In looking back at the lives of my parents and grandparents, I remember seeing a lifestyle of food cellars where they stocked up and stored food in case of an emergency, or to get them through a hard winter Though that tradition was slowly vanishing for many years, it is now being renewed more than ever, due to all the environmental & economic challenges we are seeing around us

Last year, the EPA released a list of over 40 “high hazard potential” sites around the country that contain coal combustion residuals, which are commonly referred to as coal ash This substance is a product of burning coal and is often stored in containment ponds or dams near electrical utilities

Conserving marine life appears to be increasingly getting tougher Global warming which has come about due to deforestation and increased carbon dioxide emissions, threatens the existence of all marine life

In December 2009 Poland announced that it would be looking to increase the tax on plastic bags in order to change the views of the consumer to start reusing bags In January 2010, however, Poland has decided to back out of their promise of raising tax causing outrage within many green and pro-recycling activists

Natural Gas Powers Texas According to the US Dept of Energy, Texas produces and consumes more electricity than any other state

Many of you have read or seen in the news how a lot of the global warming gurus have been skewing climate records to make global warming seem like it is real People have fallen for it for over 30 years while people have made billions off the lies

Anyone who has played in the ocean surf or experienced the current of a river, felt the tug of outgoing or incoming surf, recognizes that there is energy contained in moving bodies of water Harnessing that energy to create electricity has been in third position, behind solar and wind, as a source of alternative energy

At the dawn of this new decade, I asked readers of Regal Magazine to make New Year’s resolutions to have a positive impact on the lives of others, and not focus on selfish desires in 2010 Shortly after the publication of that editorial, the town of Port-au-Prince, Haiti was struck with an earthquake and aftershock of catastrophic proportions, killing hundreds of thousands of Haitians, orphaning children and practically forcing an entire city into homelessness

Recession Over: How has Harrogate faired in comparison to the rest of the UK economy and how can the small business owner utilise the power of the internet to stay one step ahead of the competition Now that the UK economy is officially out of recession I took a look at how Harrogate compared to the rest of the country in coping with the difficult economic climate of the last six consecutive quarters of economic contraction

Alternative Energy is important item of discussion on just about anyone’s mind today It was only a year ago that half the population could stand up and say that they don’t care as long as their car can get from A to B without a hassles, but as recent events continue to unfold, more and more people are now standing up against the use of fossil fuels if not for anything other than the fact that they can no longer even afford to drive their vehicle anywhere

Indigo Children by: Simranjeet Singh Note: This is a quick overview of Indigo Children, you can find more references to videos and additional information by viewing author notes at the bottom ------- These unique individuals have been around since the late 1970’s and ever since becoming more and more frequent

Since the economy began its downward spiral into recession in early 2008, we have seen changes in consumer behaviors and habits Studies have shown that mindsets have shifted and that the current consumer is a very different person than the consumer of several years ago

January 10 , 2010 was an average winter’s day on the streets of Port au Prince when at 4:53 PM, a 70 magnitude earthquake struck the fault line that crumbled the entire infrastructure of that major city