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Utility Terrorism Fix: Potential Government Boondoggle?
2014-07-16 23:57:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Does the risk of utility directed terrorism warrant immediate action? Content Classification: Curated read more
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The water tunnel boondoggle
2014-05-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
East Bay Express: The small town of Byron is one of the last rural outposts of the East Bay. While its neighbors in east Contra Costa County -- Brentwood, Oakley, and Antioch -- have grown rapidly over the years, Byron has more or less stayed the same. "By Nebraska standards we're not rural, but by California standards we're very rural," said Cathy Leighton, a local historian whose family has lived in the small town for seven generations. "Most people here have a horse in their backyard." Yet while Byron might...
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Is Nicaraguan Canal a Boon for Trade or a Boondoggle?
2014-03-29 14:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: For nearly a century the Panama Canal has been the only game in town for anyone who wanted to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific without making the long voyage around Cape Horn. In that time more than a million ships, from bulk carriers to cruise liners to nuclear submarines, have passed through its locks, taking advantage of the world's most famous shortcut. Panama's canal may (or may not) soon face stiff competition. Last June Nicaragua's National Assembly overwhelmingly approved a plan to...
'Fracking' the Monterey Shale -- boon or boondoggle?
2013-12-28 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: "Eureka!" reads the California motto, originated in the 19th century Gold Rush. Now some believe the state is on the cusp of a 21st century bonanza, only this time it will be oil that fuels a Golden State boom. Modern prospectors are eyeing the Monterey Shale formation, a 1,750-square-mile resource-rich swath of land in the San Joaquin Valley. Lying deep beneath the valley's surface is a trove of shale oil -- some 15.42 billion barrels' worth, according to an estimate by the U.S. Energy Information...
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Nation's ethanol boondoggle increases
2013-08-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue Ridge Now: I have written previously about ethanol and the fact that its use in our vehicles causes more harm than any possible benefits claimed. You won't find a credible person anywhere outside of the ethanol and corn industries who can cite logical evidence supporting ethanol continuing to be blended with our gasoline. Well, except for those we elect from both parties to run our nation and whose campaigns have been heavily supported by these two industries, and whose livelihood also depends on the continuing...
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