Circle Of Blue | By Brett Walton | GPE – July 07, 2017: Some wells gurgle and hiss before they die. Others expire with a puff of sand. Either way, the result is the same: no more running water. Report From Summer 2015: The rate of drinking well failures is Read more…
Newsdeeply.com | By: Mark Grossi | July 5, 2017: Drought conditions continue for thousands of rural residents in the San Joaquin valley who rely on groundwater. And the race to dig deeper wells is a losing game for small communities and those on private wells. MADERA, California – Evelyn Rios Read more…
Reuters | By Elias Gebreselassie | Tue Jul 4, 2017 | 6:57am EDT: Ethiopia is enlisting the cooperation of people in and around its forests to manage woodland better, hoping to protect the country from the effects of climate change while boosting development prospects for its population of 100 million. Read more…
BBC News | By: Matt McGrath | 5 July, 2017: The global use of untreated waste water from cities to irrigate crops is much more widespread than previously estimated, says a new report. According to this updated assessment, nearly 30 million hectares are now using untreated water within 40km of Read more…
Reuters | By: Gabriele Pileri and Isla Binnie | Wed Jul 5, 2017 | 9:05am EDT: Baking summer heat has forced Rome to close some of the drinking fountains known as “big noses”, or “nasoni”, that constantly gush fresh water on thousands of street corners, causing a public outcry. Hit Read more…
Renewable Energy World | By: Joe Ryan, Bloomberg | June 29, 2017: As Elon Musk races to finish building the world’s biggest battery factory in the Nevada desert, China is poised to leave him in the dust. Chinese companies have plans for additional factories with the capacity to pump out Read more…
The Washington Post | By Darryl Fears | July 4 at 10:18 AM: The $19 billion bid to clean the Chesapeake Bay and restore its health rests on a simple plan: cut the amount of nutrient waste — involving nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment — that causes most of the bay’s Read more…
Clean Technica | By: Joshua S Hill | July 4th, 2017: Germany reached a new renewable energy record in the first half of this year, generating 35.1% of its electricity from renewable energy sources, according to the country’s trade body, the German Renewable Energy Federation. In news published only days Read more…
Renewable Energy World | By: Renewable Energy World Editors | June 27, 2017: The U.S. Conference of Mayors in Miami yesterday approved a resolution calling for 100 percent renewable energy in cities across the U.S. by 2035. “What better way to kick off Donald Trump’s energy week than with a Read more…
Reuters | By: Andrés González and Arno Schuetze | Tue Jul 4, 2017 | 1:18pm EDT: Spanish power company Gas Natural (GAS.MC) has fired the starting gun in what is expected to be the biggest upheaval among European utility companies for a decade. Chairman Isidre Faine has contacted his counterpart Read more…
Reuters | Mon Jul 3, 2017 | 12:30pm EDT: Torrential rain lashed parts of central and south China on Monday, with floods damaging crops, forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes and killing at least 33, while the north wilted in a heat wave and drought-like conditions. Water levels Read more…
Reuters | Tue Jul 4, 2017 | 5:43am EDT: The Three Gorges and Gezhouba, two of China’s top hydropower plants, have closed capacity by as much as two-thirds, state media said on Tuesday, as torrential rains across the south triggered drastic steps to ease pressure on the Yangtze River. Days Read more…
Renewable Energy World | By: Brian Parkin, Bloomberg | June 30, 2017: Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition is widening access to the solar power market for people who rent their homes in a move to boost green power’s expansion in an election year. Lawmakers moved to pass legislation dubbed “Tenant Power” Read more…
Clean Technica | By: Joshua S Hill | June 30th, 2017: Renewable energy sources generated more than a quarter of the UK’s electricity in the first quarter of this year, with onshore wind setting a record high of 8.3%, helping to further dismantle the UK’s reliance upon coal energy. In Read more…
Clean Technica | June 29th, 2017 | By: John Farrell: While most programs so far have targeted home comfort (central air conditioning or electric water heating), there are other sources of electricity consumption that remain untouched. In the past decade, two major trends have threatened the ability of electric utilities Read more…
