High-tech steam lays the green clean on Visalia Superfund site

A new underground steam cleaning method has cleaned up a creosote soaked Superfund site 100 years ahead of schedule and restored the water to being drinkable.

Compared to the 10 pounds per week of the conventional pump-and-treat process, the new operation achieved nearly 46,000 pounds per week over the first six weeks – a rate [...]

Remember that debtors revolt video? She won!

Ann Minch reports that BofA saw her original video, contacted her – and the upshot was, they rolled back her interest rate to 12.99%

She says the movement continues. May a million debtor’s revolt videos and actions bloom!

Her new website, still under construction, is DebtorsRevoltNow.com.

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Solar power could store energy cheaply via fuel cells

Researchers are working on a prototype where excess solar power is stored as hydrogen then used to power the home during the night. A mere three liters of water a day could power an average US home.

52% unemployment among young now

52% unemployment among young people means fertile recruiting ground for political extremists from all sides, a growing underground economy, and some really pissed off young people. Which in turn unquestionably means political unrest.

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Madoff trustee suing brother and sons

Madoff trustee Irving Picard will file massive lawsuits against Madoff’s sons and brother saying as officers of the companies, they should have known about the fraud and if the civil suit bankrupts them, oh well.

Bank Of America pulls funding from ACORN

More than anything, the loss of corporate [...]

Local Kentucky residents getting perturbed about coverage of census worker murder

WYKT in Kentucky reports that national coverage of the murder tends to portray it as either anti-government loonies (as some liberals are implying) or drug-crazed hillbillies with guns. A local minister says the corruption and drug-running has been cleaned up considerably, and that sickening violence like this can happen anywhere. While this might be [...]

The financial crisis. Where is the Left?

The far left has often dreamed about a financial crisis that would lay bare the rapaciousness of capitalism. Well, it’s here, but the far left has been conspicuous by its absence.

Instead, the really hardball analysis is being done by financial world insiders and a journalist who publishes in a music magazine. They are [...]

Google Earth tools for UN climate change conference

In preparation for the United Nations Climate Change Convention in Copenhagen in December, Google Earth is launching a series of tours and layers.

The first one, “Confronting Climate Change,” is narrated by Al Gore.

Our foster cat and five kittens say Hi

The kittens are now walking fairly steadily. In a few days they’ll be charging around, playing pounce & bounce and slaps.

New wind turbine design wins €500,000 in contest

A nearly invisible rooftop wind turbine has won the €500,000 Postcode Lottery Green Challenge 2009. “It’s beyond a dream,” said English entrepreneur Dean Gregory. “This means we can focus solely on bringing this to market.”

The turbine sits horizontally on the roofline, concealed, and creates energy in a variety of wind conditions.

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