oldephartte(in training): 22 April - Search returns for water and environment

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

22 April - Search returns for water and environment

English: Wind Turbines located outside of Palm Springs, CA (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Batteries and Renewable Energy Set to Grow Together

New York Times

With the cost of renewable technologies falling sharply, that vision is starting to take shape, especially in areas with abundant sunshine or steady wind. Here in California, the state is making such quick progress toward its goal of getting 33 percent ...

Earth Day Victory: Renewable Energy Generates $10 Billion for Utilities

24/7 Wall St.

In 2012, the amount of revenue the U.S. electric power industry generated from renewable energy resources totaled $9.8 billion. Because that is the last year in which Census Bureau conducted its Economic Census, we cannot say for sure how much revenue ...

China: Electric Vehicle-To-Grid Technology Could Solve Renewable Energy ...

Forbes

“In the future we think the electricity vehicle could be the big contribution for power systems' stability, reliability,” said Wang Zhongying, director of the China National Renewable Energy Center and deputy director general of the Energy Research ...

NV Energy says it topped state's Renewable Portfolio Standard in 2014

Las Vegas Review-Journal

CARSON CITY — NV Energy's report on renewable energy shows that the utility has exceeded the state's 18 percent Renewable Portfolio Standard requirement for 2014, which is based on total energy sales. The company picked Earth Day to announce the ...

Human Habitat

ecology water energy

Explore Ecology Runs Country's Biggest School Garden Program

Santa Barbara Independent

That's the premise behind Explore Ecology's school garden program, whose 35 gardens from Guadalupe to Carpinteria — tended to by 15 teachers and more than 8,000 students — make it the largest effort of its kind in the United States. Inherited from ...

Ecology: Shared ancestry predicts disease levels

Nature.com

Ecological factors such as host density are important predictors of disease incidence. But another key determinant may be the evolutionary history and relatedness of the host community. See Letter p.542 ...

Ecology: Tasteless pesticides affect bees in the field

Nature.com

Two studies provide evidence that bees cannot taste or avoid neonicotinoid pesticides, and that exposure to treated crops affects reproduction in solitary bees as well as bumblebee colony growth and reproduction. Insects such as bees are crucial for ...

Pair receives Ecology award for preserving bog

Access Washington

EVERETT – A citizen activist and a county official received formal recognition today from the Washington Department of Ecology for their leadership in preserving an unusual wetland in Snohomish County. Community activist Randall Whalen and Deputy ...

Water Power

water floods pollution

How to save water on this drought-ridden Earth Day

USA TODAY

April 22 is Earth Day. So turn off the faucet when you're brushing your teeth already! (No, really.) All joking aside, you've likely seen headlines that California is in a massive drought and for the first time has implemented mandatory water ...

Blob of warm Pacific water threatens ecosystem, may intensify drought

CNN

"In the fall of 2013 and early 2014 we started to notice a big, almost circular mass of water that just didn't cool off as much as it usually did, so by spring of 2014 it was warmer than we had ever seen it for that time of year," said Nick Bond, who ...

The Price You Pay for Water at the Airport

Wall Street Journal

Travelers view water as essential to flying. The need to avoid dehydration has been drummed into us. But is $5 a bottle too much to swallow at the airport? Water is by far the most popular at many stores inside airport terminals. Water sales have ...

Lake Mead 2015: Photos Show Water Level Nearing Record Low As Drought ...

International Business Times

A white band hems the shoreline of Lake Mead like a bathtub ring, a stark reminder that the nation's largest reservoir is steadily losing water at a time when the precious commodity is needed the most. The latest measurements released Wednesday show ...