Water transfers can help balance limited supplies
| Poisoning the Poor with eWaste in Ghana Green issues are sometimes complex. We need to recycle many things, like electronics, but we certainly don’t want to poison others in the process. Efforts to protect the environment and conserve valuable resources must be coupled with proper health and safety procedures. Unfortunately, just saying this doesn’t make it happen. Developing countries are becoming a dumping ground for much toxic waste and proper environmental health and safety is being ignored, both by local opportunists and suppliers of e-Waste from developed nations.  |
New Wind Turbines for 11 Minnesota Cities This summer, Anoka, Buffalo, North St. Paul and 8 other Minnesota cities are gearing up for the production of wind energy. They will use recycled turbines for this purpose. In Buffalo, the work will start from June. After the completion of this project Buffalo will have the honor of the first city with [.]Posted in: Industry, Wind Power, Wind Turbines |
| Current targets won’t protect planet. Senior CSIRO scientists are set to deliver a sharp rebuke to the Federal Government over its climate change policies, urging deep cuts to coal-fired electricity and tougher carbon reduction targets. |
Nanotech Batteries - A New Energy Future People want to use clean and green energy and live easy on earths resources. Many are changing to hybrid cars and using solar panels side by side with conventional sources of energy. But they hold a grudge. How to store large amount of energy in batteries? Hybrid cars fit batteries for power storage. But [.]Posted in: Batteries, Hybrid Cars, Inventions |
| Registration open for June conference on Ecosystems Markets Ecosystem markets are a fast-growing opportunity for private landowners to gain a new revenue source by protecting and restoring imperiled ecosystems. American Forest Foundation, a CCI partner and non-profit organization, is joining with the Northwest Environmental Business Council to sponsor an ecosystem markets conference June 18 and 19 in Portland, Oregon. Taking a look at recent progress, current and emerging markets, and challenges ahead will be regional and national experts, including market designers, regulators, buyers, sellers, investors, NGOs, resource professionals and other service providers. Learn more, see the agenda, or register. |
| Water transfers can help balance limited supplies Spreck Rosekrans is an Economic Analyst at EDF.As California is experiencing a third consecutive dry year, in 2009 less water will be available for our cities, farms and natural environment. Due to our EUR |