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A personal quest to promote the use of wind energy and hydrogen technology in the Great Lakes area of the United States. The Great Lakes area is in a unique position to become an energy exporting region through these and other renewable energy technologies. *Update 2014: Just do it everywhere - Dan*
Friday, February 29, 2008
Transmission Summit 2008 -- March 5-7, 2008
CHI Bite: Catch Some Rays
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02/28/2008 Wind, Energy, & Hydrogen News
12 ideas to help shape a healthier energy future
Create the distribution systems to take advantage of wind energy. Wind is one of the world's cleanest energy sources. But this technology is limited by lack ...
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NASA Team Demonstrates Robot Technology for Moon Exploration
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The water then can be electrolyzed to split it back into pure hydrogen and oxygen, a process tested earlier this year by engineers at NASA's Johnson Space ...
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The Alternative Energy unit, which comprises BP's solar cell manufacturing, wind power, hydrogen and biomass ventures, was “worth between $5 billion and $7 ...
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Thursday, February 28, 2008
02/28/2008 TO Enviro-news - evening
Food and the Specter of Malthus
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/022808EA.shtml
Mark Thirlwell of The Financial Times writes: "Last week, financial markets experienced that 1970s feeling, as a combination of rising inflation and unemployment in the US triggered unwelcome memories of the decade of stagflation. Then came this week's report that the United Nations world food program might have to ration food aid. Set against a backdrop of rising food prices worldwide - global food prices have now risen by more than 75 percent since their lows of 2000, jumping more than 20 percent in 2007 alone - the news revived fears from a much earlier era, conjuring up the Reverend Thomas Malthus."
Alaska Town Sues 24 Energy Firms on Climate Change
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/022808EB.shtml
Timothy Gardner reports for Reuters: "An Alaskan village north of the Arctic Circle has filed suit in a US District Court against 24 energy companies, in an attempt to link erosion damage from global warming to the defendants' actions."
Brother, Can You Spare a Carbon Credit?
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/022808EC.shtml
Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow of The Boston Globe reports: "Thinkers weigh a radical new way to reduce greenhouse gas: Give everyone an individual carbon allowance, and let the dealing begin."
GLIN NEWS: 28 February 2008
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Local communities spend far more than feds on Great Lakes
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A new study finds a huge gap between local communities and the federal government in funding to protect and restore the Great Lakes. Source: The Macomb Daily (2/28)
Sault goes against flow on Great Lakes funding
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Don't necessarily include Sault Ste. Marie among the communities lashing out at senior government over a lack of investment in Great Lakes protection and restoration. Source: The Sault Star (2/28)
COMMENTARY: Funds for Great Lakes make smart investment
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Citizens of alll the Great Lakes states should take time to recognize the importance of these priceless bodies of water and what we need to do collectively to protect and preserve them. Source: Detroit Free Press (2/28)
Township asked to consider biodigesters for sewage waste
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An Ontario dairy farmer thinks his township should look at biodigesters before it moves forward with an expensive pipeline to move treated sewage out into Lake Ontario. Source: Northumberland Today (2/28)
COMMENTARY: Water, water everywhere and maybe none for you
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So why, exactly, do we need this Great Lakes compact right now? Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2/27)
Danger on Lake Michigan ice, piers
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Authorities warn that venturing onto the shifting ice of Lake Michigan is a dangerous trek, no matter how thick it appears. Source: The Grand Rapids Press (2/27)
Wisconsin grants $4 million for harbor work
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Two harbor projects are getting a helping hand from the state of Wisconsin. Source: Superior Daily Telegram (2/27)
Wisconsin tribes ask state for official recognition
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Wisconsin legislative leaders have said they may consider a request by Wisconsin's 11 Native American tribes to pass a joint resolution recognizing them as sovereign nations. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (2/27)
Amphibians in global population crisis
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Quebec aquariums and zoos are leaping to the defence of an animal that is increasingly threatened with extinction in La Belle Province and around the world - frogs. Source: The Waterloo Record (2/26)
Snow melt could help Great Lakes
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There's a silver lining to the all of this winter's storm clouds - they're brining in more than the usual lake-effects snows, which could help bring up the water levels on the Great Lakes. Source: Kalamazoo Gazette (2/25)
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IREC Telephone Seminar March 11, 2008 - State Solar Policy Trends
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ March 11, 2008 Telephone Seminar - State Solar Policy Trends ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next IREC Telephone Seminar will be held Tuesday, March 11, at 2pm EDT (1pm CDT, noon MDT, 11am PDT, 10am Alaska, 8am Hawaii) on State Solar Policy Trends. The seminar will last for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Pre- registration is required. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ | |
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NEWS: NBB Highlights Biodiesel's Environmental Benefits
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| The National Biodiesel Board today reaffirmed its commitment to sustainable biofuels production and highlighted the numerous environmental and energy benefits of increased production and use of biodiesel. |
02/28/2008 TO Enviro-news
House Votes to End Big Oil's Tax Breaks
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022808M.shtml
Steven Mufson reports for The Washington Post, "The House of Representatives brushed aside threats of a White House veto yesterday and voted 236 to 182 in favor of an $18 billion tax package that would rescind a tax break for the five biggest oil companies and use the revenue to boost incentives for wind and solar energy and energy efficiency."
Supreme Court May Be Divided Over Exxon Valdez Damages
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022808N.shtml
David G. Savage reports for the Los Angeles Times: "Nearly 19 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill fouled Alaska's Prince William Sound, the Supreme Court debated Wednesday whether the world's largest oil company must pay a record $2.5 billion in punitive damages. The eight justices who heard the case appeared closely split, although several of them said they were looking for a way to reduce the size of the award. Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. sat out the case because he is an Exxon stockholder."
CHI Bite: Liquid from the Gods
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