Helping Uganda’s Orphans SUUBI Community Development Initiative

Uganda’s SUUBI Community Development Initiative (CDI) is a registered, non-governmental organization (NGO) begun in 2008 by a group of schoolteachers who were in despair by the number of orphans in ...

The Shadow Side of Smart Meters

Utilities market smart meters as a tool for customers to manage energy usage, to enable automated notification of power outages and to receive bills for actual as opposed to estimated usage. A smart m...

Disaster & Humanitarian Assistance Medicine

The Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine (CDHAM) is part of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) within the Department of Military and ...

The U.S. Coast Guard: A Unique Military Service in Every Way

Admiral Robert Papp, Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, leads a vital military service with far-reaching responsibilities. One of these responsibilities currently receiving widespread attent...

EU Greenhouse Gases in 2011: More Countries on Track to Meet Kyoto Targets, Emissions Fall 2.5%

Emissions of greenhouse gases in the European Union (EU) fell on average by 2.5% from 2010 to 2011, although several countries increased emissions. Almost all European countries are individually on tr...

Large-Scale Production of Biofuels Made From Algae Poses Sustainability Concerns

WASHINGTON – Scaling up the production of biofuels made from algae to meet at least 5 percent – approximately 39 billion liters – of U.S. transportation fuel needs would place unsustainable dema...

Leading Consumer Group Files Official Comments with USGBC Objecting to LEED’s Forest Certification Monopoly

Filing cites new report revealing increased consumer costs, billions of losses to U.S. timber industry and poor environmental performance. WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – Leading...

Malaria Transmission Peaks at Much Cooler Temperatures than Previously Predicted

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The most deadly type of malaria in humans and the one most prevalent in Africa is one that is very sensitive to climate. Previously published scientific studies put the optim...

Land Trust Community to Benefit From Wetland and Stream Mitigation Guide

Washington, D.C. – A handbook jointly issued today by the Environmental Law Institute and the Land Trust Alliance provides the land trust community and others with the tools necessary to understand ...

New Research Links Health Problems with Oil and Natural Gas Development

Largest-ever survey of Marcellus Shale residents living near gas facilities reveals pattern of health symptoms associated with oil and gas development Contacts: Nadia Steinzor, 315-677-4111, nsteinzor...

United States and Canada Sign Amended Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Canada’s Minister of the Environment Peter Kent today signed the newly amended Great Lakes Water Quality A...

EPA Awards $15 Million to Assist U.S. Small Drinking Water and Wastewater Systems

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded nearly $15 million in funding to provide training and technical assistance to small drinking and wastewater systems – those servin...

Businesses’ Role in Mitigating Climate Change Effects

Climate change is bringing unprecedented risks for business. The effects have become so destabilizing and potentially severe that the issue has risen to the top of many business agendas. Water scarcit...

USACE, International LEED & Passivhaus U.S. Army Europe Green Building Achievements

Green has always been a purposeful color in the U.S. Army. Vehicles are painted green; Army combat uniforms are stitched with green thread, and official Army history is captured in the Green Books. To...

Hawaii’s Path to Energy & Food Sustainability

In Hawaii, we’re known for the beauty of our beaches and mountains, unique historical attractions and aloha spirit of our people. However, visitors are often shocked to learn about some of ...

Information of Interest, Sep 2012

1. Climate Change and Security: Risks and Opportunities (www.lloyds.com) – A Lloyd’s of London – International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) 360° Risk Insight Report, Climate Change an...

Visual Dysfunction vs. ADD/ADHD Misdiagnosed Child Behavior Disorders

Children presenting with inattention that can contribute to behavior disorders are often misdiagnosed and/or misrepresented. Teachers and parents commonly characterize these children as being difficul...

Science & Intelligence Analysis

Intelligence analysis is a dynamic, interactive battle of wits played under complex, uncertain circumstances. Analysts must gather evidence from open and classified sources, evaluate its credibility, ...

EPA Opens Registration for Campus RainWorks Design Challenge Competition

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has opened registration for student teams from colleges and universities across the country to participate in its new design competition, ...

Impacts of Rising Temperatures Climate Change in a Business-As-Usual World

Business-as-usual” has been characterized as a response to climate change. This climate change scenario saves nations from expending resources to mitigation in the near-term. However, the long-term ...

Environment & Security: Uranium Waste in Tajikistan

In northern Tajikistan nearly 55 million tonnes of uranium waste remains in uncovered and unsecured sites. One of the largest dump sites, with about 12 million tonnes of radioactive waste, is in Tabos...

National Security & Distributed Power Generation

Nine years ago on what was otherwise a regular summer day in Northern Ohio, a high-voltage transmission line sagged because of the high current passing through it and clipped an untrimmed tree branch ...

Running Out of Time: Climate Change Policy Failures

In January 2011, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) jointly announced that 2010 tied 2005 as the hottest years in...

The Need to Protect the Scientific Deliberative Process

A situation has arisen involving scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) that should concern all those who value the principles of academic freedom and responsibility, and believe th...

A New Perspective on Persecution

According to two 2011 studies by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, 2.18 billion Christians and 1.6 billion Muslims exist around the globe,...

What is Good Water Stewardship?

With a growing awareness of the value and fragility of our water resources, it was expected there would be increased interest in knowing more about how we as a society interact with water. But what do...

WINTERS: 1970-1980; Robert Glenn Ketchum’s First Published Portfolio

With his first published portfolio, WINTERS: 1970-1980, Robert Glenn Ketchum challenged the established status quo of landscape photography. He achieved this by rejecting the iconic “view” in favo...

Information of Interest, Aug 2012

1. U.S. Navy Issues New Energy Policy to Drive Consumption Reduction (www.navy.mil) – The U.S. Navy issued a new energy policy that will drive energy consumption reduction at all Navy installations,...

Ocean Observing Systems Stimulating Interest in STEM

Ocean observing systems and ocean observatories are being developed and deployed in the U.S. and around the world to make sustained and continuous oceanographic measurements and to deliver that inform...

Sustaining America’s Water Supplies: Developing a National Vision & Strategy

Why does America need a national vision and strategy for water? The answer is because although water is the most critical and strategic natural resource, the U.S. has no national vision for its manage...
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