Archive for the 'Energy' Category
Request for Assistance from Cryptogon Readers in Geneva, Switzerland
April 10th, 2013Update: Day 4: Live Feed Down Again What a disaster…. — Update: Day 3: Live Feed Down — Update: Day 2: Both Motors Not Working — Update: It’s Not Working The livestream shows the Yildiz motor, but it’s not running. People are making hilarious comments in the chat about how it must need new bearings, […]
FUKUSHIMA: AT LEAST THREE OF SEVEN UNDERGROUND CHAMBERS LEAKING RADIOACTIVE WATER
April 9th, 2013Via: New York Times: The operator of Japan’s crippled nuclear plant halted an emergency operation Tuesday to pump thousands of gallons of radioactive water from a leaking underground storage pool after workers discovered that a similar pool, to which the water was being transferred, was also leaking. At least three of seven underground chambers at […]
Fukushima: Highly Radioactive Water ‘Possibly’ Leaking Into Soil
April 7th, 2013In other news: Radiation from Japan’s Nuclear Disaster a Possible Cause for “Unusual Mortality Event” Involving Sea Lions in Southern California Via: AP: The operator of Japan’s crippled nuclear plant said Saturday that it was moving tons of highly radioactive water from a temporary storage tank to another after detecting signs of leakage, in a […]
Fallout: Increase in Babies Born with Congenital Hypothyroidism After Fukushima
April 5th, 2013Via: Open Journal of Pediatrics, 2013, 3, 1-9 [.pdf]: Large amounts of fallout disseminated worldwide from the meltdowns in four reactors at the Fukushima-Dai-ichi plant in Japan beginning March 11, 2011 included radioiodine isotopes. Just days after the meltdowns, I-131 concentrations in US precipitation was measured up to 211 times above normal. Highest levels of […]
Italy Seizes Record Assets from Wind Farm Tycoon
April 3rd, 2013Via: BBC: The Italian authorities have seized assets worth 1.3bn euros ($1.7bn: £1.1bn) from a Sicilian businessman involved in renewable energy. Investigators allege that Vito Nicastri was a front man for the Mafia, or Cosa Nostra, investing illegal earnings in his business empire. The anti-mafia agency said in a statement it was the biggest ever […]
Gladio, NATO’s Dagger at the Heart of Europe: The Pentagon-Nazi-Mafia Terror Axis by Richard Cottrell
April 1st, 2013Disclosure: The publisher sent me a copy of this book for review. This is a very richly detailed and terrifying account of Operation Gladio. There are many more tentacles than I had previously known about. While the imbroglios set in motion after World War II may seem like ancient history to the uninitiated, Gladio actually […]
Canadian Researchers Claim Fuel Cell Breakthrough
March 30th, 2013Via: Vancouver Sun: Researchers at the University of Calgary say they’ve made a breakthrough that could make renewable energy much more practical and affordable. Their paper published in the journal Science says they’ve found a much easier and cheaper way to build an electrolyzer, which uses electricity to break up water into hydrogen and oxygen, […]
CYPRUS: FOOD AND FUEL
March 23rd, 2013Via: New York Times: Cyprus’s parliament on Friday partly approved a revised formula for obtaining an international bailout to avert a default, amid strong signals that the plan would not pass muster with international lenders. But they put off voting on a crucial new proposal until later this weekend — one that would confiscate a […]
Dylan Ratigan Quits MSNBC, Help Vets Create Network of Organic Hydroponic Farms
March 22nd, 2013Via: Dylan Ratigan: If you are reading this, you likely know I left a highly-successful, self-titled show at MSNBC last June in search of meaning and purpose in my work and life. I had lost both after 18 years in Manhattan and the chaos surrounding the hollow political debates permeating America’s media and politics. After […]
Japan Extracts Gas from Methane Hydrate
March 12th, 2013Via: BBC: Japan says it has successfully extracted natural gas from frozen methane hydrate off its central coast, in a world first. Methane hydrates, or clathrates, are a type of frozen “cage” of molecules of methane and water. The gas field is about 50km away from Japan’s main island, in the Nankai Trough. Researchers say […]
