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‘The Spark’, an upcoming documentary film that shows a blueprint for realistic, immediate solutionsNat Turner is the founder of Our School at Blair Grocery, a youth education center in the Katrina-ravaged 9th Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana. Meet Nat Turner, who drove a school bus to New Orleans with a dream of healing the Lower 9th Ward after Hurricane Katrina. He gained national attention for transforming an abandoned grocery store into a community youth education center, Our School Blair Grocery, where he teaches kids to sell vegetables instead of crack. Most of his students come from within the Ninth Ward, and for some it’s is not just a classroom; it’s a sanctuary. Posted on M−CAN 6−30−2013 |
RAMPING UP RENEWABLESRenewable energy is providing reliable electricity today in the United States and around the world. From 2007 to 2012, electricity from renewable sources such as wind and solar nearly quadrupled nationally. This growth is part of a transition away from dirty, coal-burning power plants−which harm public health and destabilize our climate−toward cleaner, more sustainable sources of electricity. Using existing technologies and smart policy decisions, the United States can continue this clean energy transformation while maintaining a reliable and affordable electricity system. From Union of Concerned Scientists Posted on M−CAN 4−9−2013 |
Allan Savory: How to green the world’s deserts and reverse climate changeExternal Site TED.com Filmed Feb 2013 • Posted Mar 2013 • TED2013 “Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert,” begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful talk. And terrifyingly, it’s happening to about two−thirds of the world’s grasslands, accelerating climate change and causing traditional grazing societies to descend into social chaos. Savory has devoted his life to stopping it. He now believes −− and his work so far shows −− that a surprising factor can protect grasslands and even reclaim degraded land that was once desert. Allan Savory works to promote holistic management in the grasslands of the world. Full bio » Posted on M−CAN 3−4−2013 |
OECD calls for policy reform and technology to prevent impending water crisisExternal Site Gizmag.com May 2, 2012 11 Comments 
Worldwide population growth and the related rapid increase in urbanization is already posing problems in many areas for the management of that most precious of resources, water. With these problems only set to intensify, the Organization for Economic Co−Operation and Development (OECD) has released a report outlining the challenges humanity faces to maintain water resources in the face of demographic growth and climate change. Posted on M−CAN 9−25−2012 |
How To Relate Climate Extremes to Climate ChangeExternal Site ThinkProgress.org/climate
Posted on M−CAN 9−25−2012 |
New low−cost material could help bolster carbon captureExternal Site Gizmag.com By Darren Quick
September 25, 2012 
Researchers at the University of Nottingham have developed another weapon in the ongoing war to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted from fossil fuel-burning power plants. The researchers have created a new porous material called NOTT-300 that they claim is cheaper and more efficient than existing materials at capturing polluting gases, such as carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide, from flue gas. Read More Posted on M−CAN 9−25−2012 |
Gravity probe shows groundwater reserves slipping awayExternal Site Gizmag.com By Brian Dodson
September 25, 2012 
Recently, drought seems to be a fact of life. As the lead photograph poignantly illustrates, most of the U.S. has been struggling with serious levels of drought for the past several years. Worldwide, drought affected areas include Europe, India and Pakistan, Russia, much of Africa, South America − the list goes on. But when the rains start again, everyone expresses great relief, not realizing that long−term depletion of groundwater reserves is part of the price for surviving drought. It was with this in mind that GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment), a joint U.S. and German space project, was designed a decade ago. Read More Posted on M−CAN 9−25−2012 |
Markey/Waxman Report: Carbon Pollution Creating A ‘Cocktail Of Heat And Extreme Weather’External Site ThinkProgress.org/climate
Two House Democrats have released a report that aims to connect the dots on climate change and extreme weather events. The staff report, issued by Henry Waxman (D−Calif.) and Edward Markey (D−Mass.), outlines the past year’s record−setting temperatures, storms, droughts, water levels and wildfires, and is being circulated in an attempt to rebuild congressional momentum to address climate change. “The evidence is overwhelming — climate change is occurring and it is occurring now,” said Rep. Waxman, a Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, in a statement. The report outlines the stunning array of record−breaking extreme weather events throughout 2012 within five categories: Read More Posted on M−CAN 9−25−2012 |
EU Official: Romney Could Make Climate Negotiations ‘More Of An Uphill Struggle’External Site ThinkProgress.org/climate
Mitt Romney’s stance on avoiding action on global warming has been well established. Saying last year that he believes reducing CO2 emissions is “not the right course for us,” Romney falsely claimed that “we don’t know” what is causing climate change. Actually, we do know. Even a prominent scientist funded by the Koch brothers agreed with the scientific consensus when he recently concluded that “humans are almost entirely the cause” of our warming planet. Read More Posted on M−CAN 9−25−2012 |
$20 Dollar Per Ton Carbon Tax Could Reduce Deficit By $1.2 Trillion In 10 YearsExternal Site ThinkProgress.org/climate
Posted on M−CAN 9−25−2012 |
New production process could cut solar cell prices by halfBoosting solar cell efficiency is seen as a key factor in making them more practical, but there is another way of looking at the matter ... if the price of those cells were lowered, we could generate more power simply by using more of them. That’s where Mississippi−based Twin Creeks Technologies comes into the picture. The company has developed a method of making crystalline silicon wafers which it says could reduce the cost of solar cell production by half. Posted on M−CAN 3−16−2012 |
Southwest Solar Industry AssociationHomeLocal solar Installers in Durango and the greater Four Corner’s area recently joined forces to create the Southwest Solar Industry Association (SSIA), a trade group designed to educate and promote the local solar industry. “The idea behind the group was to advance our shared interests,” says John Shaw of Shaw Solar. “Most of the installers already know each other, and there is always a friendly competition −; but when it comes to promoting local solar, or responding to an state or LPEA policy issue, we can usually come to a consensus quickly.” About SSIAThe Southwest Solar Industry Association (SSIA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2011 to represent solar energy system installers in the Four Corners and surrounding areas. Click for more...Posted on M−CAN 3−1−2012 |
Empire Electric Director’s Election 2012Two district seats are open for election in 2012.
