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A Real Jaw Dropper at the Federal Reserve – From the Huff Post
Posted by: Michael D. Austin on December 6, 2010
- Minneapolis church seeks for Earth to power its heavenly work.The faithful at Mount Olive Lutheran Church just wanted to make their 80-year-old building energy-efficient, a tangible step to care for God's creation.
- Into the ice: humans get closer to nature – in pictures.From log trails to lava houses, from mud baths to melting glaciers, US photographer Lucas Foglia explores our relationship with the natural world in his new book Human Nature.
- It takes a village to improve a community’s health.Halifax County, North Carolina, had some of the lowest health rankings in the state. Alarmed by this, the community pulled together to start making major changes.
- School food hero Betti Wiggins takes on Houston’s public schools.The veteran nutrition director who reformed Detroit's school food takes on a new challenge in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
- Puerto Rico could go solar: Elon Musk, Gov. discuss microgrid transformation.Could Puerto Rico rebuild its electrical system in a radical new way to use more renewable energy, lower costs and improve reliability? Two heavyweight players appear interested in the idea.
- How solar energy saved a Puerto Rican farm from Hurricane Maria.While his competitors wait for diesel to restart generators knocked out by Hurricane Maria, flower grower Hector Santiago is already back in business because of solar panels powering his 40-acre (16.2-hectare) nursery in central Puerto Rico.
- IEA lifts 5-year renewables forecast.The International Energy Agency has raised its forecasts for renewable energy over the next five years following a record 2016, mainly driven by a surge in solar photovoltaic capacity in China, India and the United States.
- Energy project shows promise, once connected to the grid.In this era of fossil-fuel induced climate change, alternative energy projects should be the new way of doing business.
- Slow and steady, a tortoise is winning its race with extinction.The Burmese Star Tortoise was called functionally extinct by ecologists, but a captive breeding program in Myanmar has saved them, a study says.
- Minnesota's organic farming industry shows steady growth, USDA survey shows.Minnesota ranks ninth nationally in organic production and sales with double-digit growth that mirrors trends around the country.
- Could this major grant by Paul Allen signal deeper climate giving to come?The tech donor’s latest major grant is right in the sweet spot between the two fields, a $4 million commitment that will back the deep ocean probes monitoring how ocean temperatures are changing.
- ‘Coal is dead’ and oil faces ‘peak demand,’ says world’s largest investment group.BlackRock investment group, with $5 trillion in assets, is bullish on electric cars and renewables.
- Exhibit brings the hard lessons of the petrochemical industry home.What do Louisiana and western Pennsylvania have in common? For one, an industry that for better or for worse inspires art.
- After Hurricane Harvey, Houston heals through food.As the city starts on the long road of recovery, food banks, urban farmers, and others are joining forces to feed the city.
- Review: A cast of 87 sounds a climate change alarm.Bringing together wrestlers, a food cart, a cellist and a bandstand, Pig Iron Theater Company takes on catastrophe in "A Period of Animate Existence."
- Federal panel votes to warn public about flame retardants in baby products, furniture.For the first time a federal agency is moving to outlaw an entire class of toxic flame retardants, a policy change intended to protect Americans from chemicals linked to cancer, neurological deficits, hormone disruption and other health problems.
- California condors return to the skies after near extinction, including Utah.In a remote, rugged valley overlooking the Pacific Ocean, researchers closely monitor an endangered icon: the California condor.
- Sea turtles appear to be bouncing back around the world.Researchers analyzed all existing public data of sea turtle nesting sites around the world and found a tale of “cautionary optimism.”
- The snow leopard is no longer endangered. It is still at risk.The snow leopard is no longer an endangered species, but its population in the wild is still at risk because of poaching and habitat loss, conservationists said this week.
- Iconic but depleted monarch butterfly makes a summer comeback.The monarch butterfly, whose population has declined 90 percent, has been rebounding this summer in the Northeast thanks to ideal weather.
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