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NASA Data Reveal Major Groundwater Loss In CaliforniaPasadena CA (SPX) Dec 21, 2009 New space observations reveal that since October 2003, the aquifers for California's primary agricultural region - the Central Valley - and its major mountain water source - the Sierra Nevadas - have lost nearly enough water combined to fill Lake Mead, America's largest reservoir. The findings, based on data from the NASA/German Aerospace Center Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment ... read more |
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San Antonio TX (SPX) Dec 21, 2009Valero Renewable Fuels Company has announced that it has signed an agreement with ASA Ethanol Holdings, to buy two ethanol plants that had been previously owned by VeraSun Energy. ASA Ethanol Holdings is a company owned by a former syndicate of lenders to the facilities, agented by West LB AG, which acquired the plants through the VeraSun bankruptcy auction. The plants - located in Linden ... more 
Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Dec 21, 2009Cetrel and Novozymes have announced a research partnership to turn sugarcane waste into green energy. Using Cetrel's know-how in waste-stream treatment and Novozymes' biotech expertise, the partners aim to enable sugar and ethanol production plants in Brazil to turn bagasse, the waste from sugarcane production, into biogas using enzymes. The biogas can be used to produce electricity for ... more  
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Dec 21, 2009The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES, developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), called GOES-P, arrived on Thursday, December 17 on a C-17 military cargo aircraft at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility from its manufacturing plant in El Segundo, Calif. The GOES-P satellite is targeted to launch on February ... more |
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  Gas 'gold rush' ignites in rural New York  Renewable Energy From Manure Becomes Reality For NY   Instant online solar energy quotes Solar Energy Solutions from ABC Solar |
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Houston TX (SPX) Dec 21, 2009U.S. Development Group has announced that its West Colton Rail Terminal has begun to receive and offload ethanol railcars. The terminal, located in Rialto, Calif., is served by the Union Pacific Railroad and located less than a mile from gasoline blending terminals that supply the greater San Bernardino and Riverside County-Inland Empire region. "The West Colton terminal represents a key ... more  
The Hague (AFP) Dec 16, 2009The Netherlands stepped up measures Wednesday against the world's biggest Q fever epidemic that has killed 10 humans, by ordering the slaughter of over 30,000 animals, a press release said. The ministry of agriculture announced the "preventative slaughter" of 34,000 expectant goats and ewes, and 1,200 billy goats "will be killed too as they can transmit the infection through their sperm". ... more 
Stanford, Calif. (UPI) Dec 16, 2009 Stanford University scientists say they've determined global warming could significantly negatively impact U.S. wine and corn production. The researchers, led by Assistant Professor Noah Diffenbaugh, said global warming has made the early arrival of spring commonplace across the planet. "Our experiment is unprecedented," he said. "It's the first time a climate model has been ... more |
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  EU gives 50 milion euros to Horn of Africa drought victims  NASA Outlines Recent Breakthroughs In Greenhouse Gas Research  ESA And World Bank Move Towards Closer Collaboration |
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