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New Study Sheds Light on U.S. Wind Power Market

By Guest PostAugust 5, 20103 commentsEnvironmentelectricity prices, wind energy, wind power, wind power market, wind turbine manufacturers

The U.S. was one of the fastest-growing wind power markets in the world in 2009, second only to China, according to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Energy and prepared by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. (more…)

Rebuilding Missouri Flood Plains, Agriculture, Economy

By Guest PostAugust 3, 2010Economy, Environmentagroforestry, biomass, cottonwoods, flood, gene garrett, hank stelzer, john dwyer, mead-westvaco corporation, missouri farmers, missouri river, mizzou, mo, mu flood lab, new franklin

*Using a flood simulator, MU researchers reveal cottonwood trees as a profitable crop in devastated flood areas*

COLUMBIA, Mo. –When the Missouri River flooded in 1993 and 1995, it left a deep layer of sandy silt that covered thousands of acres of rich farmland. Now, MU forestry researchers may have found a crop that can survive a flood and act as a sustainable source of biomass.

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Ice Core Drilling Effort Involving CU-Boulder Should Help Assess Abrupt Climate Change Risks

By Guest PostAugust 3, 20102 commentsEnvironment, Sciencebedrock, climate change, cu-boulder, dorthe dahl-jensen, eemian, eemian ice drilling project, Germany, greenland, ice cores, ice sheet, interglacial period, j p steffensen, jim white, neem, north greenland, tyler jones, vasilii petrenko

Ice Core Drilling Effort Involving CU-Boulder Should Help Assess Abrupt Climate Change Risks An international science team involving the University of Colorado at Boulder that is working on the North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling project hit bedrock July 27 after two summers of work, drilling down more than 1.5 miles in an effort to help assess the risks of abrupt future climate change on Earth.

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Tons of Toxic Chemicals Flow from China to Russia

By PravdaJuly 30, 2010Environmentamur river, blagoveshchensk, chemical plants, China, far east, hazardous substances, igor demchishin, jilin, khabarovsk, lake hanka, songhua river, trimethylchlorosilane, vende river, yongjia county

On Wednesday, approximately 7,000 containers of hazardous substances were washed away to a tributary of the Amur River with floods from the territory of chemical plants in China.

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Ordinary Soot Key to Saving Arctic Sea Ice

By Guest PostJuly 29, 20101 commentEnvironmentarctic warming, fossil fuel soot, global warming, ordinary soot, renewable electric power, solar radiation

WASHINGTON — The quickest, best way to slow the rapid melting of Arctic sea ice is to reduce soot emissions from the burning of fossil fuel, wood and dung, according to a new study. (more…)

IBM and Tridium, Inc. to Develop New Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings

By Guest PostJuly 28, 20101 commentEnvironment, Technologycommercial buildings, david bartlett, efficiency, gas pumps, honeywell automation and control solutions group, hvac, ibm, ibm maximo asset management enterprise, internet protocol for smart objects, ipso, Java, niagara, retail structures, sedona, smarter buildings, smarter planet, software, steve fey, tivoli monitoring for energy management, tridium

*IBM and Honeywell division collaborate to advance ‘smart’ technology for structures*

ARMONK, N.Y., – 28 Jul 2010: IBM (NYSE: IBM) said today it plans to work with Tridium, Inc. to develop new technology and solutions that will allow companies to maximize efficiency of their new and existing buildings and facilities while keeping an eye on profits.

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Three Year Investigation of Military Munitions Sea Disposal Site Completed

By Guest PostJuly 28, 2010Environment, Weaponsdeep-water, edgewood chemical biological center, environet, environmental protection, hi-05 project, human health, m47 100-pound bombs, manoa, margo edwards, military, pearl harbor, pisces, risk, sea disposal site, seafloor, soest, tad davis, tnt, university of hawaii, us coastal waters

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s School of Ocean Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) completed a three-year long investigation of Sea Disposal Site Hawaiʻi Number 5 (HI-05), a deep-water military munitions disposal site in U.S. coastal waters approximately 5 miles south of Pearl Harbor, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi.

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Shade-coffee farms support native bees that help maintain genetic diversity in remnant tropical forests

By Guest PostJuly 27, 20101 commentEnvironment, Natureafricanized honeybees, Berkeley, biodiverse tropical regions, biodiversity, biologist, buzz, canopy of trees, chiapas, christopher dick, ecology, evolutionary biology, m. affinis, Mexico, miconia affinis, migratory birds, native bees, native trees, pollination, role, saquiyac tree, shade-coffee farms, shade-grown coffee, shalene jha, tropical forest, university of california, university of michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Shade-grown coffee farms support native bees that help maintain the health of some of the world’s most biodiverse tropical regions, according to a study by a University of Michigan biologist and a colleague at the University of California, Berkeley.

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