James Anderson, one of our regulars here (under the user name jasperjones22) is a science grad student with a very common problem: lack of funding. Specifically, travel expenses to get to a conference.

So, for at least the first one, he's set up a fundraiser at indiegogoRewards are a certain amount of his brainpower, depending on how much you donate. Ten ( Read more... )

Don't drink the water and don't breathe the air:PAULSBORO - Four railroad tank cars have been dumped into the Mantua Creek and are leaking vinyl chloride after the train bridge collapsed at about 7 a.m ( Read more... )

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Great sadness and fond memories for us Michiganders today.

First, Helen Milliken, the wife of former Governor William Milliken, has passed away at the age of 89. She was the First Lady of Michigan for fourteen years, and came to be an exceptional advocate of women's rights and environmental protection. She was one of those people about whom no ( Read more... )

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My only consolation over the extreme heat we've had the past few weeks (and are going to have for at least next week, frickin' wahoo) is that all the Faux Noise fans who said that "global warming" was obviously a myth because it actually still snows in the winter aren't saying jack right now ( Read more... )

( Like George says -- Oh my.... )

Surprise! The Environmental Protection Agency can indeed regulate greenhouse gasses.

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But when he's right, he's right.

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This dKos article collects links to the product page, press release, and some very interesting numbers, which basically say that a 4-panel kit, going for between several hundred and a couple thousand dollars depending on where you are and what the government energy credits are like, will pay for itself in two to four years. And the comments go ( Read more... )