The Wall Street Journal | By: Bradley Olson | June 29, 2017 7:00 a.m. ET: After weathering years of protests, pipeline operator TransCanada is struggling to attract customers amid low crude prices and competing oil-transportation options. Keystone XL is facing a new challenge: The oil producers and refiners the pipeline Read more…
Rocky Mountain Institute | By Courtney Fairbrother, Leia Guccione, Mike Henchen and Anthony Teixeira: PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT: This report explores challenges to effective innovation at U.S. electric utilities, with a focus on pilot and demonstration projects. We offer recommendations for utilities, regulators, and DER technology providers to support more Read more…
Yale Environment 360 | By: Richard Schiffman | June 29, 2017: The breadbasket regions of India and Pakistan are rapidly depleting their underground aquifers. In a Yale e360 interview, climatologist Sonali McDermid explains why this overexploitation, combined with global warming, is creating an urgent need to change local farming practices. Read more…
Reinsurance News | By: Marianne Lehnis | 28th June 2017: Along with wind and sun, China has harnessed the power of insurance to catalyse its clean energy revolution, after having successfully pioneered government led re/insurance partnerships to safe-guard regional development with an index insurance scheme that makes a post-disaster payout Read more…
Clean Technica | By: Joshua S Hill | June 27th, 2017: Renewable energy sources are now providing more electricity than nuclear power for the first time ever in the United States, according to figures issued by the US Energy Information Administration and highlighted by Ken Bossong’s Sun Day Campaign. The Read more…
Zurich Insurance | By: Angela Skow | GPE – June 29, 2017: Challenges of our nation’s aging infrastructure: Our aging infrastructure costs millions in repairs, business interruption and supply chain risks. Whether P3 construction projects may sway the pendulum remains to be seen. There is a lot of buzz in Read more…
Video Above: “What Are Microgrids?” Greentech Media | By: Jeff St. John | June 27, 2017: One of the country’s biggest microgrid providers plans to share technologies and markets with one of California’s top BTM storage startups. Microgrids require a hefty combination of technologies to execute properly. They also require Read more…
Renewable Energy World | By: Steve Sawyer | June 21, 2017: ‘A remarkable achievement,’ is the only thing I can say about where the European offshore wind industry finds itself today. It has taken a lot longer and cost a lot more money and effort than we thought back in Read more…
Technology Decisions | By: Jonathan Nally | Tuesday, 27 June, 2017: Local governments around Australia are implementing strategic plans to place themselves at the forefront of the smart cities revolution. Twenty years ago, no-one had heard of smart cities. Today, the concept is rapidly growing all around us. And in Read more…
Forester Network | By: Laura Sanchez | GPE – 28 June 2017: The charges recently brought against five Michigan officials in relation to Flint’s water contamination crisis, and the involuntary manslaughter and misconduct charges against director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Nick Lyon, made me reflect Read more…
The Gallup Blog | By: Jon Clifton | June 27, 2017: Americans’ feeling of freedom is declining. In 2006, 91% of Americans were satisfied with the freedom in their lives. Today, it’s 75%. The 16-percentage-point decline is dramatic – but looking at how far the U.S. has fallen in comparison Read more…
The University Of Manchester | GPE – June 27 2017: Newsfacts: Graphene sieve turns seawater into drinking water; New research shows graphene can filter common salts from water to make it safe to drink; Findings could lead to affordable desalination technology. About Graphene Membrane: Graphene-oxide membranes have attracted considerable attention Read more…
Reuters | By: David Stanway | Mon Jun 26, 2017 | 9:27pm EDT: China has launched five pilot zones to promote “green finance” and help pay for a war on pollution that is expected to cost at least 3 trillion yuan ($440 billion) a year, according to notices published by Read more…
Engineering News | By: Terence Creamer | 26th June 2017: Recent renewable energy price reductions, together with sub-Saharan Africa’s (SSA’s) formidable solar and wind resources, have made solar and wind technologies the cheapest sources of power in several countries, which carries significant implications, a newly published academic paper argues, for Read more…
