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Bill Gates Calls For 'Energy Miracle' In 15 Years. Do Experts Agree?
2016-03-05 22:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The annual letter from the Gates Foundation calls for an "energy miracle" - the creation of a cheap and clean source of energy to get power to the 1.2 billion people on the planet without electricity. "We need to try lots of crazy-seeming ideas so we can find a few that help us solve the world's energy challenge," Bill Gates writes in the letter, urging today's high school students to take on this task. We asked people who work on energy issues in the developing world: In your mind, what would...
After 15 years, Pentagon says pilots not to blame for fatal V-22 crash
2016-03-05 21:51:59| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
For more than a decade, the wives of Marine Corps pilots Maj. Brooks Gruber and Lt.
5 Years After Fukushima, No End in Sight to Ecological Fallout
2016-03-05 16:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: On March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake off the coast of Japan triggered a tsunami, which in turn produced equipment failures and the release of radioactive material at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. The disaster is the single largest release of radioactivity into the ocean and one of only two Level 7 nuclear disasters in world history--the other being Chernobyl. The environmental impacts of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster are already becoming apparent, according to a new analysis...
NASA: Drought in 1998-2012 in Mideast worst in 900 years
2016-03-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A recent, 14-year dry spell in the Middle East was the worst drought in the past 900 years, according to a new NASA study released this week. NASA's researchers examined records of rings of trees in several Mediterranean countries to determine patterns of dry and wet years across a span of 900 years. They concluded that the years from 1998 to 2012 were drier than any other period, and that the drought was likely caused by humans. The study's lead author Ben Cook said the range of extreme weather...
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Hercules Man Sentenced to 9 Years for Identity, Vehicle Theft
2016-03-05 05:30:43| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
A Hercules man was sentenced today to nine years in prison for possession of device-making equipment and aggravated identity theft. Law enforcement began investigating reports in 2014 of vehicles bought with stolen identities from car dealerships, according to court documents.
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