Tag: News
-
SunEdison Completes 24-MW Tracking System in San Diego Area
SunEdison, a leading solar technology manufacturer and provider of solar energy services announced today that it has completed construction of a 24-MWdc solar power plant located in the California Desert. The Cascade solar power plant is supplying renewable electricity to San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) through a 20-year PowerRead More — Solar Builder magazine
-
ABM Installing 2-MW Solar Array at Cornell University
ABM , a leading provider of facility solutions, announced today that ABM’s energy business started construction on a 2-MW solar array to be implemented on Cornell University’s campus in Ithaca, N.Y., representing the Ivy League university’s first large solar endeavor. ABM will provide Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) and Operations & Maintenance (O&M) services.Read More — Solar Builder magazine
-
Global Warming Speeds Up Methane Emissions From Freshwater
British scientists have identified yet another twist to the threat of global warming. Any further rises in temperature are likely to accelerate the release of methane from rivers, lakes, deltas, bogs, swamps, marshlands and rice paddy fields. [caption id="attachment_327188" align="alignnone" width="500"] Most of the methane in freshwater systems is produced by an important group of microbes called…
-
Protestors Arrested Halting Fracking Operations in Pennsylvania State Forest
In the pre-dawn hours, activists with Marcellus Shale EarthFirst!, Pennsylvania residents and students took action to halt Anadarko’s fracking operation in the Tiadaghton State Forest. Protestors blocked the only access road to a wellpad by locking themselves to barrels of concrete, preventing workers from entering the site. At this time the police have placed at least…
-
9 of the Dirtiest U.S. Fisheries Exposed
Today, Oceana released a new report exposing nine of the dirtiest fisheries in the U.S. These nine fisheries combined throw away almost half of what they catch and are responsible for more than 50 percent of all reported bycatch in the U.S., injuring and killing thousands of protected and endangered species every year. Bycatch is…