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Public comment on the St. Clair River Report
Submitted by beachcomber on March 11, 2010 - 7:05amThe International Joint Commission (IJC) is inviting public comment on the report of its International Upper Great Lakes Study Board entitled Impacts on Upper Great Lakes Water Levels: St. Clair River. The public comment period closes on April 9, 2010.
ECO:nomics — Creating Environmental Capital
Submitted by beachcomber on March 10, 2010 - 7:31pmSanta Barbara, Calif — Talk about brains, power and money in one room. This was the ECO:nomics Conference, put on by The Wall Street Journal at the lush Bacara Resort. Legendary investor T. Boone Pickens; top venture capitalists John Doerr and Vinod Khosla; CEOs of Royal Dutch Shell, Rio Tinto and American Electric Power; Energy Secretary Steven Chu; the list goes on. This was almost enough business horsepower to warrant autograph seeking.
If there is one clear message coming out of this gathering, it’s that we need to assign a price or cost to carbon emissions, and soon. Almost all the speakers agreed that be it through a direct tax on carbon — which would affect the average consumer at the pump and on their energy bills — or the cap and trade model, which auctions off “permits to pollute” to all businesses that emit carbon, we need to enact some serious legislation on this immediately.
Other provocative subjects discussed included wind energy, natural gas, nuclear energy, other types of alternative power, synthetic genomics (I will admit I had a hard time following J. Craig Venter’s rocket science, but it involves using genomic research to discover new ways to produce energy) and not incidentally, water.… continue reading »
House fire
Submitted by beachcomber on March 10, 2010 - 10:55amThe Lucknow and District Fire Department responded to a chimney fire at the home of Nathan and Yuleen Duquette, on Havelock Street in Lucknow, on Saturday night, March 6. The couple and their three children were getting ready for bed when the house started filling up with smoke.[...]
Project WET
Submitted by beachcomber on March 10, 2010 - 7:05amProject WET is an award-winning nonprofit organization dedicated to the mission of reaching children, parents, teachers and community members of the world with water education.
If PolyMet meets its commitments, the DEIS suggests that its proposed mine poses no serious environmental impact
Submitted by beachcomber on March 10, 2010 - 7:05amOne of the most controversial Minnesota projects is the proposed PolyMet mine on the Iron Range. All of the effluent from the project ends up in the Partridge and Embarrass Rivers drainage areas which flow south to the St. Louis River and Lake Superior.
Ontario bolsters green support as Europe backs off
Submitted by beachcomber on March 10, 2010 - 7:05amThe Canadian province of Ontario is becoming a magnet for global heavy hitters in the green energy sector, drawn by alluring subsidies at a time when incentives are being scaled back elsewhere.
What would the Niagara River look like without an ice boom?
Submitted by beachcomber on March 10, 2010 - 7:05amThe Ice Boom was designed and installed in the early 1960's to prevent large chunks of ice flowing in the River from clogging up the water intakes for the hydroelectric facilities in Niagara Falls.
Researcher fields questions on Pure Michigan study
Submitted by beachcomber on March 10, 2010 - 7:05amThe founder of Longwoods International answered lawmakers' questions about a recent study showing the Pure Michigan advertising campaign produced $40 million in new taxes and nearly $600 million in spending by tourists from outside Michigan.
County rejects offshore turbines
Submitted by beachcomber on March 10, 2010 - 7:05amJefferson County legislators voted 14-0 against offshore wind power development in Lake Ontario after officials from New York Power Authority argued the benefits of having a development in the area.
EDITORIAL: A clear definition, Clean Water Restoration Act could clarify law
Submitted by beachcomber on March 10, 2010 - 7:05amThe Clean Water Act helped revive a nearly dead Lake Erie. The Clean Water Restoration Act would clarify that the "waters of the United States" in the Clean Water Act should be defined to protect our nation's waters in total.
