Tag: News
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Coast Guard Proposes Policy to Transport Radioactive Fracking Wastewater by Barge
By Emily DeMarco The U.S. Coast Guard, which regulates the country’s waterways, will allow shale gas companies to ship fracking wastewater on the nation’s rivers and lakes under a proposed policy published Wednesday. [caption id="attachment_310892" align="alignnone" width="500"] Industry officials say barges are the safest, and cheapest, way to move fracking wastewater, but a spill would…
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668 kW of Centrosolar Modules Installed at Maryland Mortgage Company
Centrosolar America supplied Credit Plus Inc., a mortgage information service company located in Salisbury, Md., with 668.5 kW of photovoltaic Centrosolar 250-W modules. The installation of the 2,674 modules has eliminated the electricity bill at its location on Winterplace Parkway. […] — Solar Builder magazine
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New Report Examines Complex Threats Facing Our Oceans
By Adam Novak A new study, Valuing the Ocean from Stockholm Environment Institute, takes an in depth look at the various challenges that threaten the health and stability of our ocean’s health. The study has divided the threat to the oceans into six categories: acidification, warming, hypoxia, sea level rise, pollution, and the overuse of marine resources.…
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REC Modules Power 2.15-MW Ground-Mount at Ohio’s Cedarville University
REC, a leading global provider of solar electricity solutions, supplied its high-performing REC Peak Energy Series solar panels to Cedarville University, used in a self-consumption installation that produces enough power to cover ten percent of the university’s electricity needs. The […] — Solar Builder magazine
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President Obama Issues Executive Order to Prepare U.S. For Impacts of Climate Change
By Rob Moore On Friday President Obama issued an Executive Order on climate preparedness, directing federal agencies to begin identifying and removing barriers to actions that would, “increase the Nation’s resilience to climate change while ensuring continued protection of public health and the environment.” Agencies have been given nine months to identify those barriers and report…