Top 8 Tech Startups Out of Atlanta

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How badly has fracking polluted drinking water in Dimock, Pennsylvania

The trouble started in 2008, when the wells used by several Dimock families were contaminated with methane. In 2009, fracking firm Cabot Oil & Gas was fined by state regulators for contaminating the wells with methane while fracking underground. Cabot routinely denies cau …

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USGS Details Effects of Climate Change on Water Availability in 14 US Water Basins

Climate change projections indicate a steady increase in temperature progressing through the 21st century .....  .......generally resulting in snowpack reductions, changes to the timing of snowmelt, altered streamflows, and reductions in soil moisture, all of which could af …

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Why is China Investing $3.7 Billion in Direct Current Transmission Lines? | The Energy Collective

I’ve got to hand it to China, they don’t do anything by halves it seems, and announced on Sunday the 13th of May 2012, that construction had started on the worlds largest Ultra High Voltage Direct Current (UHVDC) power line. Oh, and they started on an second 75 …

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Scientists tweak wireless power transfer, Tesla nods happily in his grave -- Engadget

Wireless charging may be all the rage these days, but actually beaming electricity -- as sketched above by the man Tesla himself -- still has some snags. North Carolina State U researchers have found a way to possibly vanquish the biggest problem: the diffic …

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BREAKING: The Third Party National Group "Americans Elect" drops out: Is this a Sign of the Demise of Democracy in America?

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Studies offer cities advice on tackling climate risks

Urban areas need to build in additional capacity to adapt to the range of threats posed by climate change, research has shown. Risks such as flooding and excessive temperatures are among the risks facing towns and cities, experts conclude. Two separate studies by the University …

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US Navy Thinks Renewable Energy is the Future, But House Republicans Don't Want Them to Have It

We've covered many times the efforts of the US Navy, driven largely by a desire to secure stable and domestic sources of energy, to create a so-called Great Green Fleet and Green Strike Force—that is, ships and planes powered by biofuels.  Mat McDermott

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Kodak confirms it had weapons-grade uranium in underground lab

Kodak -- the company known for decades for its cameras and film -- this week confirmed it used weapons-grade uranium in an underground lab in upstate New York for upwards of 30 years. A company spokesman and a former scientist for the firm say there was not enough material to su …

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10 Successful Bootstrapped Startups

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