Terror In The Skies

Sponsored by University of PhoenixRelated posts

• Business

  

  Flying The Profitable Skies

  I'd like to give a special call out to U.S Airways, who not only charge $2 for a bottle of much needed water on the plane (tip to travelers: the...

  by Morgan Clendaniel

• Environment

  

  Wind Turbines Take To The Skies

  nThis new turbine design, by a company called Magenn Power, uses a blimp-like, floating windwheel to harvest wind power where there's lots of...

  by Andrew Price

• Environment

  

  Eyes To The Skies, Guys

  Forget 2012. A Rapture-like alien drive-by is days away! Fear October 14th. Yeah, today. According to an Australian psychic called Blossom...

  by Claire Evans

• Environment

  

  La Niña Winter Ski Report

  A La Niña winter spells lots of snow in the North and drought in the Southwest-just the sort of extreme weather we associate with climate change.

  by Ben Jervey

• Environment

  

  Video Update: La Niña Ski Report

  What ski resorts will get dumped on this La Niña winter and what regions will be left high and dry? Climate Central's Heidi Cullen explains.

  by Ben Jervey

• Environment

  

  Money Pollution: The Chamber of Commerce Darkens the Skies

  The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is a front for the biggest corporations and polluters. Small businesses are saying "the chamber doesn't speak for me."

  by Bill McKibben

• GOOD Blog

  

  Sky Terror

  We went on a little rant about being afraid of terrorism the other day. We still stand by it. But it gets harder when things like this happen....

  by Anonymous

• GOOD Blog

  

  Terror-Free Oil

  If Fox News started a gas station, it'd probably be this one - Terror-Free Oil. Yes, this really exists, and yes, they sell freedom fries.

  by Rudy Adler

• News

  

  The War on Terror Is Over

  We may not be hearing much about that vague "war on terror" anymore. While Obama did use the phrase in his remarks to the Pentagon last week,...

  by Andrew Price

• News

  

  Imagining a New Terrorism Threat Level System

  You know that ridiculous color-coded terrorism threat level chart? The Department of Homeland Security is reevaluating whether a vague system for...

  by Andrew Price

• News

  

  Is Afghanistan Really a Critical Base for Terrorism?

  If al Qaeda needs Afghanistan as a safe haven, we can't afford to leave. The complexities of Afghanistan defy salvation by the answer to any...

  by Michael M. Lieberman

• Business

  

  Infographic: Keeping the Blue Skies Green

  Check out UPS's progress for reducing carbon emissions, increasing fuel efficiency, and reducing noise in their airline fleet.

  by GOOD

• News

  

  Student Who Won't Out Animal-Rights Activists Accused of Terrorism Conspiracy

  A 22-year-old sociology student was accused of "conspiring to commit animal enterprise terrorism" after he refused to out the radical...

  by Siobhan O'Connor

• GOOD Blog

  

  Do You Live in One of the Most Neurotic States in the Country?

  Click through to see the full map, and read the full story here. Via Times Online. (Thanks, Will.)

  by Zach Frechette

• GOOD Blog

  

  Ruling Is in For American Journalists Detained in North Korea

  Terrible news coming out of North Korea: After a five-day closed trial, the two journalists nabbed by NK authorities were sentenced to 12 years in...

  by Siobhan O'Connor

• Environment

  

  More Oil Spilled in Nigeria Every Year than in the Gulf of Mexico

  From Boing Boing comes this video, by Al Jazeera, which offers one look at a legal battle between a resident of the polluted Niger Delta and...

  by Patrick James

• News

  

  Undocumented Immigrants Pay More in Taxes Than They Use in Services

  Well, this is interesting: During their working life, undocumented immigrants in the United States will pay, on average, approximately $80,000...

  by Andrew Price

• Lifestyle

  

  Don't Live in a State with Oranges? Engineer One in Your Kitchen

  A new website shows you how chemicals and the razzle dazzle of molecular gastronomy might save the world, or at least reduce your carbon footprint.

  by Peter Smith

• Design

  

  Evil People Live in Modernist Houses in Popular Films

  Ben Critton asks why popular films insist that a preference for modern architecture signifies something cold dubious about your character.

  by Alissa Walker

• News

  

  Tango Electric Car Goes from 0 to 60 in Four Seconds, Fits in Your Handbag

  We asked the inventor-illustrator Steven M. Johnson to find examples of products and ideas that move the world forward in creative ways.

  by Steven Johnson