Growing Food Demand Strains Energy, Water Supplies
National Geographic Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:39 AM PDT
In western India and around the world, agricultural growth is being stoked by unsustainable irrigation practices that sap aquifers and require huge amounts of energy. |
Electric vehicle charging stations in Novato
Novato Advance Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:36 AM PDT
The Novato City Council unanimously approved the installation of six electric vehicle charging stations March 27 as part of a pilot project, which will collect user data to determine if the stations are in the best locations. Grants from the California Energy Commission and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District will provide charging stations in the Zenk parking lot, the Gymnastics Center ... |
A Solar Showdown in the Southwest; Big Oil's Republican Buy
The Atlantic Wire Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:24 AM PDT
Fresh news and ideas about our planet's future See full coverage Los Angeles Times  on a desert showdown over solar  Times  reporter Julie Cart reminds us that environmental advocates come in many shades of green, often not seeing eye-to-eye on key issues. The latest involves the development of the Southwest for solar energy. "Small environmental groups are fighting utility-scale solar projects ... |
Power back on at SC nuclear plant after outage
Boston Globe Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:18 AM PDT
Power is back on at a South Carolina nuclear plant. Duke Energy Corp. says power was restored to the Catawba Nuclear Station on Thursday. Generators had been running the plant since the day before, when the plant near York, S.C., about 18 miles south of Charlotte, N.C., lost offsite power. One of the plant's two units was already shut down ... |
Solar project no short-term energy panacea for state
Ely Times Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:13 AM PDT
CARSON CITY â€" Nevada’s Office of the Military figured it would be money ahead after entering into a contract with a firm to build solar panels on three of its sites around the state to supply it with |
Obama Backers Tout His Energy Policy
HispanicBusiness.com Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:11 AM PDT
Responding to high gasoline prices and criticism from Republicans over the Keystone pipeline, President Barack Obama's re-election campaign held a media event Thursday accusing Mitt Romney of being a puppet of oil interests with no energy policy other than 'drill, baby, drill.' |
Fund solar studies, not schemes: Windsor
Straight Furrow Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:08 AM PDT
AUSTRALIA should concentrate its clean energy funding on research, the federal independent MP Tony Windsor says, rather than controversial schemes such as ''pink batts or cash for clunkers''. |
EDF, Alstom to build lion's share of offshore French winds farms
Europe Online Magazine Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:02 AM PDT
Paris (dpa) - A consortium led by EDF and Alstom on Friday scooped three of four tenders to install hundreds of wind turbines off the north and west coasts of France.Eolien Maritime France, a consortium comprising French electricity supplier EDF; energy and transport conglomerate Alstom; and British wind energy company Dong Energy, was picked to build three wind farms, the industry ministry ... |
Assessment helps school identify energy-saving improvements
The Michigan City News-Dispatch Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:02 AM PDT
MICHIGAN CITY â€" NIPSCO, in partnership with Energizing Indiana, a statewide energy efficiency effort, met with administrators and building managers from Elston Middle School Friday to help them discover energy savings in their facility. |
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