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

Wednesday, April 01, 2015

Search returns for water and environment

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Renewable energy is growing very, very fast. It's just still not fast enough.

The global shift toward renewable energy is not only continuing apace — it may be picking up speed. Such is the upshot of a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme, finding that worldwide investment in renewables totaled $ 270.2 ...

Costa Rica Is Now Running On 100%Renewable Electricity

Co.Exist

Compare that to the U.S., where renewablesgenerate only around 13% of electricity. Of course, Costa Rica is tiny in comparison—with a population only about the size of Alabama. Because most people are relatively poor, energy use per household is low.

Adding renewable energy to power grid requires flexibility

Cornell Chronicle

The study, commissioned by the Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC), asserts that the proliferation ofrenewable energy must happen at the periphery of the power grid, which will enable the local generation of power that can be ...

Canadian Renewable Energy Investment Up 8 Per Cent; 6th Highest In World

Huffington Post Canada

OTTAWA -- A United Nations-sponsored report says Canada remained among the top 10 countries in the world for investment inrenewable energy last year. The annual report released this morning found global investment in renewable energies, not ...

HUMAN HABITAT

ecology water energy

EPA, Ecology seek to clean up Freeman grain handling site

Capital press

Matthew Weaver/Capital Press The Environmental Protection Agency and Washington Department of Ecology say chemicals formerly used at the Freeman, Wash., grain handling facility, pictured the morning of March 30, have gotten into the groundwater.

Ecology ministry demands Golden Derrick to refund losses for illegal use of ...

Kyiv Post

The Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry of Ukraine has demanded Golden Derrick LLC to compensate losses incurred by the illegal use of parts of the Sakhalynske gas condensate field (Kharkiv region). Announcement To Readers. Since 1995, the Kyiv ...

OU expands geographical ecologydepartment to enhance program

Oklahoma Daily

OU will expand its Geographical Ecologydepartment, hiring three faculty members in an effort to make the university one of the leaders in the field. The department has planned to expand for the last four years and is looking for a geographical ...

Colorful bird plumage is about survival, not just sex

UPI.com

Along with lead study author Jessica Armenta, a former grad student, ecologyprofessors Peter Dunn and Linda Whittingham analyzed male and female specimens from 977 bird species -- scoring each on brightness and hue, and comparing them to various ...

WATER POWER

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California drought: Sour water — a new normal in the East Bay?

SFGate

Justin Lagana-Jackson, Oakland resident in the Laurel district, poses for a portrait in the yard at his home on Monday, March 30, 2015 in Oakland, California. Lagana-Jackson noticed a different taste in his water after drinking from a water bottle ...

Tribe fights Coachella Valley water agencies for aquifer rights

Los Angeles Times

In drought-ravaged California, the vast freshwater aquifer beneath the Coachella Valley is a rare bright spot. The U.S. Geological Survey once tried to measure how much water it held but gave up because the supply was so plentiful. But there is growing ...

Water Pricing, Not Engineering, Will Ease Looming Water Shortages

New York Times

Authorities in São Paulo, Brazil's largest city, recently announced that if current drought conditions persisted, they would be forced to restrict water availability for the city of 20 million to only two days per week. The economic and social ...

Water advisory issued for historic Bay View public well

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Gary Lindstrum of Milwaukee draws waterfrom the public well in the 1700 block of E. Pryor Ave. in Milwaukee. The well is an institution in Bay View and dates back to 1882, but city officials have issued an advisory over elevated levels of strontium.

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UN report warns of grave consequences if mangroves not protected

2 weeks ago

According to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), global destruction of mangrove forests impacts biodiversity, food security, and the lives and livelihoods of some of the most marginalized communities in the world. Mangroves, which are forests of salt-tolerant trees and shrubs that lie along coastlines in the tropics and subtropics, ...

The link between desertification and climate change

3 weeks ago

An olive grove in the Mascara Region, Algeria (Photo UNEP) Algeria: IPCC Adopts Algeria's Proposal On Desertification, Climate Change Algeria's proposal on the elaboration of a special report on the link between desertification and climate change have been recently accepted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The announcement of accepting Algeria's ...

Global investment in green energy rises 17% to $270 billion

22 hours ago

Driven by solar and wind, global investment in green energy last year reversed a two-year dip, seemingly ignoring the challenge posed by sharply lower oil prices, according to the United Nations Environment Programme. Solar and wind accounted for 92% of all global investment in green energy last year, according to the ...

Costa Rica hasn't used any fossil fuel in over two months

1 week ago

Costa Rica hasn't used any fossil fuel in over two months by Andrew Tarantola | @terrortola | 28 minutes ago March 23rd 2015 4:28 pm It's been 75 days since Costa Rica's power grid last had a sip of petroleum. Thanks to heavy rainfall at the start of the year, the Central ...