Tag: News
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SunPower Installs 2.8-MW Solar System at California Community College
Solano Community College District (SCCD), SunPower Corp. and Kitchell dedicated 2.8 MW of solar power systems installed at three district locations. According to SCCD, the systems are expected to generate enough electricity to meet as much as 50 percent or more […] — Solar Builder magazine
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International Panel Recommends Nutrient Diet to Battle Toxic Algal Blooms in Lake Erie
The International Joint Commission (IJC) released a report yesterday urging the states of Ohio and Michigan to declare the waters of the western Lake Erie basin impaired from nutrient pollution. The report, A Balanced Diet for Lake Erie: Reducing Phosphorus Loadings and Harmful Algal Blooms, and its 16 recommendations to help address the challenge of deteriorating…
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CNBC’s Joe Kernen Compares Climate Change to ‘Witchcraft’
CNBC’s Joe Kernen isn’t interested in your preposterous theories that climate change has anything to do with carbon dioxide emissions caused by humans. You think last month was among the warmest Januaries of all time? Don’t bother him with such talk. Though nearly 100 percent of climate scientists said climate change was caused by human activity…
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U.S. to Allow Seismic Airgun Testing for Offshore Drilling Exploration, Will Threaten Marine Life
Yesterday, the U.S. government released a final proposal to allow the use of controversial seismic airguns to look for oil and gas deposits deep below the ocean floor in an area twice the size of California, stretching from Delaware to Florida. According to the Department of the Interior (DOI), these dynamite-like blasts are expected to injure and possibly kill large…
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Documentary Spotlight: Slingshot
One of my favorite events of the year is almost here—the Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) from March 19 to March 30 at Tower City Cinemas. There are eight eco-films this year, in CIFF’s It’s Easy Being Green sidebar sponsored by Great Lakes Brewing Company, bringing awareness and support to the environmental movement working to save our planet. I’ll feature one…