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Solar-Powered Catamaran Makes 1st Circumnavigation

by pete thomas grindtv on May 16, 2012 · 0 comments

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Turanor PlanetSolar, a futuristic-looking 100-foot catamaran, last week became the first vessel to circumnavigate the planet exclusively on power generated by the sun. The voyage, which began and ended in Monaco, lasted 19-plus months and included layovers in 28 countries, which were designed to promote the importance of solar energy. Traveling on an equatorial route [...]

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Links We Like, May 16, 2012

by the editors on May 16, 2012 · 0 comments

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HELICOPTER PILOT AND ALPINIST SIMONE MORO is one of the busier guys in Everest Base Camp. In addition to acclimatizing for his attempt to climb Lhotse, descend to the South Col, and then top Everest without returning to Base Camp, he’s flown numerous rescue missions, including plucking his friend, photographer Cory Richards, after health issues. [...]

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Fracking, Congress Endanger America’s Rivers

by brendan leonard on May 15, 2012 · 1 comment

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American Rivers today announced its annual list of Most Endangered Rivers, topped by America’s River, the Potomac, neighboring the U.S. legislature that’s rolling back measures to protect U.S. waterways. The organization, who last year celebrated the high-profile removal of dams on Washington State’s Elwha River and White Salmon River, releases a list of its top [...]

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Declination: Dancing With Unexploded Bombs in Laos

by ants bolingbroke-kent on May 15, 2012 · 0 comments

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A few days ago I crawled off the plane to England in a state of total exhaustion after nearly a month in Vietnam and Laos filming a program for  the BBC. The show, due to air on BBC2 this month, tells the story of two women driving a section of the legendary Ho Chi Minh [...]

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