The Guardian | By: Damian Carrington | Saturday 24 June 2017 07.01 BST: Freedom-of-information data reveals threat of drought that would devastate wildlife, with government slow to act on water management. A quarter of England’s rivers are at risk of running dry, with devastating consequences for wildlife, according to data Read more…
The Wall Street Journal | By: Jim Carlton | June 23, 2017 8:00 a.m. ET: Project to replace decades-old structure near San Francisco Bay has seen delays and unexpected construction issues. The coastal mountains that frame the working-class city of Fremont, California – next to San Francisco Bay – harbor Read more…
Renewable Energy Magazine | Panorama | Friday, 23 June 2017: The investment facility (of ADB) supports a series of renewable energy projects and sector reforms in the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, the Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. Read more…
GPE Original Article | By: Ray Murray | 23rd June 2017: In May 2016, an article was published on the BBC Global News website, “BBC Capital”. The article by Renuka Rayasamon was entitled, “Even Desert City Dubai Imports Its Sand. This Is Why.” Some of the key points which the Read more…
Yale Environment 360 | By: Jim Robbins | June 20, 2017: Vast amounts of river-borne sediment are trapped behind the world’s large dams, depriving areas downstream of material that is badly needed to build up the marshes and wetlands that act as a buffer against rising seas. In September 2011, Read more…
Phys.Org | June 20, 2017: Rain or shine has new meaning thanks to an innovative, inexpensive and simple tactic developed by researchers at Florida Atlantic University that will really change how people think about watering their lawns. The tactic? A straightforward road sign. Outdoor water restrictions are a common water Read more…
Reuters | By: Anna Irrera | Mon Jun 19, 2017 | 1:40pm EDT: Accenture Plc and Microsoft Corp are teaming up to build a digital ID network using blockchain technology, as part of a United Nations-supported project to provide legal identification to 1.1 billion people worldwide with no official documents. Read more…
Reuters | By: Elias Glenn | Sun Jun 18, 2017 | 2:14am EDT: Leaders of the China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank touted its growing membership and commitment to sustainable development at its annual meeting, even as environmental groups were disappointed by its openness to investing in coal projects. The AIIB, Read more…
Defense One | By: Michael Breen and Sherri Goodman | June 16, 2017: In the wake of President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the historic Paris Climate Agreement, governors, mayors, businesses, and people across the country have declared that they still support the agreement. They know Read more…
Circle Of Blue | The Stream | The Global Rundown | June 19, 2017: Leaders in Africa say more must be done to fight desertification, improve agricultural opportunities, and create green jobs to prevent the continent’s youth from migrating or becoming radicalized. Flint, Michigan must approve a new long-term contract Read more…
Sageret | Verosvres (France)| 2 June 2017 (AFP): In an immense warehouse, an ocean of blond wood. Raised by winches, huge wooden beams will soon support higher and higher buildings and ambitious buildings such as the Cité du Vin de Bordeaux or the cathedral of Créteil. Here, “glued-laminated” beams are Read more…
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Zurich Report | Environmental risks | Global risks | May 26, 2017: This deep dive outlines the risks associated with water scarcity – and advises on how to mitigate those or adapt to them. Recent research shows that water scarcity is an even bigger problem than previously thought. The World Read more…
Circle Of Blue | WaterNews | By: Brett Walton | June 20, 2016: Flint lead scandal a factor in stirring action for other contaminants. Teflon — “Nothing messes with it,” reads the tagline on the latest ad campaign for the famed nonstick cookware. A fried egg, sunny side up, vaults Read more…
USA Today Network | By: Keith Matheny | Detroit Free Press | 2:20 p.m. ET June 8, 2017: They come from everyday products ranging from nonstick pan surfaces, carpet stain-proofing and water-resistant clothing. And they’re in almost every American’s blood: highly fluorinated toxic chemicals known as perfluorochemicals, or PFCs. They’re Read more…
