Tag: News
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Washington University Sit-In: Students Against Peabody Coal Ask Which Side Are You On?
Entering its second week, the inspiring Washington University sit-in against Peabody Energy has already gone beyond its goals to cut school ties with the St. Louis-based coal giant, and forced the rest of the nation to ask themselves an urgent question in an age of climate change and reckless strip mining ruin: Which side are you on? [caption id=”attachment_330753″…
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What Happens If We Exceed the Carbon Budget?
From the International Energy Agency to NASA, everybody agrees that warming the world by more than 2 degrees Celsius would be akin to diving into the climate change danger zone. In fact, James Hansen, a former NASA scientist now with Columbia University’s Earth Institute, says that operating within that limit “would have consequences that can be…
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EPA Focuses on Fracking, Leaks and More to Further Obama’s Methane Plan
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday released five technical papers as the first step to enacting President Barack Obama’s recent plan to reduce methane emissions. The five white papers address different emissions sources and mitigation techniques regarding methane and volatile organic compounds. The sources of focus are fracking, leaks, compressors, liquid removal and pneumatic devices. [caption…
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First Wind’s First Hawaii Solar Project Approved at 20 MW
First Wind, an independent renewable energy company that operates four wind projects in Hawai‘i, and Hawaiian Electric Company today announced that a request has been filed with the Hawai‘i Public Utilities Commission to provide energy to the O‘ahu grid from a planned 20-MWac solar photovoltaic energy facility near Mililani, O‘ahu,Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Kreider Farms to Install 1 MW of Solar Panels on Four Chicken Houses
Committed to establishing earth-friendly farm practices for future generations, Lancaster County’s Kreider Farms is launching a solar power project that will increase energy efficiency for its four Manheim, Pa., chicken houses, which are the most state-of-the-art egg processing facilities available in the United States. Set to begin this month in conjunction withRead More — Solar Builder magazine