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U.S. Bottled Water Industry Has Very Small Environmental Footprint According to New Life Cycle Inventory (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Small pack bottled water generates 46 percent less CO2 eq. when compared to soft drinks also packaged in PET plastic..  More.

 

UWIG Announces 2010 Technical Achievement Honorees, Scholarship Recipients (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

RESTON, Va.----The Utility Wind Integration Group announced today that Brian Parsons of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, team members for the Eastern Wind Integration and Transmission Study and Western Wind and Solar Integration Study, North American Electric Reliability Corporation, Kodiak Electric Cooperative, and the University of Minnesota’s Ned Mohan ....  More.

 

Engineers Monitor Water, Snow Levels To Regulate Corps Dams To Minimize the Downstream Impacts (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)

CONCORD, Mass., March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hydraulic engineers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are monitoring the water levels in the region's major rivers and the depth of snow cover throughout the region to regulate Corps of Engineers-managed dams and to minimize downstream impacts from the New England District headquarters in Concord, Mass..  More.

 

Alewives Requirement May Tighten Lobster Bait Supply (Fenceviewer)

ELLSWORTH — A Department of Marine Resources (DMR) requirement that the city of Ellsworth stock more Union River alewives in Leonard and Graham lakes could further tighten the supply of lobster bait..  More.

 

Utah County cities seek wind energy from Idaho farm (Deseret News)

SPRINGVILLE — Three Utah County towns are vying for wind energy from an Idaho farm that could be operational by 2011..  More.

 

More paths envisioned in Lexington County (The State)

Sue Green sees paths for walking, jogging and bicycling where miles of sewer lines crisscross central Lexington County..  More.

 

U.S. Bottled Water Industry Has Very Small Environmental Footprint According to New Life Cycle Inventory (PRWeb)

Small pack bottled water generates 46 percent less CO2 eq. when compared to soft drinks also packaged in PET plastic. (PRWeb Mar 11, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Bottled_Water_Industry/Environmental_Footprint/prweb3711574.htm.  More.

 

Senegalese Government Considering Building Nuclear Power Plant (Bloomberg)

March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Senegal is considering building what would be Africa’s first nuclear power plant outside of South Africa to supply domestic and regional markets, an Energy Ministry spokesman said..  More.

 

Revised salmon recovery plan has big price tag (The Columbian)

A newly revised salmon recovery plan for Southwest Washington sets the ambitious goal of recovering five runs of wild salmon, steelhead and bull trout in the lower Columbia River. Achieving it will be expensive..  More.

 

Micro-hydro makes inroads in region (Telluride Daily Planet)

The San Juan Mountains, marked as they are by steep terrain and plenty of downward-hurtling water, hold significant potential for hydropower..  More.

 

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