NASA Needs $ to Find Dangerous Asteroids Posted: 13 Aug 2009 08:50 PM PDT NASA needs between $800 million and $1 billion to find and track earth-crossing asteroids. Congress ordered NASA to perform this work but did not provide line-item funding. |
| Near to Below Normal Hurricane Season Posted: 13 Aug 2009 07:15 PM PDT “NOAA now expects a near- to below-normal Atlantic hurricane season, as the calming effects of El Niño continue to develop. But scientists say the season’s quiet start does not guarantee quiet times ahead. The season, which began June 1, is entering its historical peak period of August through October, when most storms form.” |
| Stories in Stone: A Dimension Stone Blog Posted: 13 Aug 2009 06:48 PM PDT If you have any interest in dimension stone check out a blog titled “Stories in Stone” by David Williams. He has lots of interesting photos and posts about how people have used stone as a building material. |
| Posted: 13 Aug 2009 06:29 PM PDT Wildfires are still burning in many parts of California. Today a mandatory evacuation order forced over 2000 people to leave their homes in areas surrounding the Bonny Doon Fire. |
| Natural Gas in Storage Skyrockets Posted: 13 Aug 2009 06:19 PM PDT The amount of natural gas in storage has skyrocketed above the historic five year range. There is a lot of new gas entering the market and stocks are 517 billion cubic feet above the 5-year range. |
| Wellhead Prices for Natural Gas Hold Steady Posted: 13 Aug 2009 06:10 PM PDT The Energy Information Administration’s estimated average wellhead price for natural gas per Mcf for the past several months…. $4.16 February $3.72 March $3.43 April $3.45 May $3.45 June $3.43 July |
| Natural Gas and the US Energy Policy Posted: 13 Aug 2009 06:01 PM PDT Ken Salazar, Interior Secretary says that he is recommending that natural gas be considered as an important part of the US Energy Policy because using it produces less greenhouse gas than other fossil fuels. |
Friday, August 14, 2009
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