oldephartte(in training): 11 Oct - igoogle portal II : water and environment

Only a few months ago, it seemed that therenewable energy sector could do little wrong: Stock prices were soaring and money was pouring in as investors flocked to get in on the action. That is no longer the case. Low oil and gas prices have roiled the ...

DTE, Consumers Energy want to shut off Michigan's renewable energy mandates

Crain's Detroit Business

LANSING — Since Michigan's energy law was adopted in 2008, billions of dollars have been spent in the state's emerging renewableenergy industry — building infrastructure, adding jobs and lowering costs. With the help of the state's two largest ...

The CEO and the Activist: Meet theRenewable Energy Odd Couple

Bloomberg

One wears an impeccably tailored navy blue suit. The other sports a giraffe-print dashiki shirt. Meet the renewable-energy odd couple, the environmental activist and his onetime target, the chief of Italy's largest utility. A year ago, Kumi Naidoo, the ...

Pros, cons of renewable energy sources

Detroit Free Press

Here's a rundown of pros and cons of some of the state's renewable energy sources: Wind turbines turn the breeze into electricity. Pros: No pollution, limited maintenance, relatively inexpensive to build. Cons: No energy when the wind isn't blowing.

HUMAN HABITAT

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Donald Trump and the decline of America's moral ecology

Power Line (blog)

Each society creates its own moral ecology. A moral ecology is a set of norms, assumptions, beliefs and habits of behavior and an institutionalized set of moral demands that emerge organically. Our moral ecologyencourages us to be a certain sort of ...

Director of Spanish ecology institute fired amid mining controversy

Science /AAAS

The head of one of Spain's premier ecologyinstitutes says he has been dismissed for publicly voicing his opposition to a controversial mining project. Juan José Negro, removed from his post as director of the Doñana Biological Station headquartered in ...

ET FEATURED ARTICLE Ed Begley Jr. and Dr. Jack Hall Premier Ecology Webinar Series

Ecology Global Network

Ed Begley Jr., ecology.com's ambassador, with Dr. Jack Hall, ecology.com's Science Adviser and Department Chair of the Environmental Studies Department at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, presented the first Ecology Global Network webinar ...

Mountain Campus Bioblitz engages diverse students in ecology

Colorado State News

How many species of grasses, trees, flowers, mammals, fish, insects, and birds live at Colorado State University's Mountain Campus? The CSU Chapter of Strategies forEcology Education, Diversity, and Sustainability found 270 unique species calling the ...

WATER POWER

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How did Mars get its water?

Christian Science Monitor

A new study from NASA's Mars Science Laboratory and the team operating the Curiosity rover – which has been gathering data on Mars since it landed three years ago – confirmed that the planet, billions of years ago, had lakes of water over an extended ...

Fines Over Water Use Rankle Californians

Wall Street Journal

CLOVIS, Calif.—Cities under pressure from California for failing to slash waterconsumption enough during the prolonged drought are cracking down on residents. That's prompting an outcry in places such as this Fresno suburb, where officials handed out ...

Boil Water Advisory Lifted for More Communities

WLTX.com

In addition, customers located in northeast Columbia in the areas between Percival Road and Hard Scrabble Road, north of Sparkleberry Lane and North Brickyard Road no longer need to boil their water prior to drinking or cooking. These locations include ...

East Bay residents may notice water changes as SFPUC tests backup water supply

abc7news.com

The SFPUC, which supplies water to 2.6 million resident in Bay Area counties, will be drawing water exclusively from local reservoirs, including the Calaveras Reservoir and San Antonio reservoirs in Alameda County and the Crystal Springs reservoir on...