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Cold snap hits navigation lights | Stuff.co.nz

Cold winter temperatures have caused a mass outage of navigation lights on marine farms around Tasman Bay and Golden Bay.
Tasman District Council harbourmaster Steve Hainstock said the cold weather had caused the solar-charged batteries that powered the lights to go on the blink en masse.
They will be replaced over three weeks from today.

Tesla Pushes Electric-Car Viability With Rapid Charging - Bloomberg

The Palo Alto, California-based company operates nine stations that provide free electric power for owners of high-end versions of the Model S and has said it will have at least 100 along U.S. and Canadian highways by 2015.
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“Tesla’s role is kind of interesting: They’ve changed the whole story line” about electric vehicles, said Tom Turrentine, director of the California Energy Commission’s Plug-in Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Research Center at the University of California, Davis. “This is a company that thrives on mythology.”
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Owners repower their cars for free at the stations, using electricity produced by solar panels installed and maintained by SolarCity Corp. (SCTY), where Musk is also the chairman and largest investor.

Beartooth Pass still battling snow | KTVQ.com | Q2 | Billings, Montana

RED LODGE - According to a press release early Wednesday morning, the bottom gate on The Beartooth Pass just south of Red Lodge on US-212, is closed due to snow. An alternate route is needed, for travelers wanting to reach Cooke City

Walmart fined $82 million for dumping poisons | Grist

On Tuesday, Walmart pled guilty to violations of federal environmental laws and agreed to pay $81.6 million in fines and penalties for improper hazardous waste disposal.