More than a year after the Fukushima nuclear disaster began, Japan is on the fast track to becoming one of the largest solar PV markets in the world, overtaking both Germany and Italy. Read full article…
https://cleantechnica.com/2011/02/28/wind-powered-cargo-ships-make-a-comeback/ Sailing ships once carried much of the world’s cargo across the seas, until canvas sheets were replaced by low-grade “bunker” oil. Now it appears that wind power is about to make a comeback, in the form of rigid “sails” that double as solar panels. The patent-pending technology, called the […]
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The mainstream media has let us down & it is now up to us, the public, to provide for ourselves services for which we have so long relied upon inherently corrupt corporates to provide. https://paper.li/OccupyNZ/1336702243
by Rick Solaire. When I saw the coverage of the Montreal protests, I couldn’t believe my eyes and ears. Some of the reports seemed like they must be exaggerations or hyperbole. It couldn’t be this bad in Canada, could it? Armed with a shoestring budget, I headed to the city […]
Wake up America’s police. This is how democracy works. We are all “FIRST” citizens. The police coming over to serve and protect the people… Blockupy Frankfurt. Police are escorting. Reports of an estimated 20,000+ protesters. Nice to see their faces https://www.democraticunderground.com/1002721617
It’s not the Mother of all budgets, it’s the abusive, alcoholic, gambling step-father of all budgets. Like 6.7% of the NZ labour market, Austerity doesn’t work, yet here we are shelling out more failed free market dogma to counter a global recession caused by the same failed free market dogma. […]
Is the topic of income inequality “Too Hot for TED“? Controversy has erupted in the past week over this question after a talk planned for the organization’s popular website was pulled at the last minute. The incident has offered an interesting window into the politics of the group. https://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/22-5
Media Release A regional group is warning that Auckland Council is sleepwalking to a future where toxic chemicals return to the city streets. The Weed Management Advisory is alarmed that in the Supercity reorganisation responsibility for roadside weed management was handed over to Auckland Transport without any overarching policy being […]
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