Monthly Archives: December 2008

Are compressed-air-powered cars practical?

A friend sent to us some information on compressed-air-powered cars.  Those are being produced and being put on the market in India.  A search for “compressed-air-powered cars” provides about 1,200 entries on the search-return list.  Here is the first of … Continue reading

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Chinese drywall in Florida may be causing health problems

news-press.com Fort Myers, Florida, USA 2008 12 19 BREAKING: Chinese drywall in Lee County homes may be causing health problems By Mary Wozniak and Dick Hogan ….We have been provided with evidence of complaints of issues of sulfur odors in … Continue reading

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Scientists Dissent Over Man-Made Global Warming Claims

The Inhofe EPW Press Blog 2008 12 10 UN Blowback: More Than 650 International Scientists Dissent Over Man-Made Global Warming Claims Posted by Marc Morano – 9:36 AM ET – Marc_Morano@EPW.Senate.GOV Study: Half of warming due to Sun! –Sea Levels … Continue reading

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Medieval Warm Period Record, Elk Island National Park

CO2 Science Volume 11 Number 50: 10 December 2008 New issue posted every Wednesday …. Medieval Warm Period Record of the Week Was there a Medieval Warm Period? YES, according to data published by 643 individual scientists from 377 separate … Continue reading

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Front-end loader caused sulphur fire

KNDO/KNDU – Yakima, WA, USA 2008 12 09 Sulfur Fire at Fertilizer Plant in Pasco PASCO, Wash– A hazardous material fire breaks out in Pasco. Firefighters were forced to change their normal methods of attacking the flames, because a potentially … Continue reading

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Penalties imposed on Marsulex for 2006 sulphur-dioxide release

Prince George Citizen Monday, 08 December 2008 Penalties imposed on Marsulex for 2006 sulphur-dioxide release By PAUL STRICKLAND, Citizen staff Marsulex Inc. was fined a total of $2,000 plus a 15-per-cent impact surcharge Monday after pleading guilty to two environmental … Continue reading

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Chemical Fumes at Huntsville Plant Send Three Employees To Hospital

WHNT – Huntsville, AL, USA December 7, 2008 Chemical Fumes at Huntsville Plant Send Three Employees To Hospital By Jamie McGriff, WHNT NewsChannel 19 Reporter Email: jamie.mcgriff@whnt.com Sunday afternoon around 3:30 emergency responders were alerted to something that would make … Continue reading

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Workers inhale sulphur dioxide at Sydney industrial site

Sydney Morning Herald December 9, 2008 – 8:55AM Workers inhale sulphur dioxide at Sydney industrial site Arjun Ramachandran Six people have experienced breathing problems after inhaling sulphur dioxide at a work site this morning, the ambulance service says…. Three had … Continue reading

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StatoilHydro withdraws application for upgrader project

StatoilHydro 2008 12 04, 14:59 CET StatoilHydro withdraws application for upgrader project StatoilHydro has withdrawn its regulatory application for the development and construction of a bitumen upgrader in Alberta’s Industrial Heartland in Canada. Prohibitive construction costs, the state of the … Continue reading

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President-elect Barack Obama proposes economic suicide for US

Telegraph.co.uk, 2008 11 29 President-elect Barack Obama proposes economic suicide for US By Christopher Booker If the holder of the most powerful office in the world proposed a policy guaranteed to inflict untold damage on his own country and many … Continue reading

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