All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson

One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) – bad news & good news
December 10, 2012, 2 Comments

2012 10 December Google makes MIT professor’s dream of “$100 laptop” a reality (Reuters) – Googl ...

Canada, the world & the tar sands 2012
December 8, 2012, Comments Off on Canada, the world & the tar sands 2012

Crude oil extracted from tar sands one of the most controversial forms of fossil fuel Tar sands, also known as oil sands ...

2012 International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
December 6, 2012, Comments Off on 2012 International Year of Sustainable Energy for All

20 August 2013 So much for sustainable energy The Day the Earth Ran Out The Causes and Consequences of Earth Overshoot D ...

Wednesday Night #1605
December 4, 2012, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1605

If you have not yet admired it, we highly recommend the Economist’s current Daily chart: The Advent Calendar – A ...

U.K. in 2012
December 3, 2012, Comments Off on U.K. in 2012

From Diamond Jubilee to Bob Diamond and Banking scandals Plus Olympics, EU and other news The Official website of the Qu ...

Give a goat, a shovel, a toy … or an engineer
December 1, 2012, Comments Off on Give a goat, a shovel, a toy … or an engineer

We first posted this five years ago and added to it in 2009. It is worth reposting every year as a reminder to us all th ...

U.S. elections 2012 – the mornings after
November 30, 2012, 1 Comment

Down and Out With Ted Cruz and the GOP As Republicans regroup from electoral disaster, some — including a rising s ...

How the One Percent think
November 29, 2012, Comments Off on How the One Percent think

Paul Krugman: Class Wars of 2012 On Election Day, The Boston Globe reported, Logan International Airport in Boston was r ...

The Concorde
November 29, 2012, Comments Off on The Concorde

Concorde website with photos and news of where individual aircraft are now displayed Good historical overview Concorde c ...

Canada: Energy, environment & pipelines 2012
November 29, 2012, 3 Comments

2012: A bleak year for environmental policy (Toronto Star) … Take, for instance, Bill C-38, Canada’s longest-eve ...

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