Windmills as Wide as Jumbo Jets Are Making Clean Energy Mainstream
How Windmills as Wide as Jumbo Jets Are Making Clean Energy Mainstream
OSTERILD, Denmark - At the northern end of Denmark's Jutland peninsula, the wind blows so hard that rows of trees grow in one direction, like gnarled flags. The relentless weather over this long strip of farmland, bogs and mud flats - and the real-world laboratory it provides - has given the country a leading role in transforming wind power into a viable source of clean energy.
The Collider: Market-Driven Climate Solutions
The Collider | Climate Innovation Center & Climate Services Hub
We're accelerating the development of climate solutions. We're entrepreneurs, scientists, and engineers informing critical business and civic decisions. We're here in Climate City, with members from around the world.
World Expected to Hit 2 Degrees Warming Within 10-15 Years Thanks to Fracking
World May Hit 2 Degrees of Warming in 10-15 Years Thanks to Fracking, Says Cornell Scientist
In 2011, a Cornell University research team first made the groundbreaking discovery that leaking methane from the shale gas fracking boom could make burning fracked gas worse for the climate than coal. In a sobering lecture released this month, a member of that team, Dr. Anthony Ingraffea, Professor of Engineering Emeritus at Cornell University, outlined more precisely the role U.S.
Down Along The Haw: The History of a Great North Carolina River
North Carolina’s Haw River has a rich geographic, ecological and cultural history, tracked here from its source to its confluence with the Atlantic Ocean.
From grinding mills to algae science, this popular history features interviews with mill owners and workers, archaeologists, environmentalists, farmers, water treatment managers and many others whose lives have been connected to this river.
Additionally, it explores life on the river’s banks and humans’ place in its rich ecology.
The first 18 pages can be read FREE at this Google Books link. The book is available on Amazon as well as some area bookstores. Copies are also available in Bynum at the General Store (when it's open) and from the Haw River Assembly.
Anne Melyn Cassebaum is associate professor emerita at Elon University, where she taught writing, environmental and American literature for 25 years. She serves on the board of the Haw River Assembly and lives in Alamance County, North Carolina.
Chatham County Climate Change Advisiory Committee Meeting April 12, 2018 (Public)
The Old Agricultural Building April 12, 2018 7:00 p.m. The public is invited.
- Call to Order
- Approve minutes of March 1 meeting
- Presentation by Aaron Fleischauer re health impacts of climate change
- Presentation by Cindy Perry, Mayor of Pittsboro, regarding possible climate actions by the Town and coordination with the Climate Committee
- Status of priority actions with the Commissioners and development of final list by County Manager, Renee Paschal --- -- Committee role re Commissioner priority actions? Dan
- Status of Rural Climate Dialogue project: Jeff, Becky
- Status of forest land/soil sequestration efforts: Amy, Ron, Tenita, John G.
- Triangle Cities VW conference and other transportation matters: Keith 9. Other
- Public input
- Adjourn
Second Year's Spotlight on Climate Change At Abundance NC April 27 - 28, 2018
Climate Change Spotlight: #2 Polluter: Textiles & Apparel, Mens Gathering. Earthskills & more!
Dr. Daystar is the Chief Sustainability Officer and VP, Sustainability at Cotton Inc where he directs efforts including: directing research, working with cotton industry stakeholders to develop sustainability goals, assisting in sustainability messages; and providing technical insights to Cotton Incorporated, the cotton industry, and brands.
Public Comment Meeting for VW Environmental Mitigation Plan in Durham, April 17, 2018
Public Comment Meeting: VW Environmental Mitigation Plan
Public Comment Meeting for VW Environmental Mitigation Plan hosted in partnership with NC DEQ- Division of Air Quality
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality is holding a series of information sessions on the proposed plan to use North Carolina's share of a national settlement with Volkswagen. This is the only closest public session for our region. Easy on-line registration process. CLICK ON THE ARTICLE TO OPEN DETAILS.