John Hennessy III,
P.E.
Mike Jacobs is leading the Union of Concerned Scientists’ work on electricity markets and regulatory reform. Topics include:
The Union of Concerned Scientists on Renewable Energy
Energy Independence
Making Electricity “Visible”
Consumer Choice: Greater than Ever
Union members in Southern California are proving that good jobs and sustainable environmental practices go hand in hand. The members of IBEW Local 569 in San Diego are working alongside the environmental community to create work that sustains communities and keeps union members working. –TheElectricalWorker on YouTube.
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Transportation Issues Daily
Social media (or, as we prefer it, mobile media*) is changing the landscape of how organizations engage the public. Yet public agencies lag behind the private sector when it comes to using mobile media to gather information from and distribute information to customers and the public.
Iron Workers are partnering with the National Steel Bridge Alliance to make investments in accelerated, competitive bridge construction techniques. Join the Iron Workers and IMPACT at the 2013 North American Iron Workers/IMPACT Labor-Management Conference to attend this highly anticipated breakout session. – IronworkersIMPACT on YouTube.
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AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
The average age of the 84,000 dams in the country is 52 years old. The nation’s dams are aging and the number of high-hazard dams is on the rise. Many of these dams were built as low-hazard dams protecting undeveloped agricultural land. However, with an increasing population and greater development below dams, the overall number of high-hazard dams continues to increase, to nearly 14,000 in 2012.
BIKE SHARE
The year of the snake? Nope. It’s the year of the bike share.
In 2013, North America will likely see the addition of eighteen new bike share programs, growing approximately 50 percent from 2012. This will bump the total number of bike share programs on the continent to 53.
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Eben Weiss (a.k.a. BikeSnobNYC) is the blogger behind bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com, a massively popular cycling blog (started in 2007). Topics include:
New World of Cycling
Bike Snob Abroad: Ripple Affect
Cycling Infrastructure in the US
Shocked into Engagement
THE SOLAR FOUNDATION
Employment figures in the State Solar Jobs Map were generated using thousands of data points from a combination of high-quality sources, including The Solar Foundation’s National Solar Jobs Census 2012, the Solar Energy Industries Association’s National Solar Database, and other sources. These numbers are believed to be the most credible and up-to-date state-level jobs numbers in existence.
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