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“There's no question that for the renewablebusiness as a whole, an SNP-Labour party majority would be far better than the Conservatives, based on what the Conservatives currently say, which is a policy I don't understand,” he told the Financial Times ...
ZME Science
In unanimous vote, the city of Vancouver, Canada, passed its Greenest City Action Plan – to become the world's greenest city by 2020; one of their goals is to use onlyrenewable energy in only 5 years. In light of that and other recent developments, it ...
New York Times (blog)
I saw that work as invaluable because it illustrated that a focus on deep polarization over the level of risk posed by global warming could be distracting from the prospect of taking widely-supported steps that could be taken to address it. Now the ...
According to a report by the United Nations Environment Programme, total worldwide investment in renewable energy reached $270.2 billion in 2014, an increase of almost 17 percent from 2013. The jump maderenewable energy responsible for 9.1 percent ...
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#With a drought on the horizon, the Washington Department of Ecology is looking to lease water from irrigators to keep streams from going dry in the upper Yakima River Basin. #The agency has scheduled two workshops in Yakima and Cle Elum next week to ...
The Conversation AU
The University of Canberra has an exciting opportunity for a Director to lead the Institute for Applied Ecology (IAE). As Director and a member of the university's Senior Management Group, you will report directly to the DVC Research and be responsible ...
Capital Press
Don Jenkins/Capital Press Rep. David Taylor, R-Moxee, questions Washington Department of Ecology drought relief coordinator Jeff Marti at a legislative meeting April 1 in Olympia. Taylor challenged the agency's policy to withhold for now permission to ...
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The federal government awarded one of its first Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive grants to the Ecology Center on Wednesday, which will allow the Berkeley group to greatly expand its program to get fresh fruits and vegetables to people who use food ...
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Los Angeles Times
Southern California's water wholesaler is planning to wield its powerful hammer to force more urban conservation this year by cutting water deliveries. Faced with dwindling regional reserves and a fourth year of drought, the Metropolitan Water District...
ThinkProgress
Steven Bohlen, California's oil and gas supervisor, noted to Reuters that not allwater used for fracking operations is freshwater: some of it is produced water, which rises to the surface during the fracking process and can't be used for drinking or ...
Wall Street Journal
SÃO PAULO—As he stood by the dam that is a last hope for this Brazilian megacity to avoidwater rationing, marina worker Valdir Mastrocezari saw a problem. He also smelled it. Baking under the noonday sun, near the drought-exposed shoreline of the ...
Al Jazeera America
ARVIN, California – Californians who grumble about not being able to water their lawns everyday during the fourth year of a historic drought should swing by this small town in southern Kern County. Drought or no drought, residents of this rural ...
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Hesitant investors appear to be coming out of the woodwork when it comes to backing renewable technologies. A recent report indicates a record US$2trn has been invested over a decade. In total last year, US$270bn was pumped into such technologies which resulted in the production of 103GW of electricity following a ...
Watch highlights from the opening panel session at the Changing Media Summit 2015 Speaking at the Guardian Changing Media Summit 2015, a panel of leaders from Hearst Magazines, the Financial Times, Guardian News & Media, Johnston Press and FremantleMedia, describe how their businesses are responding to a decade of digital disruption. ...
Climate Summit: Five things you need to know The Obama administration is expected to unveil its plans on Tuesday, joining China, the European Union, Mexico, Norway and Switzerland in outlining their plans to fight climate change after 2020, when the current commitments expire. The commitments offered over the next few ...
Chemicals found in everyday household items such as furniture, rugs and plastic are causing lower IQ, autism, ADHD and obesity, and costing billions of dollars in healthcare expenses, according to a report published last week. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals are found in many common household products, including plastic food containers. Photo credit: Shutterstock The ...
Popular Posts Full Bio I used to work for banks. Now I write about them, and about finance and economics generally. Although I originally trained as a musician and singer, I worked in banking for 17 years and did an MBA at Cass Business School in London, where I specialized in financial ...
Humanity's use of land for agricultural production has come at a cost to local ecosystems worldwide, but some of the damage can be reversed, according to a major collaborative research project from the Natural History Museum, United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), and British universities. ...
Share on Facebook © United Nations Environment Programme World Environment Day in an initiative of the United Nations Environment Programme to raise awareness about environmental issues. Each year, World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5, and focuses on a specific theme. This year's theme is sustainable lifestyles , and the slogan ...
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