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- Utility-scale solar project planned for former coal mine Thu, 16 Sep 21, 7:00pmA former coal mine in Southwest Virginia will be redeveloped as a 50-megawatt utility-scale solar project.
- Farmland could be the next big asset class modernized by marketplace startups Wed, 17 Mar 21, 1:00amA growing number of companies are revolutionizing the way farm and forestland is acquired, developed and commercialized across the United States.
- New solar roadmap shows how Long Island can produce more electricity than the region uses each year Thu, 11 Mar 21, 9:36pmNew report and mapping tool shows huge potential on Long Island for developing solar energy in areas that have been built on before, such as commercial building rooftops, parking lots, and capped landfills.
- Amazon’s ‘climate pledge’ commits to net zero carbon emissions by 2040 and 100% renewables by 2030 Fri, 20 Sep 19, 2:30amIn Washington today, Amazon announced a series of initiatives and issued a call for companies to reduce their carbon emissions 10 years ahead of the goals set forth in the Paris Agreement as part of a sweeping effort to reduce...
- The Seychelles creates debt-for-conservation deal with Leonardo DiCaprio Fri, 23 Feb 18, 2:33amThe Seychelles, an island nation in East Africa, recently announced the creation of two new Marine Protected Areas roughly as big as Great Britain. It's part of what The Telegraph called a debt-for-nature swap: the island...
- Nature Conservancy gives forest management a digital makeover Thu, 20 Apr 17, 6:18amKeeping a forest healthy often means deciding what to do tree by tree and acre by acre. That’s easy enough with a square mile of it, but what about a thousand? The Nature Conservancy is working on tools that will...
- Leonardo DiCaprio gives Seychelles $1 million for monumental marine sanctuary Tue, 22 Mar 16, 1:00amOh, Leo... Actor Leonardo DiCaprio is having a banner year for a mega-rich activist, and he’s wowed us yet again. The charitable foundation that bears his name has granted $1 million to the island nation of Seychelles,...
- Invest in Nature, not infrastructure for storm abatement Fri, 19 Jul 13, 12:44amI suppose maybe they didn’t see this study on how a long forgotten seawall helped save homes in New Jersey. The best defense against catastrophic storms: Mother Nature, say Stanford researchers Stanford researchers...
- Nature Conservancy Builds Huge Artificial Bat Cave in Tennessee to Protect Bats from Disease Tue, 18 Sep 12, 1:20amFlying Fox Colony Photo via Shutterstock A disease known as white-nose syndrome (WNS) is decimating bat populations in the US, and in an effort to combat the epidemic, The Nature Conservancy in Tennessee is building an artificial...
- DALLAS: from “who shot JR?” to “methane hydrates will destroy the planet” Thu, 14 Jun 12, 2:37pmUgh. Sigh, they can’t even just fight over Texas oil, cattle, and greed anymore, now they fight over “alternate energy”. I just caught a few minutes of the Turner Network Television (TNT) reboot of the...
- Tragedy of the day: 1 in 10 animals unable to outrun climate change Tue, 15 May 12, 7:14amFrom the University of Washington, via Eurekalert, sympathy for snails, turtles, sloths, slow moving howler monkeys, shrews and moles and other slow moving critters that will apparently bake in place due to the 0.7C temperature...
- Adopt a Coral Reef Tue, 15 Sep 09, 4:38pmRight Click Banner to Visit Nature ConservancyHighlights Through the Conservancy's Adopt a Coral Reef program, you may now help protect 860+ species of reef fish that live in Papua New Guinea's Kimbe Bay.Perhaps you want...