IMEX - The Worldwide Exhibition for incentive travel, meetings and events. How to establish a Farm to School program. California Water Wars: High Stakes Vote At Metropolitan Water District Of Southern California. SAN DIEGO — California's giant water wholesaler approved a smaller rate increase Tuesday than its staff proposed, but it wasn't low enough to satisfy officials who claim a "shadow government" has seized control of the agency and is targeting consumers in San Diego. The board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California approved 5 percent annual rate increases for each of the next two years after a highly unusual attack by the San Diego County Water Authority, the largest of its 26 customers. San Diego claims Metropolitan's rate structure is stacked against the nation's eighth-largest city and its suburbs. The allegation was the basis of a lawsuit it filed in 2010 in state court. San Diego wanted to limit annual rate increases to 3 percent.
Emanuel: Citywide Recycling A Reality By 2013. Until Chicago has a city-wide recycling plan in place, lots of recyclable materials will end up here.
Shortly after taking office, Mayor Rahm Emanuel promised to revamp Chicago's recycling system after more than a decade of failed attempts. Last summer, Emanuel announced a plan to use both private contractors and city laborers to keep the cost down for residents. Thanks to competitive bidding, Emanuel said, the entire city can count on having curbside recycling by 2013. Top 20 Oil-Producing Countries (PHOTOS) Indian Man Single-Handedly Plants a 1,360 Acre Forest. TreeHugger. Scientists Warn of Low-Dose Risks of Chemical Exposure. Since before the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring 50 years ago, scientists have known that certain synthetic chemicals can interfere with the hormones that regulate the body’s most vital systems.
For Pennsylvania's Doctors, a Gag Order on Fracking Chemicals. Who is the Route 29 Batman? This guy. - Rosenwald, Md. View Photo Gallery: Meet the Route 29 Batman.
Police pulled a man over on Route 29 in Silver Spring last week because of a problem with his plates. This would not ordinarily make international news, but the car was a black Lamborghini, the license plate was the Batman symbol, and the driver was Batman, dressed head-to-toe in full superhero regalia. It didn’t take long before images of the Dark Knight’s encounter with law enforcement began turning up in Facebook news feeds, on CNN and the London tabloids. The Green Elite: The Top 10 States for Renewable Power - Jordan Weissmann - Business. Nationwide, renewable electricity makes up a tiny share of the economy.
But one state generates a whopping 84 percent of its power from green sources. Solar panels in California. Reuters When you step back and look at the country as a whole, the United States only generates just small fraction of its electricity from renewable energy sources -- about 10.4 percent in 2010, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That fraction is growing, but slowly. Sixteen states beat the national average of renewable electricity, and in the slideshow below, I've ranked the top ten, using the EIA's recently released data for 2010. Govt uses special powers to slash cancer drug price by 97% - The Times of India. Paypal Does it Again. Plastic-eating fungi found in Amazon may solve landfill problems. How to reuse silica gel packets. We find them everywhere, popping out of all sorts of packaging, lurking like an ugly bug in vitamin bottles and new shoes.
Working freight at my store, I touch dozens of silica packets each day and often ask what I can do to recycle them. Couldn't we collect them and send them off to a manufacturer for reuse? Silica gel is a desiccant, a substance that absorbs moisture. Despite its misleading name, the silicate is actually a very porous mineral with a natural attraction to water molecules. Manufacturers utilize the gel to keep goods from spoiling, molding or degrading due to humidity.
Preserve: Gimme 5. Finally, a simple and fun recycling solution for your yogurt cups, hummus tubs and other #5 plastic containers!
The smell of freshly-cut grass is actually a plant distress call. Slow Shipping Sails Into Existence: Why Businesses Should Care. In this world of increasingly instant gratification, what could possibly be the appeal of the shipment of your company’s products taking much longer than usual?
A lot, if it’s via New Dawn Traders. The environmental impact of shipping and flying by plane have long received dramatic headlines. But shipping by boat? Not so much. Yet it should, as the 15 largest ships in the world produce as much sulphur oxide pollution as all the cars in the world combined. Flushing toilets could heat future buildings. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch In an area of marine debris, laying approximately 135 to 155 West and 35 to 42 North.
Although it shifts every year and exact position is hard to tell. It lies within North Pacific Gyre and does not go anywhere, as it is confined by its currents. The area. Scoring the rhetoric on Obama’s energy policies. Election-year politics have bombarded the American public with conflicting stories about President Obama's energy policies.
The president takes credit for increasing fossil fuel production under his administration, while the fossil fuel industry blames him for falling production. So what's the truth? As always, I'll begin with the data. Consider this chart of U.S. fossil fuel production from 2003 through 2011: Most of our domestic fossil fuel production is on private and state lands, however. Interesting Recycling facts!
Recycling For Money: Don't throw that away. Tea Brewing Methods. Tea is a relatively energy-efficient beverage.
A cup of tea, made by boiling only the amount of water you need, produces about one tenth of the carbon footprint generated by a large cup of cappuccino. To put this into perspective, if you drink four cups of black tea every day for a year, you will have used as much energy as a single 40-mile car ride. Wind Power Without the Blades: Big Pics. 0GeHf.jpg (JPEG Image, 900 × 1900 pixels) - Scaled (45. Offshore_hdt_019op.jpg (JPEG Image, 3072 × 2304 pixels) - Scaled (37%) 10 Linked BP Oil Spill Whistle-blowers & Experts Continue To Mysteriously Die. Hjwwl.jpg (JPEG Image, 700 × 468 pixels) REVE - Regulación Eólica con Vehículos Eléctricos - Over 60 New York Solar Companies Say They Can Help Fox's Bill O'Reilly Go Solar.
By Stephen Lacey on November 21, 2011 at 5:00 pm. How German Solar Has Made All German Electricity Cheaper. Clean Power Published on February 29th, 2012 | by Susan Kraemer A study finds solar lowered the price of peak electricity in Germany by up to 40 percent. Startup Aims to Cut the Cost of Solar Cells in Half. Tech Focus: Taking on China in solar module market. Solar panel made with ion cannon is cheap enough to challenge fossil fuels. Solar Tiles by Solarcentury! (New) Clean Power. Solar Cheaper Than Diesel Making India’s Mittal Believer: Energy. Clean Energy Could Supply U.S. with 70% of Electricity by 2030, NOAA Director Says. Clean Power. The end of baseload? It may come sooner than you think. Mars Chocolate launches 1.258MW solar garden in North America. Rocky Mountain Institute - Driving the Efficient Use of Resources.
Now US says solar PV to be cheaper than fossil fuels by 2020. The rising tide of climate change - The Drum. Unsatisfied By Record Profits, Oil Giants Demand $2 Billion Tax Cut To Drill In Alaska. Bright Days: How India Is Reinventing Solar. Hot news in cleantech: algae lamps, solar bonsai. Giant kite could be future of wind power. Renew Economy - News and analysis for the clean energy economy : Renew Economy.