2012 Doomsday Predictions

Local home first to meet LEED standards
Nestled on narrow, winding Hillside Avenue a short distance from downtown Mill Valley sits an impressive new home that has qualified as Marin County’s first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum residence. The house, featured on May’s American Institute of Architects Marin Homes Tour, was completed in February for local architect Scott Lee and his family.

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Clean energy: It’s not about the technology
Suppose two factories produce and sell identical widgets at $1 each. Now, suppose a law is passed to provide one of those factories with $9 of additional revenue per widget.

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NASA delays shuttle finale until 2011
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – NASA on Thursday postponed the final two missions of the space shuttle program until November and February due to delays preparing the last load of spare parts for the International Space Station.

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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Janssen solar facility may be biggest in state
An array of more than 13,500 energy-catching solar panels that Janssen Pharmaceutica is installing at its Hopewell Township campus is expected to be the biggest solar facility in New Jersey to date and the largest at any Johnson & Johnson site in the world, according to Janssen spokeswoman Tricia Geohegan.

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Titan May Provide Clues On The Origins Of Life
The nitrogen-dominated atmosphere of Saturn’s moon, Titan, may provide clues to the origins of life.The first experimental evidence showing how atmospheric nitrogen can be incorporated into organic macromolecules is being reported by a University of Arizona team. The finding indicates what organic molecules might be found on Titan, the moon of Saturn that scientists think is a model for the …

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