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“Capturing football fields” of power – Offshore Wind-Wave Energy Farms in Japan and California
For the real-world project, look to Japan: “The world’s first hybrid power generation system is due to be installed off the coast of western Japan […]
Oil Spills blacken Today’s Environment from Alberta to Thailand: Wind and Solar are Way Better!
1. High pressure steam injection as a technique of getting oil out of the ground has gone very wrong in Canada: Canadian First Nations protest […]
The Burka Avenger stands up to Male Chauvinist Taliban on Pakistani TV
The Burka Avenger is a children’s cartoon about a mild-mannered female school teacher in Pakistan who has an alter ego. As the black-clad Burka Avenger, […]
How a Bill Becomes Law (George Carlin)
George Carlin explains how the United States really works. Warning: some profanity (as is appropriate to the subject). The Clip
Putin as America’s Frenemy: The Snowden Paradox
Russia’s decision on Thursday to grant NSA leaker Edward Snowden asylum for one year and allow him freely to live and work in the Russian […]
Syrian Regime takes Key Homs Neighborhood in advance against Rebels
The Syrian military has taken an important Homs neighborhood that had been in the hands of the rebels for over a year, as part of […]
Red Baraat makes NYC Music with a Punjabi Beat (Video)
Blurb: “New York City’s multicultural population is fertile ground for fusions in art and music. VOA’s Carolyn Weaver reports on Red Baraat, an eight-member band […]
BOIJ on Pakistan: First the CIA Droned them, Then it Droned the Rescuers (Woods and Yusufzai)
Chris Woods writes at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (Additional reporting by Mushtaq Yusufzai) A field investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism in Pakistan’s […]
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Defiant as Government Mulls Dispersing Crowds in Cairo, Giza
There are two places the Muslim Brotherhood is emulating the revolutionary youth of 2011 and occupying a public square– the place in front of the […]
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