National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration- Newest NOAA Geostationary Satellite Reaches OrbitNOAA and NASA officials announced a new Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES), launched tonight, successfully reached its initial orbit, joining four other GOES spacecraft that help NOAA forecasters track life-threatening weather and solar activity. […]
- NOAA and Gloucester Seafood Display Auction Settle Three CasesNOAA and Gloucester Fish Exchange, Inc. (owner of the Gloucester Seafood Display Auction) agreed late yesterday to settle three pending enforcement cases that involved allegations of handling illegally caught fish and maintaining false records. […]
- NOAA Provides $10 Million to Support New England Groundfish FisheryNOAA announced today an additional $10 million to preserve fishing opportunities for the New England fishing industry and continue the development of a new sector program in the groundfish fishery. Over the last two years, a total of $47.2 million has been committed to the groundfish fishery and the transition to sectors. […]
- Newest NOAA Geostationary Satellite Reaches Orbit
- Sea Shephard Ocean Protection
- Antarctic Campaign Report – Success Defending Whales!Antarctic Campaign Report – Success Defending Whales! Ships are expendable, endangered whales species are not 2009-2010 Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign: Operation Waltzing Matilda After three long weary and dramatic months upon the most remote and hostile seas in the world, the Sea Shepherd ships Steve Irwin and Bob Barker were welcomed by crowds of cheer […]
- Japanese Whalers Are Clear Cutting the “Forests” of the Southern OceanJapanese Whalers Are Clear Cutting the “Forests” of the Southern Ocean Intelligence willfully destroyed to read booksMoby Dick read by the light of burning whales,Without a thought, blind to the connectionsBy death’s bright light, is read another bookThou shalt not kill is one of the lying tales.We define what is right by biased selections- Captain P […]
- Sea Shepherd Ships Complete Operations in Southern Ocean for 2010Sea Shepherd Ships Complete Operations in Southern Ocean for 2010 1800 Hours: Perth and Fremantle100 Hours: Sydney and Hobart0200 Hours: (PST) Friday Harbor and Los Angeles Captain Paul Watson has ordered the Sea Shepherd ship Bob Barker to disengage from further pursuit of the Japanese factory ship Nisshin Maru and to set a course for Hobart, Tasmania. “T […]
- Antarctic Campaign Report – Success Defending Whales!
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Discussing the DiscussionMy job provides a lot of opportunities to meet with people face-to-face. I’ve met with environmental justice advocates in New Orleans, mayors affected by auto sector closures in the Midwest, and tribal representatives in Montana, just to name a few. It’s all part of Administrator Jackson’s directive to expand the conversation on environmentalism. But n […]
- CHILDHOOD OBESITY PART I: Healthy DietsFor the past two years I have been volunteering at a local elementary school in my hometown. Only recently did I have a chance to see the cafeteria. Scanning the trays I saw the “typical” cafeteria foods : pizza, hotdogs, and hamburgers. Rarely did I see fruits and vegetables, but I always saw some sort [...] […]
- Question of the Week: When was the last time you fixed a leak?An American home can waste, on average, more than 10,000 gallons of water every year due to running toilets, dripping faucets, and other household leaks. Nationwide, more than 1 trillion gallons of water leak from U.S. homes each year. That’s why WaterSense is promoting Fix a Leak Week from March 15 to 21, 2010, [...] […]
- Discussing the Discussion
- Environment
- Energy Efficiency Retrofit ProgramWASHINGTON–In his State of the Union address, the President called on Congress to pass a program of incentives for homeowners who make energy efficiency investments in their homes. Today, while touring a training facility at Savannah Technical College, the President outlined more details of a new “HOMESTAR” program that would help create jobs by encour […]
- Energy Efficiency Retrofit Program
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Smart Grid and Electric Transmission Infrastructure
Obama Administration Announces Availability of $3.9 Billion to Invest in Smart Grid Technologies and Electric Transmission Infrastructure
Recovery Act Funding Will Create Jobs, Help Modernize Nation’s Electric Grid
Washington, DC – U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that the Department of Energy is soliciting applications for $3.9 billion in grants to support efforts to modernize the [...]
Impacts of Global Climate Change
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
New Report Provides Authoritative Assessment of National, Regional Impacts of Global Climate Change
Details Point to Potential Value of Early, Aggressive Action
June 16, 2009
Climate change is already having visible impacts in the United States, and the choices we make now will determine the severity of its impacts in the future, according to [...]
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Obama’s Energy Bill And Global Warming