Wednesday, July 22, 2015

22 July - Search returns for water and environment

TO DO

New York Times
LONDON — The British government on Wednesday announced plans to curb the costs of subsidies for renewable forms of energy like solar power, arguing that the industry could survive without the support. Representatives of Britain's growing solar ...
EcoWatch
In yet another clear indication of the nation's energy future, renewable sources—biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind—accounted for nearly 70 percent (69.75 percent) of new electrical generation placed in service in the U.S. during the first ...
Sydney Morning Herald
A Labor plan to recast Australia's energy landscape towards renewables is economically irresponsible and technologically doubtful, the coal lobby claims, amid debate on whether consumers would pay more for power. The clean energy industry and a ...
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
CEDAR RAPIDS — It's been a big week forrenewable fuels, according to Sen. Chuck Grassley after the Senate Finance Committee voted 23-3 to approve extending tax credits for wind energy, biodiesel and cellulosic ethanol. He called the wind energy ...
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HUMAN HABITAT

Los Angeles Times
With the Chatsworth Reservoir on life support from the drought, a vigorous debate is underway over whether the so-calledecology pond at Los Angeles' only nature preserve should be allowed to survive. The pond, in the rocky foothills of the west San ...
The Catholic Sun
[caption id="attachment_24093" align="alignright" width="200"] This is the cover of the English edition of Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment, “Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home.” The long-anticipated encyclical was released at the ...
Phys.Org
"One of the reasons I pursued this REU is because African Americans are not well represented in the field of ecology – which is ironic, since it's a field that studies diversity," says DeAnna Beasley, another of the Dunn's postdocs who collaborated on ...
Nature World News
In the annual Swan Upping in the U.K., old roles are maintained as well as new ones: Officials in red jackets count the royal swans and educate children about ecology, wildlife, and habitat. (Photo : Flickr: Ross Elliott). Bird officials and others are ...
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WATER POWER

WDSU New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS —The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals on Wednesday confirmed the presence of the Naegleria fowleri amoeba in the St. Bernard Parish Water System at the site of a leaking sampling station. Naegleria fowleri is an amoeba ...
WTAE Pittsburgh
Water from broken main shoots into air, leaves sinkhole in Baldwin Borough. Pennsylvania American Water restores service after pipe breaks on North Street. UPDATED 7:04 PM EDT Jul 22, 2015 ...
San Jose Mercury News
In its weekly closed-door conference, the Supreme Court refused to soften the statewide impact of an April appeals court ruling that found the city of San Juan Capistrano's tiered water rates -- common in the Bay Area and elsewhere in California ...
WTAE Pittsburgh
Water service has been restored and life is slowly returning to normal in a Baldwin neighborhood where a water main break caused serious problems Tuesday night. More. VIDEO: Watch Bob Hazen's report. Pennsylvania American Water Company says an ...
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