Two strange stories out of Arkansas today. Possibly related? Tens of Thousands of Dead Fish in Arkansas River Thousands of Birds Drop From Sky So far no connection has been … Continue reading “Dead Fish, Birds stump Arkansans; Detroit Ruins Pictoral”
Category: Environmental Law
EEStor & the Main Core: Legal and Technological Notes
I reported on the development of EEStor ultra-capacitors back in Sept. ’07. Anticipation is lately coming to a boil, and press releases are flying. Production (rather than prototype) models of … Continue reading “EEStor & the Main Core: Legal and Technological Notes”
Large Hadron Collider: United States Answers Lawsuit
I wrote earlier about the Large Hadron Collider particle physics funpark in (under) France, and the lawsuit filed in Hawaii by two scientists with concerns that turning the LHC on could Destroy … Continue reading “Large Hadron Collider: United States Answers Lawsuit”
Personal Electric Airplanes: Green Transport of the Future?
From Green Tech Blog, a story too good to pass up on inspiring little planes. There is a tenuous legal hook for this post, but mainly I was just wowed by these works of avionic … Continue reading “Personal Electric Airplanes: Green Transport of the Future?”
Large Hadron Collider: Front Row Seat to the Big Bang?
On rare occasions, the disparate worlds of “the law” and “particle physics” collide (pun intended). Now is such a one. This summer, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) will begin experiments … Continue reading “Large Hadron Collider: Front Row Seat to the Big Bang?”
Energy Independence: Legal and Technological Notes
On September 12th the U.S. District Court for Vermont released a 240 page opinion ruling against an alliance of auto manufacturers (and related entities) challenging Vermont’s enactment of laws mirroring California’s recent adoption of strict auto-emission … Continue reading “Energy Independence: Legal and Technological Notes”