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I Agree With O’Reilly

Tim O’Reilly of the Web 2.0 fame posted a great article…


Press Release: EPA Denies States the Right to Fight Global Warming

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

To arrange interviews with Environmental Defense staff, please contact:

Environmental Defense Media:

Tony Kreindler, 202-210-5791, tkreindler@ed.org;

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The following Environmental Defense experts are available for comment:

Fred Krupp, President

Vickie Patton, Deputy General Counsel

Jim Marston, Senior Attorney

Jim Tripp, General Counsel

(Washington DC – December 19, 2007). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency stunned [...]


Current Eliminator V sets new world speed record - 153.6 mph - for electric vehicles

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Buy self-constraint at StickK.com

The Yale Economic Review informs me: …stickK.com , scheduled to launch in December 2007, will provide “commitment contracts” that let individuals set a goal, choose consequences for failing to comply, and decide how to verify their progress. With the…


Videos: Skysail debuts on world’s first commercial merchant ship to use kite power

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Transportation Alternatives

The Skysail, a giant kite used to help propel ships, has made its debut as you can see in the Reuters video above. MV Beluga Skysail is the world’s first cargo ship to use the Skysail and the ship will make its maiden voyage in early 2008 from Germany to [...]


Ohio Study: Scariest E-Voting Security Report Yet

The State of Ohio released the report of a team of computer scientists it commissioned to study the state’s e-voting systems. Though it’s a stiff competition, this may qualify as the scariest e-voting study report yet.
This was the most detailed …


eMarketer: Ad Spending on Social Networks to Increase by 81% in 2008

Market research firm eMarketer released a report on Worldwide Online Social Networking Ad Spending today. In the report, Debra Aho Williamson, writes that “Worldwide, online social network ad spending is expected to grow by 81%, to $2.2 billion in 20…


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