As part of the plan, the city will improve its combined sewer system over the next 20 years, reducing discharges of hundreds of millions of gallons of raw sewage to the Mississippi River and its tributaries.
Ritter will head a new national policy center focused on building the new energy economy.
New evidence suggests that the bulk of the world’s fisheries – including small-scale, often non-industrialized fisheries on which millions of people depend for food – could be sustained using community-based co-management.
The latest issue of the Green Labor Journal showcases a solar air heating training program by the ironworkers union and also the Apollo Alliance, a San Francisco organization promoting energy efficiency, mass transit, and domestic job growth through green technologies.
Professors examine significant legal responses to such topics as climate change, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and greenhouse gas rules.
Initiatives will emphasize the importance of protecting water from source to tap.
The University of Minnesota's Water Resources Center has authored a first-ever, comprehensive report designed to protect and preserve Minnesota's lakes, rivers and groundwater for the 21st century and beyond.
Water is a precious commodity, so finding ways to re-use waste water, especially in arid regions is essential to sustainability.
The company is providing an advanced industrial self-cleaning solution to a liquid hydrocarbon storage facility in France.
The acquisition will enable the employee-owned HDR to expand its reach in the Northeast and the Middle East.
The guidance offers an approach for coordinated water lab response in the case of a natural disaster, accident, or intentional event.
The company will be working for the Real Estate Services Division of the state's Department of General Services.
Research indicates pathogens levels have dropped since the implementation of federal regulations on treating sewage in 1993.
Research by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that the relative abundances of four bumblebee species have declined by up to 96 percent.
A research team from ETH Zurich, PSI, and Caltech successfully demonstrated the stable, efficient and rapid generation of solar fuels.
Billfish and tuna, important commercial and recreational fish species, may be more vulnerable to fishing pressure because of shrinking habitat according to a new study.
Virtual library includes closure maps, wildlife reports, and mission logs by crew members.
Igniting Creative Energy Water integrates the connection of water and energy conservation into the challenge; entries must be postmarked by March 4.
The non-profit business will involve 100 percent organically grown and recyclable products, local suppliers, Energy Star appliances, and both solar hot-water heating and solar photovoltaic technologies.