Major Wind project in Manitoba takes flight

Manitoba is looking to rival Alberta as a major player in the growing Wind energy market in Canada. Westman (NRC profile). The CBC reports on a $1.5 Billion (CAD) project with the potential to produce as much as 1400MW of electricity. Enough to power "hundreds of thousands" of homes. The first phase is slated to …

This is how wars start… Iran and the US

Last November, the UK government accused Iran of supplying Iraqi insurgents with advanced bomb making materials originating from Hezbollah in Lebanon. Yesterday, March 7, the United States, through Donald Rumsfeld, accused Iran of "infiltrating Iraq" with para-military forces to stir up trouble, mainly in the South. Asked whether the alleged insertion of Iranian forces into …

Do what we say not what we do.

In another wonderful example of American (and not necessarily only Bush&Co) hypocrisy... we have this story. The Bush administration is developing plans to design and deploy refurbished or replacement warheads for the nuclear stockpile, and by 2030 to modernize the production complex so that, if required, it could produce new generations of weapons with different …