Category Archives: Eco Information

Researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have reconfirmed earlier findings of high rates of methane leakage from natural gas fields. If these findings are replicated elsewhere, they would utterly vitiate the climate benefit of natural gas, even when … Continue reading →

ScienceDaily (Nov. 27, 2012) — The installed price of solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems in the United States fell substantially in 2011 and through the first half of 2012, according to the latest edition of Tracking the Sun, an annual … Continue reading →

BP has been barred from doing new business with the United States government for misdeeds during the 2010 Gulf of Mexico rig disaster and oil spill, the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday. Earlier this month, BP pleaded guilty to more … Continue reading →

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. October 8, 2012, 11:19 am ET Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Republican Senate candidate John Raese filled in wetlands and damaged more than 2 miles of streams when he rerouted them to create waterfalls on a private, … Continue reading →

In the tranquil, misty mountains of southwest Virginia, the coal industry is trying to build its very own road to nowhere. King Coal’s latest scheme is to try and take $2 billion of federal funds—our tax dollars—to build the Coalfields … Continue reading →

This new design is meant to be deployed out at sea in remote areas high in the sky, out of reach of migratory paths of wild birds, and flight paths of airliners.  With it’s ability to land, and be stowed … Continue reading →

I’m swamped, so this won’t be so coherent, but passing on brief notes I typed while on phone about delivering donations tomorrow.  She said it was okay to share.  I think the same thing is happening here in Ohio, but … Continue reading →