Tag: News
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16 Environmental Groups Implore Obama to End Fracked Gas Exports
The heads of 16 national and regional climate advocacy groups don’t see how exporting fracked and liquefied natural gas (LNG) fits into a climate change agenda. The group says proposals to expand the country’s fracking exports would undermine President Barack Obama’s efforts to battle climate change. They let him know as much in a jointly signed letter…
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Canadian Solar Opens Microgrid Testing Center in Ontario
Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world’s largest solar power companies, today announced the opening of Canadian Solar Microgrid Testing Centre. The Centre will focus on micro-grid solution testing, and system solution design and smart grid assessment services. The Canadian Solar Microgrid Testing Centre, partially funded by the Ontario MinistryRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Report Confirms TransCanada’s Proposed Energy East Pipeline Will Export Tar Sands Unrefined
A new report shows that nearly all of the 1.1 million barrels a day of crude oil the proposed Energy East pipeline would carry would be exported unrefined. The report, TransCanada’s Energy East Pipeline: For Export, Not Domestic Gain, shows eastern Canadian refineries would process only a small amount of crude from Energy East, given…
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National Parks Lead the Way in Eliminating Plastic Water Bottles
By Erin Diaz From Hawaii to Arizona, national parks are leading the way to protect our two most precious natural resources: our environment and our public water. With the grassroots support of tens of thousands of people across the country—from students to Corporate Accountability International members and people concerned about the environmental impact of bottled-water…
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Study Finds Greenland Glaciers Losing 10 Billion Tons of Ice Per Year
The glaciers of northeast Greenland, long thought to be the most stable part of the massive Greenland ice sheet, are melting at an accelerating pace, losing roughly 10 billion tons of ice annually for the past decade, say researchers from the U.S. and Denmark. [caption id="attachment_326643" align="alignnone" width="400"] This map shows major ice drainages in Greenland, along…