Tag: News
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Internal Documents Reveal Coverup in North Dakota Oil Spill
By Jesse Coleman North Dakota, long known for its cattle ranches and open spaces, has recently become one of the oil and gas industry’s most prized—and profitable—possessions, thanks to the advent of fracking. However, the price of oil and gas industry development is paid in destruction to the environment and strains to the regulatory framework meant…
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Pepsi and Coke, Stop Using Tar Sands Oil
Environmental groups Sierra Club and ForestEthics targeted Coke and Pepsi in two full page USA Today print ads yesterday for their use of oil from tar sands in corporate car and truck fleets. The ads are part of a national campaign to eliminate the use of oil from Canadian tar sands by corporate car and…
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New Fronius Galvo String Inverter Has Wi-Fi, Free Lifetime Monitoring
Fronius USA introduces the brand new Fronius Galvo – the first inverter in the new Fronius suite of inverters available in the United States. The Fronius Galvo is the first Wi-Fi* enabled, super lightweight residential inverter that disrupts the residential […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Eaton Launches Comprehensive Solar Power Service Program
Power management company Eaton today announced the launch of a new suite of services tailored for every stage of a solar power plant’s life cycle, from planning and design to build and support. The services will be provided through Eaton’s […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Recent Spills Prove Management Nightmare for 500,000 Miles of Hazardous Pipelines in U.S.
By Lois Epstein What’s going on with pipelines? Has there been a high number of major pipeline tragedies recently, or are such incidents just more in the news with widespread attention to potential federal approval of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline? As someone who has worked on pipeline safety and associated environmental protection issues since I began…