An Arizona restaurant that tried to promote business by serving Lion meat (mixed with beef) burgers has fired up controversy instead. The restaurant believed it was sourcing meat from a respectable source, but did no investigation on its own. You probably can guess what happened next. A reporter for CNN traced the meat to a … Continue reading Lion Meat Burgers
Ethiopia Insight reports that a Kenyan green group seeks ban on Ethiopian power A Kenyan conservation group has appealed to the nation’s high court to prevent the government and an energy company from buying power produced by the vast Gibe 111 hydropower dam in neighboring Ethiopia. The impact of the dam is in question. This … Continue reading Kenyans Block Ethiopian HydroPower
I have waited years (since 2006) for diesel motorcycles to emerge from development. No luck. Electric motorcycles, however, are now available and look very promising. The Brammo is a good example. I have read that subsidies can bring the cost of this bike to around $6,000. With a top speed of 60mph and range of … Continue reading Electric Motorcycles
The Long Island Press says five people have already drowned this summer on a beach with “no swimming” signs posted: The latest incident involved a 12-yr-old girl on a school trip with other students from Harlem. A teacher at Columbia Secondary School for Math, Science and Engineering – one of three chaperones looking after sixth-grader … Continue reading Fifth Drowning Victim in Long Beach