Gassing up Antarctica « The Daily Bayonet

Russian scientists announced that the expedition had to be stopped short because of the encroaching winter. However, the drilling team didn’t want to lose the progress that they’d made—they were just 29.53 m short of their goal—and so dumped kerosene down the 3720-m-long borehole to prevent it from freezing.

Wild Law Update: What Happened to Earth Hour? | Siber Ink

...for many people, Earth Hour passed without much notice as this year there seemed little by way of public information regarding the event. In Delhi, for example, India Blooms reports that this year’s power reduction was only half the load that was dropped as part of last year’s Earth Hour.