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Empire Customers Vote for Renewable EnergyRead this in the Country Life Magazine online on pg 12
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Ocean Acidification: Some Organisms Already Experiencing Ocean Acidification Levels Not Predicted to Be Reached Until 2100ScienceDaily (Dec. 22, 2011) − A group of 19 scientists from five research organizations have conducted the broadest field study of ocean acidification to date using sensors developed at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego.Posted on M−CAN 1−30−2012 |
Breakthrough May Lead to ‘Limitless’ Supply of HydrogenBy Tuan C. Nguyen | September 21, 2011, 7:29 AM PDT If a new technology pans out, the fading notion that hydrogen will someday supplant fossil fuels may be on the verge of a comeback. There was a time in the early 90’s when the fuel cell was touted as the clean energy technology of the future. The only byproduct was water and it also packed a whole lot more energy than electric car batteries. For instance, nine pounds of the stuff was enough to enable a vehicle to go 150 miles. However, methods to generate hydrogen were in and of themselves energy intensive. And ultimately, the concept of needing energy to produce energy was problematic enough to make it a dealbreaker for many green investors. But now researchers at Penn state have demonstrated an innovative “self-powered” process of producing hydrogen that, if scalable, can revive interest in fuel cell technology. read more... Posted on M−CAN 12−16−2011 |
Greenhouse Gas Index Continues to ClimbScienceDaily (Nov. 9, 2011) − NOAA’s updated Annual Greenhouse Gas Index (AGGI), which measures the direct climate influence of many greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane, shows a continued steady upward trend that began with the Industrial Revolution of the 1880s. Started in 2004, the AGGI reached 1.29 in 2010. That means the combined heating effect of long-lived greenhouse gases added to the atmosphere by human activities has increased by 29 percent since 1990, the "index" year used as a baseline for comparison. read more... Posted on M−CAN 11−18−2011 |
World has five years to avoid severe warming: IEAPARIS − The world has just five years to avoid being trapped in a scenario of perilous climate change and extreme weather events, the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned on Wednesday. On current trends, “rising fossil energy use will lead to irreversible and potentially catastrophic climate change,” the IEA concluded in its annual World Energy Outlook report. Posted on M−CAN 11−10−2011 |
‘Monster’ jump in global warming gases reportedA new analysis reveals that greenhouse gas emissions in 2010 surpassed even the worst-case scenario envisioned by scientists four years ago.After a brief siesta during the recession, global emissions of carbon dioxide are already breaking records again, according to a new analysis by the U.S. Department of Energy. The 2010 data suggest CO2 levels in the atmosphere are now higher than a worst-case scenario predicted four years ago, the Associated Press reports, revealing just how helpless humanity has been in trying to slow down global warming. Posted on M−CAN 11−5−2011 |
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2010 was Bigger and Better than 2009. Lots of sustainable product vendors and sustainability advocates. More fun, food and learning activities for all. .jpg)
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Post Your Business' Sustainability Accomplishments!Download M-CAN’s Sustainability Statement form and post it prominently in your business with a list of your accomplishments.
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How We Use and Waste EnergyPosted March 25, 2011 |
Belgium Brewery Container Recycling Approach− Posted 1/10/2011Chris Foran recently asked NBB what they are doing regarding better recycling of
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Here is their very responsive emailed answer with Chris’ questions following it. Note that the email has links to very informative studies of the questions being discussed.
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New! A Republican Case for Climate Action
By WILLIAM D. RUCKELSHAUS, LEE M. THOMAS, WILLIAM K. REILLY and CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN Published: August 1, 2013 EACH of us took turns over the past 43 years running the Environmental Protection Agency. We served Republican presidents, but we have a message that transcends political affiliation: the United States must move now on substantive steps to curb climate change, at home and internationally. There is no longer any credible scientific debate about the basic facts: our world continues to warm, with the last decade the hottest in modern records, and the deep ocean warming faster than the earth’s atmosphere. Sea level is rising. Arctic Sea ice is melting years faster than projected. (click to read more...) |
New! Electric Utilities Now Fighting Home Solar As Threat To Their Business
Antony Ingram
2,341 views Jul 27, 2013 For owners of electric vehicles, powering their homes and cars using solar panels mounted on the roof are a win−win scenario. Not only do they get to drive past every gas station, but home electricity bills are reduced or even eliminated. That’s great news for the end user, but not so much for the utility companies. Caught napping by rising demand for solar, the energy industry now wants to stem its spread before their own profits are harmed. (click to read more...) |
New! Climate sticker shock: Arctic thaw could cost $60 trillion
By Matt Smith, CNN
updated 10:30 AM EDT, Thu July 25, 2013 (CNN) − Scientists look at a warming Arctic and see a shift from white to green, as tundra gives way to new plant life. Governments and corporations are also seeing green, as receding ice cover opens new shipping routes and opportunities to get at long−hidden natural resources. But the downside of those opportunities is the risk that the current pace of climate change could be sped up dramatically by the release of long−trapped methane gas in the region’s permafrost −− a risk to which a new study has attached an eye−popping price tag of $60 trillion in the next several decades, on top of previous estimates. (click to read more...) |
by Katie Valentine and Stephen Lacey
by Nathaniel Niemann and Stephen Lacey
Over the last year, there’s been increasing talk in Washington political circles − including 
