oldephartte(in training): 28 Dec

The conference, Renewable Cities, is much broader than renewable energy or electric vehicles, and even bigger than cleantech as a whole. It is focusing on the real front lines of climate action and societal sustainability — cities. There are some very ...

The Renewable Energy Alternative for ASEAN

EconomyWatch.com

In order to reduce the region's over-reliance on imported fossil fuels and build a more sustainable and environmentally friendly power system, ASEAN member states are exploring the use of alternative energy sources such as nuclear and renewable energy.

Power Sector Employment Declines, Except for Renewable Electricity Generators

Energy Collective

The electric power generation sector lost more than 5,800 jobs from January 2011 through June 2014 despite a gain of nearly 1,800 non-hydro renewable electricity generation jobs, according to the latest data available from the Bureau of Labor ...

Cheap Oil Needn't Cloud Renewable Power's 2015

Wall Street Journal

Cheaper oil has taken down the ruble, OPEC's credibility, and may yet upend Venezuela's government. Might it also undermine renewable energy? Investors seem to think so: The WilderHill Clean Energy index has been sliding since September and is now ...

Human Habitat

ecology water energy

In a Queens Forest, Compiling a Picture of Urban Ecology

New York Times

“Eighty percent of the population lives in urban areas, so understanding urban forest ecology is critical.” Dr. Rustad added that in some ways the information gleaned from urban sites like Alley Pond Park would help steer policy-making decisions on ...

'Govt liable for damaging Sundarbans ecology'

DhakaTribune

The probe body formed by the BNP on the Sundarbans oil spill has blamed the government for damaging the ecology and biodiversity of the world's largest mangrove forest. BNP leader and former minister Hafiz Uddin Ahmed presented the probe report in a ...

Pastor brings ecology to art of preaching

Sunbury Daily Item

The seeds for the blend of church and ecology were planted when Schade was a child. Her father was a landscape designer, and the family had a hunting camp in Huntingdon County, where they spend considerable time, she said. Schade recalled hunting ...

Extension Service guidebook covers ecology as well as economics of harvesting ...

Minneapolis Star Tribune

“Minnesota Harvester Handbook” is a 118-page, spiral-bound guide that covers the biological and ecological aspects of harvesting from nature. But it also offers practical information about doing the necessary homework to understand market forces, and ...

Water Power

water floods pollution

Doubts as giant China project's water reaches capital

Yahoo News

"This water needs to go to the North," said a tour guide surnamed Chen, standing atop the 110-metre-high dam at the Danjiangkou reservoir in the central province of Hubei, which sits 120 meters above Beijing's sea-level to allow flow by pure gravity.

Water make not make big splash this coming session

Corpus Christi Caller Times

The arid lands around San Angelo and Abilene face water shortage even as drillers and farmers need more water to drill and farm. More than half of the state had abnormally dry to exceptional drought conditions. Texas needs rain. Even so, the lawmakers ...

Water Source for Almonds in California May Run Dry

New York Times

But the growth coincides with another record development here — drought — and the extensive water needs of nut trees are posing a sharp challenge to state water policy. Farmers in the area where almond production has been most consistent have relied ...

Boil Water Notice issued for 27K Casselberry residents rescinded

WKMG Orlando

At 3 a.m. Christmas morning, the malfunction prevented the water treatment system from maintaining the minimum required chlorine residual to kill bacteria and viruses that could cause health risks, officials said. The repair was made on Thursday at 7 a ...