Power lines endangering vultures

In South Africa, a new study has shown that Cape Vultures were adopting power lines as roosting since in the area were few natural objects to roost. This study was led by team experts including the group from Nottingham Trent University. Their study showed that vultures population has decreased recently due to different threats, including … Read more

Trees trimming to keep danger away from power lines

Crews and contractors with Appalachian Power have been trimming trees to keep the lights on this coming winter in West Virginia and Virginia. They said that the trimming of trees will also lessen the amount of damage and power outage during any major storm. In July 2012, thousands of businesses and households lost electricity when … Read more

Southwire company ventures the retail market

Southwire Company with 13 distribution centers across the nation has now ventured the retail market and has introduced a line of electrician’s tools. In an article posted at Times-Georgian and written by Winston Jones, one of its purpose is to provide consumers a complete line of solutions, specifically, providing electricians a line of hand tools. … Read more

More cases of cancer for those living under power lines

South Korea – more cases of cancer in residents living under power lines. There are a total of 902 electricity transmissions throughout the country with a larger numbers of towers in Gangwon province with 333 towers, 265 in South Chungcheong Province and 252 in Gyeonggi Province. Residents have reported the increase in numbers of cancer … Read more