion Australian dollars (US$2.32 billion), three people familiar with the matter said Deal Journal Continue Reading →

Finland’s Crazy Plan to Make Nuclear Waste Disappear

admin /11 May, 2012

Finland’s Crazy Plan to Make Nuclear Waste DisappearPopular MechanicsThe US plan to bury nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain may be dead, but in Finland, engineers are going ahead with a plan to build an enormous bunker to house the dangerous stuff. And they have a radical solution to keep future civilizations away—hide …See all stories Continue Reading →

Carbon conmen to face big fines

admin /10 May, 2012

Carbon conmen to face big fines by: EXCLUSIVE by John Rolfe, Public Defender From:The Daily Telegraph May 11, 201212:00AM 21 comments 0 SOLAR panel peddlers who have claimed the carbon tax will increase electricity prices by hundreds of per cent face “please explain” proceedings from the ACCC, as do builders who have told would-be customers Continue Reading →