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Gulf Drilling Ban Is Lifted

Via WSJ The Obama administration Tuesday lifted its controversial moratorium on deep-water oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, but said it could take weeks for companies to win regulatory approval to go back to work there. Lifting the ban, … Continue reading

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World’s first solar power plant that can work at night

Via Scientific American: the key is to store the sun’s heat in molten salts. The world’s first solar power plant to employ such technology—a thermal power plant that concentrates the sun’s rays with mirrors on long, thin tubes filled with the … Continue reading

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The Wasted Food

Via Slate [T]he nation’s residents consume an average of 2,800 calories every day, they produce 3,774 calories per person per day. That’s almost 1,000 wasted calories every day for each of America’s 300 million people. And wasting food doesn’t just waste … Continue reading

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