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Archive for November 23rd, 2006

Americans Want 40mpg

A new study by the Opinion Research Corporation has found that 78% of Americans want a 40mpg fuel legislation. LeftLaneNews has the story on the survey results.
“A bipartisan 78 percent of Americans want the U.S. government to impose a 40 mile per gallon fuel-efficiency standard for vehicles sold in the United States, according to a [...]

November 23rd, 2006
Topic: Transportation Tags: , ,

GO DAVID!

Canadian Environmentalist, David Suzuki, has a foundation that researches and follows most pressing issues on climate change and anything environment related. I thought it was only fair to give this guy some props for his consistantly amazing work at bringing these kinds of important issues to the public in a way that is understandable and inspires [...]

November 23rd, 2006
Topic: Direct Action, Energy, Environment Tags: , , , , ,

Better Tsunami Detection

Detecting tsunamis early can save millions of lives, and the earlier the detection the better. Researchers are wanting to put a new kind of detector that is placed on the ocean floor that will help provide better coverage in the Indian and Pacific oceans.
“They would offer greater coverage of the oceans by filling in large [...]

November 23rd, 2006
Topic: International Events, Technology Tags: , , ,