Archive for October, 2017
Fukushima Operator Can Restart Reactors at World’s Biggest Nuclear Power Plant
October 5th, 2017Via: Guardian: The operator of Japan’s stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been given initial approval to restart reactors at another atomic facility, marking the first step towards the firm’s return to nuclear power generation more than six years after the March 2011 triple meltdown. Japan’s nuclear regulator on Wednesday approved an application from […]
Solar Power Grew Faster Than Any Other Source of Fuel for the First Time in 2016
October 4th, 2017Disclosure: I sell solar power systems in New Zealand. — Via: Bloomberg: Solar power grew faster than any other source of fuel for the first time in 2016, the International Energy Agency said in a report suggesting the technology will dominate renewables in the years ahead. The institution established after the first major oil crisis […]
‘Australia Presses for More Facial Recognition in Terror Fight’
October 4th, 2017Via: New York Times: The Australian government wants to strengthen its counterterrorism efforts by making use of a fundamental part of all Australian citizens: their faces. On Thursday, at a national security meeting in Canberra, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is expected to pressure states and territories to hand over the driver’s license photos of every […]
Zucktown, USA
October 4th, 2017Via: The Baffler: Facebook, Amazon, and Google are reviving the ill-fated “company towns” of the Gilded Age.
Las Vegas: Worst Mass Shooting in U.S. History
October 2nd, 2017Update: Campos Surfaces on the Set of ‘Ellen’ Via: Los Angeles Times: The mystery is over: Las Vegas security guard Jesus Campos has been found. On the set of “Ellen.” On Wednesday, Ellen DeGeneres’ television talk show is expected to broadcast the much-anticipated first interview with the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino security guard, who […]
Spanish PM Faces Crisis After Violent Secession Vote in Catalonia
October 2nd, 2017Via: Reuters: Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy faces Spain’s biggest constitutional crisis in decades after Sunday’s violence-marred independence referendum in Catalonia opened the door for its wealthiest region to move for secession as early as this week. The streets of Barcelona, the Catalan capital, were quiet on Monday, but newspaper editorials said the banned referendum, in […]
With Widespread Power Failures, Puerto Rico Is Cash Only
October 1st, 2017Via: New York Times: Juan Jimenez squinted into the dark lobby of his bank early Friday, thinking about the paycheck sitting in his account, just behind the locked doors. If only he could get to it. With power failures and communications outages still widespread nine days after Hurricane Maria, much of Puerto Rico has become […]
