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No More Coal Power For Apple In N.C.

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Greenpeace has finally made headway on getting Apple to use only renewable energy.  Though they have been building a huge solar array and a biogas plant they still rely on some coal-powerd energy at their N.C plant.  Apple has now announced that by the end of 2012 that plant will be powered only by renewable energy.  Keep up the pressure Greenpeace, it can't be a bad thing.

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Blogging 9-Year Old Embarrasses School Into Healthier Lunches

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You would think that with all the hype about kids needing to eat healthier that more schools would take the hint.  Apparently some schools need to be shamed into providing healthier lunches by nine-year olds.  The mentioned nine-year old, Martha Payne, who lives in Scotland decided to blog about her lunches at school giving them daily scores.  The school took notice and now sheepishly is allowing children to have unlimited veggies and bread.

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"Apply Real Estate Ads Annually, Keep Warm With Butt."

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Proposed art project would give urban fixtures like benches and fire hydrants tags styled to match those found in houseplants

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Audi's New Electric Bike

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If you're in the market for an electric bike, you should check out Audi's new model the e-bike Worthersee.  It looks pretty snazzy and actually sort of aggressive.  Cost could be a little high but I guess we will wait and see.

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Tiny Puppy Survives Fall From Hawk's Clutches

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We say its raining cats and dogs but really that would be totally gross.  However a puppy falling about thirty feet from a hawk's grasp turned out to be a very good thing. The puppy survived and now has a loving home. Check out the video.

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"Saner" Discussion of Nuclear Power

For those of us who follow the Nuclear Power debate, it is a chore to find reasonable discussions in the media that aren’t either wholly uniformed or simply PR pieces for one side or the other. Recently, BoingBoing spotlighted the Institute of Physics in London hosting of a debate between distinguished and informed panelists on both sides of the nuclear argument for their series Science Question Time. Although there was little during the discussion that was entirely new, having a panel that correctly identified both the pros and (in my opinion) major cons of nuclear power, as well as spending time talking about why we DON’T need nuclear, is well worth the listen.