by Environmental News | Jul 21, 2017 | Be Organic
Source: Wiscnews.com Construction teams have begun drilling into the soil beneath the Prairie du Sac hydroelectric dam to check the stability of the soil and condition of the structure’s 4,200 wood support pilings. At more than 100 years old, the Prairie du Sac...
by Environmental News | Jul 7, 2017 | Petition For Change
Source: HuffPost The debate around energy in the United States at times devolves into quasi-tribal disputes over the merits of one power source over another. Often this pits renewable energy against entrenched fossil fuels. But sometimes carbon-free energy sectors,...
by Environmental News | Jun 22, 2017 | Our Planet
Author: Guest Blogger / Source: Watts Up With That? Guest essay by Larry Hamlin A new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) from NOAA’s Earth System Laboratory, Boulder Colorado exposes and debunks the contrived claims...
by Environmental News | Jun 5, 2017 | Our Planet
Author: Diego Arguedas Ortiz / Source: Climate Home – climate change news With a 98% renewable power grid, Costa Rica is turning its climate efforts to dirty transport, with public companies promoting electric vehicles Electric vehicle owners share...
by Environmental News | Jun 4, 2017 | Petition For Change
Author: Nina Lakhani / Source: the Guardian The international funders behind the hydroelectric dam opposed by murdered Honduran environmentalist Berta Cáceres are withdrawing from the project, the Guardian can reveal. Three financial institutions had pledged...