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Environmentalists Push For Coal-Ash Regulation

Originally Published by Truthout - environment

– In what promises to be a contentious, high-profile series of debates, the forces of environmental protection will be lining up against those of the electric power industry over the future status of coal-ash.

Posted on September 3rd, 2010
Energy, Politics

Brazil green light for Amazon dam

Originally Published by BBC News - Science & Environment

Posted on August 30th, 2010
Energy, Water

Nuclear Reactor Renaissance

Originally Published by IEEE Spectrum

Posted on August 24th, 2010
Energy

Storm Threat Passes, BP Restarts Work to Seal Blown-Out Well

Originally Published by ENS

Posted on August 19th, 2010
Disasters, Energy, Weather

BP boss scaling back oil effort

Originally Published by BBC News - Science & Environment

Posted on August 3rd, 2010
Disasters, Energy

Gap Plugged in Nuclear Fusion Project

Originally Published by NY Times

Posted on July 24th, 2010
Energy

IEEE Calls For Participation To Develop Standards For Quantifying GHG Emissions From Small Hydro And Wind Power Projects, And Grid Baseline Conditions

 Image of Micro Hydropower in India The IEEE Standards Association announces a call for participation for the IEEE P1595(TM) Working Group to help develop new standards for quantifying greenhouse gas (GHG) emission credits from small hydro and wind power projects and for grid baseline conditions.

Tom Baumann, posted on July 23rd, 2010
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NASA Image of the Day

Orbital Sunrise

 
The Expedition 24 crew on the International Space Station photographed this image of polar mesospheric clouds illuminated by an orbital sunrise. Polar mesospheric, or noctilucent ("night shining"), clouds usually are seen at twilight, following the setting of the sun below the horizon and darkening of Earth's surface. Occasionally the station's orbital track becomes nearly parallel to Earth's day/night terminator for a time, allowing the clouds to be visible to the crew at times other than the usual twilight because of the station's altitude. This photograph shows polar mesospheric clouds illuminated by the rising, rather than setting, sun at center right. Low clouds on the horizon appear yellow and orange, while higher clouds and aerosols are illuminated a brilliant white. Polar mesospheric clouds appear as light blue ribbons extending across the top of the image. The station was located over the Greek island of Kos in the Aegean Sea (near the southwestern coastline of Turkey) when the image was taken at approximately midnight local time. The orbital complex was tracking northeastward, nearly parallel to the terminator, making it possible to observe an apparent "sunrise" located almost due north. A similar unusual alignment of the ISS orbit track, terminator position and seasonal position of Earth's orbit around the sun allowed for this striking imagery of over the Southern Hemisphere. Image Credit: NASA
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