Sea Cliffs Portugal wallpaper
Little progress in battling California wildfires
Firefighters in Northern California battled more than a thousand wildfires to a stalemate by Sunday, but forecasters said dangerous conditions would not relent anytime soon.
California Wildfires Lead to Presidential Declaration for Federal Aid
The President issued a declaration today ordering federal aid to supplement state and local firefighting [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Sea Cliffs Portugal wallpaper, Wildfire and flooding news, Warming affecting vital microbes
Posted in Environment-General, News, Science on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pike’s Falls wallpaper, Feds Feeze Solar Projects on Public Land, Rethinking the move to the far burbs
Posted in Environment-General, News, Society & Culture on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pike’s Falls wallpaper
Citing Need for Assessments, U.S. Freezes Solar Energy Projects
Faced with a surge in the number of proposed solar power plants, the federal government has placed a moratorium on new solar projects on public land until it studies their environmental impact, which is expected to take about two years.
The Bureau of Land Management says [...]
Mississippi River wallpaper, Flooding leads to higher corn prices, Federal Wildlife Report Censored
Posted in Environment-General, Humor, News, Society & Culture on June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mississippi River – Iowa wallpaper
More rains hit flooded US Midwest; corn at record
In Cedar Rapids, where 4,000 homes were flooded two weeks ago after water spilled over 1,300 city blocks, officials ordered 300 houses demolished. Efforts were under way to determine if some structures in the most flood-prone areas could ever be rebuilt.
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Panda and bamboo wallpaper, Energy news round-up, Wombat news
Posted in Environment-Energy, Environment-wildlife on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Panda and bamboo wallpaper
Looking to shave costs, schools turn to solar
Milpitas Unified School District broke ground Wednesday to install solar panels at each of its 14 schools. Foothill and De Anza colleges have already mounted moving solar-paneled parking structures that track the sun as it generates power. And this month, voters passed a bond measure [...]
Grand Canyon Bliss wallpaper, Ichthyosaur soft-tissue has collagen, Sen. Richard Burr lies about oil spills
Posted in Humor, News, Science, Uncategorized on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Grand Canyon Bliss wallpaper
If you’re into mysteries there’s nothing like getting an answer to a 200 million year old mysty, Good Fossilised flesh reveals ichthyosaur secrets
“We investigated, using the latest electron microscope, the ultrastructure of preserved skin fibrils in a 200 million year old Jurassic ichthyosaur and revealed the banding unique to collagen, the first [...]
