Tag: News
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U.S. Army Awards 15 New Solar Contracts
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, working with the Army Energy Initiatives Task Force (EITF), awarded 20 base contracts to companies in three of the four energy-related technologies that are part of the $7 billion capacity, large-scale renewable […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Newman Solar, El Paso Electric Co. to Build 10-MW Solar Farm in Texas
El Paso Electric Company (EPE) and Newman Solar LLC, owned by Colorado-based juwi solar Inc. (JSI), have signed an agreement to build a 10-MW solar energy facility in Northeast El Paso, Texas, next to EPE’s Newman Generation Station. JSI will […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Groups Appeal to UN to Stop Forced Evictions of Indigenous People for Mega-Dam Construction
Environmental and human rights organizations submitted an urgent appeal to United Nations Special Rapporteurs on behalf of members of the indigenous Ngöbe community—the community faces imminent forced eviction from their land for the Barro Blanco hydroelectric dam project in western Panama. The eviction would force Ngöbe communities from their land, which provides their primary sources…
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800+ Rally Against Fracked Gas Export Terminal in Largest Environmental Protest in Baltimore History
Yesterday, as a key state permit hearing began in downtown Baltimore, MD, activists from every corner of the state and from across the Mid-Atlantic marched to the doorstep of the Public Service Commission to send one clear message to state leaders: “Stop Cove Point.” [caption id="attachment_322547" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo credit: Chesapeake Climate Action Network’s Facebook…
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The California Drought: Who Gets Water and Who’s Hung Out to Dry?
The historic drought in California has dredged up old feuds over who can lay claim to water in a thirsty state. As the powerful lobby for the agricultural industry—which currently consumes 80 percent of California’s water supply—cries for more water to be pumped to their farms in the arid regions of the Central Valley, just…