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H-E-B’s Street Closure Request: Is The Plan not a Plan? | The Rivard Report

SustainableSA.com Posted on December 4, 2013 by stlaneMarch 10, 2014

I’ve sat through a number of City of San Antonio master planning meetings and workshops, including some of the many, well-attended brainstorming events for the Mayor’s SA2020 initiative. These sessions are long, often tedious “labors of love” for me and … Continue reading →

Posted in Building, City Planning & Urban Development, Commercial Building, Doing Something, Economic Development, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Polls & Opinions, Sustainability | Leave a reply

MIT Now Knows How to Get Clean Water out of a Gas Well | The Daily Fusion

SustainableSA.com Posted on November 1, 2013 by stlaneNovember 1, 2013

The transition from coal to natural gas is expected to significantly decrease carbon emissions. However, gas production poses its own environmental concerns. One of those is the problem of so-called “produced water”—large volumes of underground water with a lot of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool Tech, Doing Something, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

When Will We Hit Peak Garbage? | Surprising Science

SustainableSA.com Posted on October 31, 2013 by stlaneOctober 31, 2013

In 2013, if you’re someone who cares about the environment, your first and foremost concern is probably climate change. After that, you might worry about things like radioactive contamination, collapsing honeybee colonies and endangered ecosystems, among other contemporary environmental perils … Continue reading →

Posted in Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

New Financing Structures For Clean Energy Can Help Bring Down Solar Soft Costs

SustainableSA.com Posted on October 20, 2013 by stlaneMarch 24, 2014

Hardware costs for solar have substantially dropped over the past years. Solar module prices have decreased by 70% from 2010 to 2012. The attention is now directed towards soft costs and financing. An NREL study published in September 2013 analyzed … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Building, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Commercial Building, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fianance & Fundraising, Fossil Fuels, Job Creation, Microgrids, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Residential Building, Retrofits, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Uncategorized, Utilities | Leave a reply

Internal EPA report highlights disputes over fracking and well water – latimes.com

SustainableSA.com Posted on August 6, 2013 by stlaneAugust 6, 2013

WASHINGTON — One year ago, the Environmental Protection Agency finished testing drinking water in Dimock, Pa., after years of complaints by residents who suspected that nearby natural gas production had fouled their wells. The EPA said that for nearly all … Continue reading →

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A Republican Case for Climate Action – NYTimes.com

SustainableSA.com Posted on August 2, 2013 by stlaneAugust 2, 2013

EACH of us took turns over the past 43 years running the Environmental Protection Agency. We served Republican presidents, but we have a message that transcends political affiliation: the United States must move now on substantive steps to curb climate … Continue reading →

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Can GE Make Fracking Safer?

SustainableSA.com Posted on June 10, 2013 by stlaneJune 10, 2013

In three years, General Electric Co. has gone from only dabbling in oil and gas to investing a whopping $15 billion in the sector, with an eye for diversity and new technology—not drilling and producing. The bottom line is that … Continue reading →

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Newly Released Tim DeChristopher Finds a Movement Transformed by His Courage

SustainableSA.com Posted on April 27, 2013 by stlaneApril 27, 2013

After 21 months in federal custody, climate activist Tim DeChristopher approached the pulpit at his church in Salt Lake City, Utah, as a free man. The First Unitarian congregation rose in uproarious applause, tears streaming down more than a few … Continue reading →

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More Than One Million Comments Urge Obama Administration to Reject Keystone XL Pipeline

SustainableSA.com Posted on April 27, 2013 by stlaneApril 27, 2013

Opponents of Keystone XL have submitted more than one million comments urging President Obama, Secretary Kerry and the State Department to reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, following the publication of the latest deficient environmental review. There is a … Continue reading →

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Dead dolphins and shrimp with no eyes found after BP clean-up

SustainableSA.com Posted on April 27, 2013 by stlaneApril 27, 2013

Hundreds of beached dolphin carcasses, shrimp with no eyes, contaminated fish, ancient corals caked in oil and some seriously unwell people are among the legacies that scientists are still uncovering in the wake of BP's Deepwater Horizon spill.This week it … Continue reading →

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