John Hennessy III,
P.E.
CLEAN WATER FUND
Water defines, and is central, to Michigan’s economy. Major tourism, agriculture, and fishing industries depend on the health of rivers, lakes, and streams. The Great Lakes contain over 20% of the world’s usable fresh surface water. Unfortunately unmitigated coal ash pollution is a major threat to the health of the state’s water and economy.
KACHAN & CO
The global economy is undergoing a fundamental change. Companies are under increasing pressure to produce and consume more efficiently. This pressure is creating innovation and, above all, opportunity in cleantech.
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA
Our analysis shows that damage from fracking is widespread and occurs on a scale unimagined just a few years ago. Moreover, three factors suggest that the total damage from fracking is far worse than we have tabulated here. Severe limitations in available data constrain our ability to see the full extent of the damage. Second, there are broad categories of fracking damage—such as the number of water wells contaminated—that would be difficult to ascertain under any circumstances. Finally, there remain major gaps in the scientific community’s understanding of issues such as the long-term consequences of pumping toxic fluids into the ground.
THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON CLEAN TRANSPORTATION
The analysis presented here rigorously compares the efficiency of all airlines independent of size, network structure, or type of service, with a methodology that improves upon previous efforts in four fundamental ways. First, it uses airline-reported fuel consumption data, rather than modeled estimates, to account fully for all the ways in which airlines can reduce fuel burn…Second, it develops an efficiency metric that recognizes that airlines burn fuel to provide both mobility…and access, allowing an equitable comparison between airlines. Third, the efficiency metric distinguishes productive from nonproductive miles flown by identifying those airlines that operate particularly circuitous routes. Finally, the study attributes the transport service provided by and fuel consumption of affiliate carriers to mainline carriers in order to enable comprehensive comparisons across carriers’ full business operations.
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY Executive Summary Several Western states have renewable portfolio standard (RPS) requirements that have driven significant expansion of wind, solar, and geothermal power. This study examines the renewable energy resources likely to remain undeveloped in the West by the time all these requirements have culminated in 2025. Development beyond that point will […]
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on Visua.ly Biking has increased dramatically in popularity over the past decade. From 1999 to 2009, there was a 64% increase in bike commuters. A whopping 54% of all bike trips were solely for transportation. With such a huge increase in demand for bike-friendly areas, 47% of Americans are volleying for more bicycle friendly areas […]
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“If the wind stops blowing in one place it’s most likely blowing somewhere else around that region and therefore across the region, and these are regional electricity markets that we have in the country. Across the region wind itself is not variable…if you spread it out with transmission across such a wide region.”
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Streetfilms Shortie – San Francisco Bicycle Rush Hour from Streetfilms on Vimeo. While vacationing in San Francisco, just happened to step out on to Market Street one day with the camera. Was only out there shooting in a 20 minute window and happened to capture this montage. It has been about three years since I […]
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TRANSIT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM Introduction Synthesis Purpose Rising energy prices, budget constraints, and concerns about energy independence, sustainability, and climate change have put pressure on all sectors of the economy to use energy as efficiently as possible. This is particularly true in the transportation sector, which accounts for approximately 28% of U.S. energy consumption (1). […]
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