oldephartte(in training): 2 July

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Jul 02, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- EDF Renewable Energy today announced that the 5.86 MWp Lancaster Solar Project has reached commercial operation. EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE) and Urban Green Technologies LLC (UGT), ...

Why the EPA Reversed Its Position on Renewable Fuels | Commentary

Roll Call

Each year, the Environmental Protection Agency mandates the “renewable fuel standard” — the amount of biofuel that must be blended into fuel — and every year since the law was enacted, that amount has increased, never decreased. The EPA's proposed ...

Hackers Find Open Back Door to Power Grid With Renewables

Bloomberg

Making the electricity grid greener is boosting its vulnerability to computer hacking, increasing the risk that spies or criminals can cause blackouts. Adding wind farms, solar panels and smart meters to the power distribution system opens additional ...

GE targets Mansfield's Monsal for renewable energy technology

Telegraph.co.uk

... small Mansfield-based energy business as one of the key technologies for growing its renewable energy business. Renewable technology business Monsal, based in Nottinghamshire, is due to be swallowed by the American goliath in a roughly £15m deal.

Human Habitat

ecology water energy

World Cup mascot Fuleco fails to promote ecology and conservation

The Guardian

So what is it about Fuleco that has caused his popularity, and what could he be doing for Brazil's ecology? A look at the science of mascot use in environmental campaigns tells us what kind of make-over Fuleco would need to score high with ...

State Department of Ecology awards $250000 contract for oil transport study

Peninsula Daily

OLYMPIA — The state Department of Ecology has awarded a $250,000 contract for an analysis of the impacts of marine and rail oil transportation in the state. Environmental Research Consulting of New York will report on possible safety measures that ...

The dangers of reactionary ecology

libcom.org (blog)

We have so far introduced the ideas of thinkers we find useful, such as Murray Bookchin's philosophy of technology, and James O'Connor's notion of the second contradiction. Here we want to look at how ecological ideas can be deployed to support deeply ...

Gadugi Ecology: Community help needed for turkey data

Cherokee One Feather

Therefore, we would like to promote what we call “GADUGI ECOLOGY.” This traditional perspective, coupled with modern technology, will make us pioneers in combining community with conservation. Most importantly, this effort will help re-connect people ...

Water Power

water floods pollution

Water Fetches Record Prices in Drought-Hit California

TIME

California Drought Water Auctions In this May 1, 2014 photo, irrigation water runs along a dried-up ditch between rice farms in Richvale, Calif. In dry California, water is fetching record high prices. As drought has deepened in the last few months, a ...

Boil water advisory after Rotterdam pipes fixed

Albany Times Union

Rotterdam. Residents were urged Tuesday to boil water before drinking it after more than two-thirds of them lost service for most of the day. Most of the 20,000 residents who lost service had water again by Monday night, and all but four customers had ...

Assembly drops plan to unveil $8.25-billion water bond; talks stall

Los Angeles Times

This undated file photo shows water making its way south through the Central Valley by way of the California Aqueduct. The Assembly will roll out its own proposal for a new bond to pay for water infrastructure Tuesday. (California Department of Water ...

The only place to turn for more water is the ocean

The Desert Sun

At the recent symposium dealing with the water situation in the Coachella Valley region about 400 people attended, indicating strong public interest in the subject. The problem is that our aquifers for the Coachella Valley region are being depleted ...