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Exxon predicted today's cheap solar boom back in 1980s
2015-11-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: For more than a generation, solar power was a environmentalist fantasy, an expensive and impractical artifact from the Jimmy Carter era. That was true right up until the moment it wasn't. Solar silicon prices dropped 94 percent from early 2008 to the end of 2011. Crystalline silicon has since fallen an additional 47 percent, to $15.20 a kilogram. Many were caught off guard by the emergence of solar as a competitive power source. The scientist who led Exxon's research arm back in the 1980s wasn't...
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No Longer Willing to be Bullied and Fracked, How One Pennsylvania Town Fought Back
2015-11-05 13:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RINF: In defiance of a corporate lawsuit over a proposed fracking wastewater injection well, the citizens of Grant Township, Pennsylvania on Tuesday evening adopted the countrys first municipal charter establishing a local bill of rightsa document which codifies environmental and democratic rights, and bans such drilling activity as a violation of that pact. The people of Grant Township spoke loud and clear: They have rights, and they will protect those rights, said Chad Nicholson of the Community...
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Low-Vibration Back Fill Tamper reduces operator fatigue.
2015-11-02 14:31:08| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Trelawny™ VL LRS Back Fill Tamper allows safe compaction close to walls and around such objects as fragile pipes, utility poles, and water meters. Suitable for narrow trench work, pathways, and small area reinstatement tasks in and around restricted excavations, Model 150.5330 features Vibro-Lo™ vibration reduction technology and 4 x 4 in. foot tamper. This transportable and storable unit, at 50 in. long and 48 lb, uses 1,300 bpm to compact material up to 136 lb/ft³.
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Formula 1 goes back to the future in Mexico
2015-10-30 23:02:34| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Formula 1 goes back to the future in Mexico
VIDEO: Why Goa wants British tourists back
2015-10-30 16:54:50| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The Indian resort of Goa is hoping a marketing campaign and visa rule changes will woo more holidaymakers from the UK.
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