Monday, August 18, 2014

Enviro Notes

If you can find my bashing AGW and the promotional idea that political positioning is more important than sensitivity to what can be proven,it's a change from what I'm currently not seeing

But then, I'm not following good advice

Four rules on how to argue and guarantee you won’t look like a fool:

Books I’ve Been Reading- Science Fiction!*

( * which is what I make of AGW - unproven fantasy. And if there should be proof...show me; don't talk about how intelligent/respectable people believe in it and bray those who don't automatically accept that must be in cahoots with polluters, stupid and liars. Piling one kind of dung atop another does not improve its odour. )

Stop Washing Your Hair, Ladies

Feed returns for water and environment

To Do

renewable recycling conservation

Global Renewable Energy Project Reaches Milestone

Forbes

Power Clouds, a global renewable energy project that encourages citizens around the world to collectively build photovoltaic power plants, has released metrics for its first year of activity. Since its inception in March 2013, the project has more than ...

Renewable Energy Target cut would hit budget: modelling

The Conversation AU

Reducing the renewable energy target would cost the federal budget about $680 million more to meet Australia's target of 5% emissions reduction by 2020, according to modelling released today by climate and conservation groups. The modelling found that ...

Is Storage Necessary for Renewable Energy?

ENGINEERING.com

Physicist and energy expert Amory Lovins, chief scientist at The Rocky Mountain Institute, recently released a video in which he claims that renewable energy can meet all of our energy needs without the need for a fossil fuel or nuclear baseload ...

Letter: Development of renewables has been astounding

Reno Gazette Journal

Nevada is quickly becoming a hot-bed for renewable energy. This point is made quite clear in Yvonne Beasley's Aug. 6 piece, “Renewable energy recipe: one part Earth, two parts sun.” For those following the great strides renewable energy is making in ...

Human Habitat

ecology water energy

Ecology plans to move regional office from Yakima to Union Gap

Yakima Herald-Republic

The Department of Ecology will move its regional office from downtown Yakima to a soon-to-be-built building in Union Gap. Construction of the facility will begin this fall at the corner of Ahtanum Road and Longfibre Avenue and should be ready for ...

What Ecologists Are Most Worried About Right Now: 5 Emerging Trends in ...

Huffington Post

Ecologists studying the impacts of climate change today know that change is not coming at some point in the future; change is here, with much more to come. And most of us are pretty worried -- a heat reflected even in the cool questions we as ...

Engaged Buddhism and community ecology

OUPblog (blog)

People who follow ecological thinking (including some of our hardest-headed scientists) may not realize that they are also embracing an ancient spiritual tradition, just as many who espouse Buddhism — succumbing, perhaps, to its chic, Hollywood appeal ...

Ecology research paper wins national award

EurekAlert (press release)

That paper, titled "The Dynamics of Assembling Food Webs," has now been selected as this year's recipient of the Thomas M. Frost Award for Excellence in Graduate Research, sponsored by the aquatic section of the Ecological Society of America. Named for ...

Water Power

water floods pollution

California drought: San Jose moving to impose water conservation measures ...

San Jose Mercury News

SAN JOSE -- Complying with new state rules aimed at cutting water use during California's historic drought, the San Jose City Council is poised to declare a citywide water shortage, ask all residents to cut use by 20 percent and place new limits on ...

Toledo Warns Residents About Drinking Water Again, but Says It's Safe

Wall Street Journal

Drinking water from the city of Toledo, Ohio, may contain new odors as a result of treatments to counteract an elevated toxin level, city officials said Saturday. Two weeks ago, Toledo issued a two-day, do-not-drink restriction on its water, blaming a ...

City official: Air & Water Show is getting underway

Chicago Tribune

Despite a delay to the start of day two of the Chicago Air & Water Show because of cloudy skies, city officials said the day's activity was just about to begin. The event will start about 1:10 p.m., said Mary May, a spokeswoman for the city Department ...

Start of Sunday's Air & Water Show delayed

Chicago Tribune

Day two of the Chicago Air & Water Show is experiencing a slight delay due to cloudy skies, city officials said. "We're just waiting for it to clear and as soon as it does we'll start the show," said Mary May, spokeswoman for the city Department of ...