That sweet smell may be dangerous
Environmental groups are raisisng a stink over those nice-smelling air fresheners. Today Walgreen's announced it will pull some air freshener products off their shelves.
Latest from Harry Fuller
Science, research and the politics of grantmanship
Seems that science is like every other human endeavor. It's highly political.
Drill, baby, drill: cheap gasoline, oil a-plenty! Whoopee!
While the banking community chews its nails, and worries about golfing fees, there are some corporations licking their chops. And sharpening those drill bits.
Green tech company hits the red, and the panic button
An ethanol-maker in South Dakota goes for Chapter 11. It's VeraSun, hit by a combo of high clorn prices, and tight credit.
Car crash imminent?
Wow, the battle over the future of American-based car manufacturers is getting more complex. Now there's a major battle brewing WITHIN the majority Democratic Party, and it's centered on the political clout of the Detroit auto interests.
What a difference one atom makes
A new study by researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science shows exactly how important a single atom can be in a complex molecule. Reporting in the Nov.
The real life cost of trying to ignore nature
Down along the Texas Gulf Coast this week, man's arrogance has been hard hit by Ike. Even the Texas land commissioner is now muttering about things like zoning and building restrictions.
Getting greener at home could be a gas
Courtesy: LehrThe folks at Lehr say they have a better idea for many of your home machines: lawn mower, wire trimmer (turns out "weed whacker" is a copyrighted name for Kenmore;s wire trimmer), leaf blowers, etc. Lehr is going to be selling those items powered with propane rather than gasoline.
Geoengineering may be tech's answer to global warming
There's already money going into developing geoengineering plans to combat rising temps on this planet. Shell Oil has stepped forward as an early supporter.
Feds to continue highway money flow. But mass transit?
I recently blogged about the lower gasoline sales and lower federal revenue leading to a nearly broke Highway Trust Fund. The US government now finds that Trust Fund worthy of a bail-out, paltry next to the debts of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, tiny compared to the fed guarantees behind the Bear Stearns buy-out, but noble, don't you think?