Chipotle Closes 43 Restaurants Due to E. Coli Outbreak

The strain of the E. coli found in the Washington and Oregon cases is the most commonly associated with outbreaks in food. Many people affected with that strain, the Shiga-toxin producing E. coli, may not seek health care, so the number of people made ill by the outbreak is likely more than identified. No deaths have been reported. But as soon as Chipotle was informed of this, they immediately closed all of their restaurants that may have been affected. I find it extremely responsible of the Mexican food chain to take extra precautions in closing down more locations than they had to, just to get to the bottom of this situation, and to absolutely make sure nobody else would be infected. Kudos.

2015 Likely to Be Hottest Year Ever Recorded

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the American agency that tracks worldwide temperatures, just announced recently that September was the hottest month on record. They also continued to say that January through September was the hottest such span on the books since they started keeping records in 1880. This data is sure to come at the perfect time before the United Nations Conference on Climate Change this December in Paris. I hope this will be a wake up call for many out there who still doubt climate change is real and is actually happening.

Scotland to Build World’s Largest Floating Wind Farm

Scotland’s government has approved the construction of the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm, capable of powering nearly 20,000 homes. Work on the five-turbine, 30-megawatt development should start in 2016. The project will be built around 15 miles off Scotland’s east coast near Peterhead. They still have some details to work through, while trying to find a way to anchor the turbines without digging into the seabed. Check out the quick video below to see how it works!