Tag: News
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Teen Embarks on South Pole to Bring Awareness to Climate Change
Regardless what you were doing at age 19, there’s a great chance it differs greatly from Parker Liautaud’s experience. On Dec. 3, the Yale University sophomore began his attempt at breaking a world record for the fastest ski trip from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole. The 397-mile expedition is expected to take at…
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Arctic 30 Told They Are Not Free to Leave Russia
The Russian authorities have told the Arctic 30 that they cannot leave the country, defying the ruling of an international court which ordered that they should be allowed to go home immediately. Russia’s powerful Investigative Committee has written to one of the 30—Anne Mie Jensen from Denmark—indicating that they are not free to leave the…
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Rudolph/Libbe Installs 28-kW Solar Rooftop System in Ohio
A new, 28-kW rooftop solar array is reducing energy usage by 30 percent for V.E. Petersen Co., Inc., based in Walbridge, Ohio. Rudolph/Libbe Inc., of Walbridge, developed, designed and built the rooftop solar array. GEM Inc., of Walbridge, performed electrical […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Live Forum: Economics is the Achilles Heel of Fracking
On Monday, Dec. 16 at 5 p.m. Pacific/8 p.m. Eastern, EcoWatch will feature a live briefing and conversation with Richard Heinberg and Deborah Rogers as they explore how the anti-fracking community can turn the fracking industry’s biggest weapon into their greatest vulnerability. Hosted by Americans Against Fracking, Energy Policy Forum, Post Carbon Institute and Stop the Frack Attack,…
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Landmark Ruling Rejects Disastrous Water Diversion Project in Nevada and Utah
In a landmark decision released yesterday, Senior Judge Robert Estes of the Seventh Judicial District Court of Nevada rejected the Nevada state engineer’s 2011 allocation of approximately 84,000 acre-feet of ancient groundwater a year to the Southern Nevada Water Authority for export to Las Vegas. The decision is a huge blow to the Water Authority’s…