| Do-It-Yourself RV A Toyota Sienna minivan converts easily into a smaller, stripped-down version of the old Volkswagen Vanagons from the 1970s. travel.nytimes.com |
First Look at Carbon Capture and Storage in a West Virginia Coal-Fired Power Plant [Slide Show] NEW HAVEN, W.Va.--A 100-story smokestack belches a roiling, white cloud of water vapor, carbon dioxide and other leftover gases after burning daily as much as 12,000 tons of coal at the Mountaineer Power Plant --a total of 3.5 million tons a year. The facility just outside the town of New Haven boasts a single 65-meter-high boiler capable of generating enough steam to pump out 1,300 megawatts of electricity--enough to power nearly one million average American homes a month--continuously. And now roughly 1.5 percent of the CO 2 billowing from its stack is being captured in an industrial unit rising from the concrete in its shadow and then pumped underground for storage. In case you were wondering, this last phase is called "clean coal". [More] rss.sciam.com |
Tapped Out?: Are Chlorine's Beneficial Effects in Drinking Water Offset by Its Links to Cancer? Dear EarthTalk: I am very concerned about the amount of chlorine in my tap water. I called my water company and they said it is safe just let the tap run for awhile to rid the smell of the chlorine. But that just gets rid of the smell, perhaps, not the chlorine? --Anita Frigo, Milford, Conn. [More] rss.sciam.com |
New York Seeks Limits on Art Vendors in Parks The parks department is scheduled to hold a hearing on limiting the number of vendors in parts of Central Park and all of Union Square Park, Battery Park and the High Line Park. nytimes.com |
Chronicle of a Changing City The city’s newest schoolyard, and the draining of a public pool. nytimes.com |