US Military Eyeballs Super-Sporty Electric Vehicles For All-Terrain Duty
The US Army Corps of Engineers is taking a closeup look at sporty new electric vehicles for disaster response and humanitarian aid.
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Why You Should Care About Projects To Replenish & Renourish US Coastal Beaches
I’m spending this week at the Florida Shore and Beach Preservation Association (FLSBPA) conference. It’s a tech conference, the 37th tech conference of the FLSBPA, actually, which means that scientists and engineers — coastal experts — are presenting back-to-back sessions, over several days, describing federal, state, county, and private projects … [continued]
US Army Piles On To Coal Woes, Nixes New Export Terminal
The US Army Corps of Engineers has suspended the permitting process for a proposed new coal export terminal in Washington State.
Nation’s Biggest Nat Gas Co Racks Up $2.3 Million Fracking Fine
XTO, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, just got caught in the “Al Capone” trap: EPA nails it for ordinary construction violations at fracking sites.
Department of Defense Goes Big On Wind, Solar, And Biomass
We’ve been following a massive $7 billion renewable energy buy that the Department of Defense kicked off a while back, and the program is really picking up steam. In the latest round of developments, yesterday the US Army Corps of Engineers paired up with the Army Energy Initiatives Task Force … [continued]
US Geothermal Lags Behind While Kenya Sprints Ahead
According to a new report from the Geothermal Energy Association, Kenya is set to stake out turf as the global geothermal leader with about 1,000 megawatts currently under development, more than one-fourth of which is already under construction. Meanwhile, despite its vast geothermal resources the US is still cheering from … [continued]
