BBC ignores another Gaza tunnels story

Hadar Sela's avatarBBC Watch

Hamas’ efforts to rebuild the network of cross-border attack tunnels destroyed in 2014 and the terrorist organisation’s related misappropriation of construction materials intended for the rebuilding and repair of civilian dwellings are topics which have been serially under-reported throughout the three years since that conflict took place and over a year has passed since the BBC last produced any coverage of that subject.

Another such story recently emerged when a tunnel was discovered in the Maghazi district of the Gaza Strip.

“The tunnel was discovered by workers of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on June 1 under two schools in the Maghazi refugee camp in the Gaza Strip near the city of Deir al-Balah. […]

The tunnel, between two and three meters underground, passes under the Maghazi Elementary Boys A&B School and the Maghazi Preparatory Boys School, and was built…

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Renewables Rent-Seekers Panic as Wind Power Operators Forced to Pay Back-Up Costs

stopthesethings's avatarSTOP THESE THINGS

If there is one thing that renewables-rent-seekers dread more than calm and cloudy weather, it has to be uncertainty.

Always keen to preach about how cheap wind power has become, but always reticent to release their grip on the subsidy teat, the wind industry, its parasites and spruikers are now in a flat panic after the release of Alan Finkel’s report on Australia’s electricity market fiasco.

As detailed in our last few posts, much of it arises from the realms of fantasy and fiction. However, it has thrown one whopping spanner in the works, by dictating that wind and solar power generators be required to deliver power around the clock, whatever the weather.

Finkel’s edict provides wind and solar power outfits with a choice between adding monstrous (as yet, non-existent) batteries to their operations and building fast-start peaking power plants (which means either highly inefficient Open Cycle Gas…

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Infographic: High-Heel Hazards (Belinda Ivey)

Michael's avatarMichael Sandberg's Data Visualization Blog

Readers:

Belinda IveyToday I am showcasing an infographic from Belinda Ivey, Co-founder and CEO of KarBel Multimedia, a creative agency specializing in infographic design.

Ms. Ivey has been a journalist since high school. Her award-winning career has sling-shot her from the halls of the University of Florida to the design and graphic departments of the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Baltimore Sun, the Arizona Republic and the South Florida Sun Sentinel. Belinda is also a part-time lecturer at the University of Miami’s School of Communication, where she has taught multimedia design and infographics to undergraduate students.

Enjoy!

Best regards,

Michael

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