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Nearly a third of people claiming ’sicknote’ benefits have been doing so for more than a decade, new figures showed yesterday. More than 800,000 people have been paid Incapacity Benefit or similar state handouts for illness for more than ten years. They make up over 30 per cent of the 2.64 million people who live on the state sick note payment

'Despite all the grandiose promises and the billions of pounds that have been spent, they have delivered virtually no improvement for the most vulnerable in our society.' Numbers claiming sickness benefits exploded in the 1980s when old…

By Lizbeth Diaz TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - U.S. motorists are risking rampant drug violence in Mexico to drive over the border and fill their tanks with cheap Mexican fuel, some even coming to blows over gas shortages and long queues. The gap…

“It's worth taking the risk even with the violence,” said a retired California engineer named Terry, who declined to give his surname, as he filled his red Ford pick-up truck in Tijuana, over the border from San Diego. “I…

The cost of care for preemies is sky-high?some 15 times the expense of full-term infants and rising. Is there such a thing as too young?

Preemies are a quickly expanding class of patients in the U.S., Britain, and other advanced nations. And the costs and technical challenges of caring for them are a growing source of controversy. Nearly 13% of all babies in the U.S. are…

Are you driving less than you used to? As Dubner blogged last week, Americans logged 11 billion fewer miles on the road in March of this year than they did in March 2007. That contributed to a cut of 9 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emitted by the U.S. in the first quarter of 2008.

I’m not sure we can argue that high gas prices are good for the environment. The reason they are higher is because of increased demand from developing nations with burgeoning middle classes — who now drive cars. Oil is being…

What’s the cleanest big city in America? How about the dirtiest? And what about the place where you live — did it make the list?

“ Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians. ”

Tons of produce is wasted each year. Most people lose 1/3 of the produce they buy to spoilage. Here are some tips on how to maximize your produce - find the fresh stuff, keep it fresh!

2. Start a Garden: I know you may think this is not practical for most of us and that nothing will grow in the desert but you are wrong. With the proper techniques you can grow all kinds of great stuff here. Even with limited space or poor soil…

Google Inc. has announced plans to invest millions of dollars in order to move into the renewable energy business. Google’s move from Internet services into electricity generation was motivated by a desire to reduce the ecological footprint of the company’s massive power needs.

Read this special report now… “Seven Words That Can Change the World reveals the astonishing, simple truths that have the power to forever transform our world for the better while freeing our minds from the enslavement of limiting beliefs….

Fluor Corporation announced today that it signed a contract to design and construct the 500 megawatt Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm. The $1.8 billion venture is the world’s largest offshore wind farm project to move into the construction phase and will be built approximately 25 kilometers off the Suffolk coast of the United Kingdom.

The first UK offshore wind farm to be built outside territorial waters, the project will feature 140 wind turbines each having a rated capacity of 3.6 MW. The turbines will be supplied by Siemens Wind Power A/S under a separate contract with SSE….

Recently, the E-Fuel Corporation, introduced the first ethanol refinery system designed for home use. The Micro Fueler, a backyard fueling station, can create pure E100 ethanol from sugar feed stock.

• HOW IT WORKS: Coskata’s $1/Gallon Tech Starts Ethanol 2.0

Bob Lutz says the future of the automobile can be summed up in two words: Proportion and propulsion. That’s a snappy way of saying big cars aren’t going anywhere, but at least they’ll be electric.

I think it rather funny to hear the obsolete logic of some environmetnalists from the 70's, who feel that only small is efficient and that we must be efficient to amange. Both concepts are fraud - an electric car's efficiency depends…