With the UK housing market at an all-time low, it is not surprising that the construction industry is at the forefront of reform when it comes to adapting to a harsher economic climate. However, with

While the Austin City Council is not giving home sellers a break this year, the federal government is coming through with some tax breaks for the energy-conscious homeowner. For 2009 only, homeowners

The Independent has had a tumultuous past few weeks. Exposed in late April 2009 as a newspaper with plunging circulation and with its parent company, The Independent News and Media in dire danger of d

The Times, the venerable British newspaper with the monosyllabic name has often been called "the Thunderer" (and sometimes "the Blunderer") for good reason. Often wont to jump into the issues of the

The term "cap-and-trade" is heard a lot these days when discussing global warming and environmental policy. What exactly is cap-and-trade? Well, it's the government giving companies an allowance (th

If Abraham Lincoln's house can go green, anyone's can. President Lincoln's Cottage, his family's summer retreat during the Civil War, has been completely renovated during preparation for the compound

Hidden in the midst of the hike and bike trails that lead through Zilker Park is an Austin jewel: the Austin Science and Nature Center. The nature center offers many educational and interesting featur

The forests and grasslands on the slopes of Kilimanjaro have unique vegetation such as the water holding cabbage. This is found in the moorland zone. There are other plants such as purple haze marij

Kilimanjaro lies on a tectonic line intersection 80km. east of the tectonically active Rift Valley. The activity which created this stratovolcano dates back less than a million years and the central a

Volcano type - Stratovolcano Location - Tanzania, 3.07°S / 37.35°E Summit elevation 5895 m Last eruptions - None in historic time (but probably active during the past 10,000 years) Typic