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Spain's Solar CemetaryMADRID, Spain — A new kind of silent hero has joined the fight against climate change. Santa Coloma de Gramenet, a gritty, working-class town outside Barcelona, has placed a sea of solar panels atop mausoleums at its cemetery, transforming a place of perpetual rest into one buzzing with re... |
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Spanish Town Putting the Dead to Work Generating Solar Power [Solar Power Is Dead]The phrase "I'll rest when I'm dead" doesn't apply to those living in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, a small town outside of Barcelona. You see, open land is scarce in the area so the local government has put the dead to work, so to speak, by installing solar panels on the top of their mausoleums. So far ... |
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Hot Shots: Wildlife Photography Awards Handed OutSteve Winter won the UK's Natural History Museum Wildlife Photographer of the Year award for 2008 for this shot of a rare snow leopard in the remote mountains of northern India. Said Winter: "There are only a few thousand of these animals left in the world. I was thrilled to have finally ... |
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Udinese, Napoli go top next to Inter Milan - SummaryMilan - Udinese and Napoli Sunday drew level on points with Inter Milan at the top of the Italian Serie A as the reigning champions Inter were held to a goalless draw by 10-man Genoa. Udinese hammered struggling Roma 3-1 thanks to a brace from Antoni... ... |
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Hawley-Smoot, in reverseBACK in June, when oil prices were heading skyward, an interesting discussion concerning the effect of those prices on trade took place. Menzie Chinn cited a Thomas Net study (itself based on a CIBC report that got quite a bit of attention) which read:The impact of rising transportation costs, dr... |
