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Solar company partners with Community Foundation to honor Spotsylvania donation pledge
This article discusses SPower’s partnering with with Community Foundation to honor Spotsylvania donation pledge.
The company building a 500-megawatt solar facility in western Spotsylvania partnered with a local nonprofit foundation to distribute $25 million throughout the county.
The fund is something the chief executive officer of Utah-based Sustainable Power Group pledged […]
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Clean Energy At 1 Cent Per Kilowatt-Hour
This CleanTechnica article discusses how Hawaii has moved into solar and other clean energy technologies – at 1 cent per kilowatt-hour.
According to the Hawaii State Energy Office:
“From July 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018, the program invested over $22 million to deliver more than 1.8 billion kWh in estimated […]
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Bee-killing Neonicotinoids build up in the environment.
This FoodTank article discusses a study that shows bee-killing Neonicotinoids build up in the environment.
Insects are our professors of agriculture, guiding organic farmers like me in maintaining a healthy farm ecosystem. That is why I am so concerned about the overuse of toxic pesticides and the massive insect die-offs
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Three articles on Trump’s plan to eviscerate the Endangered Species Act
The NY Times opinion piece discusses The Species Act, Endangered: ‘Like a Plan From a Cartoon Villain’. The president and his Interior Department undermine the landmark Endangered Species Act in the service of “energy dominance.” In early May, a United Nations panel on biodiversity released a deeply troubling 1,500-page
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This Vox article discusses why fracking may be a bigger climate problem than we thought. The mysterious recent spike in methane emissions? It just might be US fracking.
As greenhouse gases go, methane gets less attention than carbon dioxide, but it is a key contributor to climate change.
Methane doesn’t […]
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DeSmogBlog, Week of 8/19/2019
This week’s articles include:
Christopher Leonard’s New Book Puts an Ever-Expanding ‘Kochland’ on the Map
Fracking and Shale Drilling Caused Spike in Climate-Warming Methane Pollution, Says New Study
Another Death in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Brings Environmental Activists Together […]
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Is Big Oil’s Natural Gas Bet Turning Sour?
This OilPrice.com article discusses whether the O&G industry’s move towards fracked gas proving to be uneconomical.
Big Oil has staked quite a claim in the natural gas industry in recent years, with supermajors building their presence in that segment in anticipation of the global energy shift from more to less […]
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EarthJustice Newsletter, 8/18/2019
This EarthJustice newsletter addressed the following topics this week:
Why the Endangered Species Act rollback is a bad idea
The man who’s attacking endangered species
Our looming extinction crisis
Six animals saved by the Endangered Species Act
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21 states sue Trump administration over new coal rules
This article discusses how the Trump administration is being sued over changes to coal rules.
A coalition of 21 Democratic-led states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its decision to ease restrictions on coal-fired power plants, with California’s governor saying the president is trying to rescue an outdated industry.
In June, […]
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Study: A Worrisome Discovery in High Arctic Snowfall – microplastics
This The Atlantic article discusses a study that found thousands of particles of microplastic in Arctic snowfall. There is another study referenced below showing how tap water is also polluted by the same thing..
In just the past decade, scientists have discovered that microplastics—defined as any plastic detritus that’s
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