Accenture Consulting | June 2017: Distributed generation is playing an increasingly important role in energy systems across the world, driven by the sustainability agenda, energy independence concerns and increasingly favorable economics. There is overwhelming evidence that this trend will continue. We are seeing consumers showing growing interest in installing renewable Read more…
Renewable Energy World / Sustainable Capital Finance | By: Maggie Parkhurst | May 30 2017: Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been a hot topic for the past few years, with numerous Fortune 500 companies announcing aggressive goals relating to their clean energy usage. To many of these companies, transitioning their Read more…
Gallup | By: Frank Newport | June 02 2017: President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement on climate change and the strongly negative reaction by some groups regarding that decision are focused mainly on trade-offs and questions about the data used in evaluating those Read more…
The White House | June 01 2017 (Video Above) – Reuters | June 01 2017: President Donald Trump, in phone calls on Thursday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and British Prime Minister Theresa May, personally explained his decision to withdraw the Read more…
Waterworld | By: Alanna Maya | Assistant Editor: Access to safe drinking water is a global crisis, which is why developing new, innovative ways to convert river water, wastewater and agricultural waste into clean water is critical. Thanks to new innovations in the field of treatment, promising technologies could eliminate Read more…
WaterWorld | By Sarah Fister Gale: Water security is a global issue and even in the United States, with our rich and diverse water resources, once relied-upon water systems are now at risk. California is slowly recovering from a five-year drought, the Colorado River is beginning to run dry in Read more…
The Guardian |By: Fiona Harvey | Thursday 1 June 2017 00.01 BST: Intensive farming cited as main reason for destroying natural barriers to deluge and making low lying areas more vulnerable to floods. Only a tenth of England’s extensive floodplains are now fit for purpose – 90% no longer function Read more…
Renewable Energy World | By: Renewable Energy World Editors | May 26, 2017: On Friday, May 26, on what was expected to be one of the hottest days of the year, solar panels in the UK generated a record amount of power, enough to meet almost 25 percent of demand. Read more…
Xinhua| 2017-05-30 06:25:43|Editor: Zhang Dongmiao: NAIROBI – Robust involvement in activities that promote social good and ecological sustainability has become the defining feature of Chinese firms that have invested in Kenya, a report said on Monday. The 2016 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report, launched by the China Communications Construction Company Read more…
Financial Times | May 26th 2017: The Blackstone-Saudi deal can help the president deliver his campaign promise. When the White House caravan headed to the Arabian Desert last weekend, Donald Trump’s team were keen to score big “wins”. Stephen Schwarzman, head of the president’s business advisory council, duly obliged: on Read more…
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American Affairs Journal | By: Travis Kavulla: Electricity is an input in virtually everything we do as a modern society. Few Americans remember what it was like to live without it and its attendant benefits on quality of life, labor productivity, and human health. Electricity is today largely taken for Read more…
Norton Rose Fulbright Report | Executive Summary: We have analysed the substance of a broad range of national anti-corruption strategies. Our purpose in doing so has been to extract lessons and insights, as best we can, that can guide leaders responsible for developing their own national strategies into making better Read more…
Renewable Energy World | By: Tom Ewing | May 22, 2017: In the U.K., National Grid (NG) is the utility that owns the high voltage electricity network in England and Wales. It is also one of four British gas distribution companies. It’s a big player — “joining everything up” (NG Read more…
Pacific Institute | Water Conflict Chronology List | Full List Shows 400 entries from 3000 BC to 2017: Below is a very small sample of recorded incidents – to see full details in the full list, please click here. Date Parties Involved Basis of Conflict Violent or In the Context Read more…
The Washington Post | May 16 2017: Scientists find 38 million pieces of trash on a Pacific island Henderson Island, an uninhabited atoll in the South Pacific, is so isolated that it’s one of the few places in the world “whose ecology has been practically untouched by a human presence.” Read more…