Archive for July 28th, 2010

How to: DIY fake oil for your actions

With fake oil actions spilling out all over the place, it’s high time someone did some skill sharing. Step up our international office with their "activist recipe for fake oil".
Basically, you mix up some molasses with some corn oil, corn starch, chocolate powder and some flour and away you go (well, there’s a bit more [...]

How we shut down five BP stations and fell in love with a hybrid

It was a very early start this morning. I’m not much of amorning person and the adrenaline was pumping, so I was a bit worried aboutdriving through central London my nerves feeling fuzzy and frazzled. But as Imotored through the quiet streets of London at 5am in silence behind the wheelof a Toyata Prius I [...]

30 electrifying pictures of lightning and thunderstorms

Our favourite lightning photos, as we hit the summer storm season.

Seaweed is smothering Great Barrier Reef

SEAWEED is choking the Great Barrier Reef and killing coral, new research has found.

Breakthrough in Thin-Film Solar Cells

Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have come out with positive news about increased efficiency of thin-film solar cells. As we know that scientists are trying to increase the efficiency of the solar cells so that they can be considered as serious alternative to the fossil fuels. Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz [...]

Arctic voyage illuminating ocean optics

During NASA’s ICESCAPE voyage to the Arctic, scientists have been looking at the phytoplankton in the Arctic’s Chukchi Sea — how many, how big and at what depths they are found. But there are other ways of looking at these small life forms.

Hawaiian homeowner watches home engulfed by lava

Homeowner Gary Sleik knew his house was doomed three years ago.

Energy plans will ‘reduce UK’s reliance on fossil fuels’

Moves to boost investment in renewable energy and nuclear power stations were set out by the coalition Government yesterday as it promised to reduce Britain’s dependency on fossil fuels and cut carbon emissions.

Biofuel production may raise price of food

Without urgent regulation, the rapid growth of biofuels risks causing more harm than good – diverting valuable resources away from food production

Roll up for better hydrogen fuel storage

Storing the gas safely and in sufficient quantities for real-world applications could simply be a matter of storing it in carbon “nanoscrolls”

 

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