Tag: News
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Rachel Maddow Exposes Dirty Deal in Duke Energy Toxic Coal Ash Spill
Hear the latest on the 73 Olympic-size swimming pools worth of toxic sludge that Duke Energy dumped into North Carolina waterways starting Super Bowl Sunday in this Rachel Maddow interview with Michael Gerrard, professor of environmental law at Columbia University. Gerrard talks about a North Carolina federal investigation into this coal ash leak disaster. For more information…
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IronRidge Launches All-in-One Solar Roof Attachment
IronRidge Inc., a manufacturer of solar mounting products, this month introduced FlashFoot, an all-in-one roof attachment for installing solar on composition shingle roofs. FlashFoot integrates multiple sub-components into a single product, eliminating the need for separate standoffs, flashing and L-feet. […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Gas Drilling Explosion Highlights Problems of Proximity to Homes and Schools
On Feb. 11, the town of Dunkard, PA was rocked by an explosion at a Chevron Appalachia natural gas drilling site. Yesterday the fire was still burning. One worker was reported injured and another as missing. According to press reports, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Chris Abruzzo said it was “fortunate” that the…
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SMA Introduces Monitoring for Residential, Small Commercial PV Systems
SMA has unveiled a new solution that simplifies online monitoring of residential and small commercial photovoltaic systems. Webconnect enables direct data transmission from the inverter to SMA’s Sunny Portal, the world’s largest Web-based PV monitoring platform, through the system owner’s […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Highly Contaminated Water Still Pouring Into Public Drinking Source on Dan River
[This is the fourth article in a four-part series. Read part one, read part two, read part three.] Waterkeeper Alliance and Yadkin Riverkeeper have obtained the results from a second round of water sampling on the Dan River in the wake of the third largest coal ash spill in recent U.S. history. Their results confirm that highly-contaminated…