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Mon, 2011-07-11 15:31 — mdmcdonald
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Energyfolks

Sat, 2012-03-17 21:53 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Albert Gomez

Energyfolks is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit entity based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

To meet new demand and lift billions out of poverty, global electricity generation must double to 9 terawatts by 2035. Meanwhile, global CO2 must drop from 390ppm to 350ppm to avoid catastrophic climate change, sensitive habitats must be protected to avoid environmental damage, and supplies must be affordable and accessible to maintain geo-political stability.

Energyfolks empowers and connects energy communities worldwide to help solve this great challenge. We reach out to both established and emerging organizations to help them keep their membership engaged and informed by feely providing these groups with customizable tools to manage their website, administer membership, facilitate online discussion, and share and promote events. The eneryfolks platform frees group resources, allowing them to focus their efforts on their core mission and constituency.

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Google Invests in Hog-Waste Energy; Diaper Recycling Plant Opens

Sat, 2012-03-17 21:41 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Albert Gomez

environmentalleader.com - September 12, 2011

Google has invested in a pilot project by Duke University and Duke Energy that converts waste from a pig farm into usable energy. The system, on a hog finishing facility 25 miles west of Winston-Salem, N.C., converts hog waste into electricity and creates carbon-offset credits. . . .

In other “dirty” business news, Canadian company Knowaste has announced it will be building the U.K.’s first diaper-recycling facility as part of a £25 million ($40 million) investment in the country, the Press Association reports.

The plant, which will also recycle feminine hygiene and adult incontinence products, will be in West Bromwich in the West Midlands and is the first of five facilities planned for the UK, the PA says. Knowaste said it will sterilize and separate the materials, recovering plastic and fiber that can be used for roof tiles and other construction products.

http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/12/google-invests-in-hog-waste-energy-diaper-recycling-plant-opens/

Breakthrough Technology Could Lead to Battery-Powered Future

Sun, 2012-03-11 16:30 — Kathy Gilbeaux

by Eric Wesoff - ecomagination.com - August 8, 2011

Battery technology has moved way beyond simply powering your basic consumer electronic devices; batteries now help power the world at large. But advances in battery technology have been slow to respond to the power demands of modern life.

Liquid Metal Battery - a company pursuing a breakthrough battery design using molten antimony and molten magnesium separated by an electrolyte—attracted Bill Gates and oil company Total as seed investors.

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The Future of Nuclear Energy

Fri, 2012-03-09 22:30 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Samuel Bendett

Homeland Security News Wire - March 9, 2012

While the lessons of the 11 March 2011 Fukushima disaster are being absorbed, the United States is moving forward with nuclear power; for the first time since 1978, the U.S. National Regulatory Commission has approved two new plants; the $14 billion facilities will be built just outside Augusta, Georgia

Last March, the world watched closely as Japan struggled to contain a series of equipment failures, hydrogen explosions, and releases of radioactive materials at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

The historic tsunami following the 9.0-magnitude earthquake destroyed the reactors’ connection to the power grid, causing them to overheat. Hundreds of people were exposed to increased levels of radiation. Thousands more were evacuated. Japanese officials have since declared the plant stable, but the cleanup will be expensive and is expected to take decades.

Get a Local Clean Energy Future by Trading-in the 20th Century Electric Grid

Thu, 2012-03-01 22:05 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Janine Rees

      

Stream Gaging Station by Beige Alert, on Flickr

by John Farrell - energyselfreliantstates.org - February 27, 2012

In a New York Times SundayReview piece last week – Drawing the Line at Power Lines – Elisabeth Rosenthal suggested that our desire for clean energy will require significant tradeoffs . . .

I disagree.

The future of American electricity policy is not about tradeoffs, but rather a chance to trade-in an obsolete, centralized paradigm for a local, clean energy future.

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Wattvision

Sat, 2012-02-25 11:33 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by John Wysham

wattvision.com

Wattvision makes easy-to-use hardware and software to get your real-time energy use data on the web or your phone. Never be surprised by your energy bill again.

Wattvision works with your existing electricity meter. Choose a system based on the type of utility meter you have -- works with analog meters as well as newer digital meters.

Your whole-house energy use data will be available on the web or on your mobile device, updated every 10 seconds.

All you need is a wireless Internet connection and access to your electricity meter.

http://www.wattvision.com/

Report: Hawaii's Waves Able to Provide Massive Source of Alternative Energy

Mon, 2012-01-23 21:37 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Janine Rees

reported by Gina Mangieri - khon2.com - January 19, 2012

A new federal study says Hawaii’s waves stand to provide a massive source of alternative energy.

The U.S. Department of Energy says 80 terawatt hours of electricity could be generated annually off the island coast.

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Ohio Quake Linked to Wastewater Well

Tue, 2012-01-03 21:35 — Kathy Gilbeaux

by Dan Vergano, USA Today - January 3, 2012

      

This photo made Jan. 2, 2012 shows the site of a brine injection well owned by Northstar Disposal Services LLC in Youngstown, Ohio. The company has halted operations at the well, which disposes of brine used in gas and oil drilling, after a series of small earthquakes in the Youngstown area. Photo: Dan Pompili, Warren Tribune-Chronicle / AP

Ohio earthquakes tied to a deep wastewater disposal well are raising safety questions, amid a nationwide natural gas drilling boom.

On New Year's Eve, a magnitude-4.0 quake outside Youngstown, Ohio, shook the ground as far north as Toronto. Earthquake experts tied the event, the latest and largest in a series stretching back to March, to a 1.7-mile-deep wastewater disposal well, prompting state officials to shut it down.

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Add Quakes to Rumblings Over Gas Rush

Tue, 2011-12-13 09:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

by Henry Fountain - The New York Times - December 12, 2011

       

Stephen Thornton for The New York Times

UNLOADING Workers disposing of hydraulic fracturing waste near Guy, Ark.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Until this year, this Rust Belt city and surrounding Mahoning County had been about as dead, seismically, as a place can be, without even a hint of an earthquake since Scots-Irish settlers arrived in the 18th century.

But on March 17, two minor quakes briefly shook the city. And in the following eight months there have been seven more — like the first two, too weak to cause damage or even be felt by many people, but strong enough to rattle some nerves.

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EPA Says Fracking May Be Polluting Groundwater

Fri, 2011-12-09 00:37 — Kathy Gilbeaux

(AP)

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday for the first time that fracking — a controversial method of improving the productivity of oil and gas wells — may be to blame for causing groundwater pollution.

The draft finding could have significant implications while states try to determine how to regulate the process. Environmentalists characterized the report as a significant development though it met immediate criticism from the oil and gas industry and a U.S. senator.

The practice is called hydraulic fracturing and involves pumping pressurized water, sand and chemicals underground to open fissures and improve the flow of oil or gas to the surface.

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