Monthly Archives: February 2016
Effects of Major Oil Deal
Saudi Arabia and Russia, the two biggest oil-exporting nations in the world, reached a deal on Tuesday to freeze their production at their current record-high levels of production. This deal is meant to prop up the price of oil, which … Continue reading
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Solar Star Power Plant
Online as of June 19th, 2015, the Solar Star I and II power plants in Kern and Los Angeles Counties California deliver an estimated energy capacity to power 255,000 homes and are some of the largest solar operations in the … Continue reading
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Coal??? PA???
Jimmy Robertson http://seekingalpha.com/article/3356775-the-keystone-state-is-the-key-to-the-future-of-coal My group is thinking about doing our research project on the future of coal, namely in Pennsylvania. The largest deposits of bituminous and anthracite coal are found in eastern and western coal, respectively. There is enough coal … Continue reading
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Impacts of Water Scarcity in India
With agriculture being a significant aspect of India’s economy, a lack of water will further diminish India’s economy specifically in the agriculture sector. Monsoon rains provide roughly 50% of India’s rain, however this rain falls in about 15 days and … Continue reading
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Smart Sustainable City in Denver
Eco Towns in Japan are a 20 year-old reality. They are towns based on the principle of a sound material-cycle society; they were also an experiment for enviromental technologies and fostered the development of the eco-business. In the last 20 … Continue reading
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Deal on Aviation Emissions
For the semester project our group discussed many different options. One that interested all of us was the possibility of studying aviation emissions. This idea is very interesting because aviation emissions are the fastest growing cause of greenhouse gases that … Continue reading
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Deer Overpopulation in Pennsylvania
By Mara Cassidy Article link: http://blog.nature.org/science/2013/08/22/too-many-deer/ For our semester-long project, my group and I discussed looking at the overpopulation of deer in Pennsylvania and trying to see their effects on the environment (or if there are even any effects). The article … Continue reading
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The African Lion
By Emma Jenkins One of the topics my group is considering is the endangerment of the African lion (Panthera leo leo species). In 2014, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the species as threatened. In late December 2015, the African … Continue reading
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Over-reliance on groundwater in “Desperately Dry” California
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/01/us/politics/desperately-dry-california-tries-to-curb-private-drilling-for-water.html?ref=topics&_r=0 Despite the fact that water is a renewable resource, the world’s supply of groundwater is steadily decreasing, especially in North America and Asia. To deal with the prolonged drought, many Californian farmers have been drilling deep down on their … Continue reading
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Deforestation
I found interesting how this article asserts that one of the most effective solution for climate change could be stopping deforestation, an issue that unfortunately did not get that much attention at the Paris accord on climate change. This problem, … Continue reading
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