Environmentalists oppose plan for £150m ‘green’ power station - Local stories - Yorkshire Post

ENVIRONMENTALISTS are objecting to plans for a £150m “green power” station that would use household waste to power more than 25,000 homes in Hull.

Energy loans official leaves in wake of Solyndra | Reuters

(Reuters) - The Obama administration said on Thursday its top energy loans official was stepping down, following a widening probe into the embarrassing collapse of a solar panel company that got $535 million in federal support.

Jonathan Silver, a venture capitalist who had also worked for the Clinton administration, was leaving because the loan program had allocated all its funding [mission accomplished?], Energy Secretary Steven Chu said.

Early fall storm brings rain to California

'This is more typical of a winter storm'

Some worry about ‘industrial agriculture’ but who certifies the safety of farmers’ market produce? | JunkScience Sidebar

News21 reporters find salmonella-contaminated chicken, among other violations, at the Agriculture Department’s own farmer’s market in Washington