Mirrors Power Up the Mojave

Jay OwenGreentech

Mirrors Power Up the Mojave Last week the Ivanpah solar thermal power plant in California went operational last week.  Ivanpah is a marvel.  Located in the Mojave Desert, the steam like any other.  However, at Ivanpah the power plant owner NRG Energy (NRG:  NYSE).  Google (GOOG:  Nasdaq) is a ‘relatively’ …

Exclusive report – Boeing reveals “the biggest breakthrough in biofuels ever”

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Resource Efficiency, Earth Systems Science, Nature/Biomimicry

Oil companies watch out. Biofuels are on the verge of a breakthrough that will transform the oil market. Not only that: it will also green the planet. In an exclusive interview with CleanTechnica.com and Energy Post, Darrin L. Morgan, Director Sustainable Aviation Fuels and Environmental Strategy at Boeing, reveals that …

Desert plants to be put to the test for aviation biofuel production

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Earth Systems Science, Nature/Biomimicry

Desert plants to be put to the test for aviation biofuel production The Salicornia is one species of halophyte that is a promising feedstock for biofuel production (Photo: SBRC) Image Gallery (2 images) Whenever the topic of plant-derived biofuels is raised, the issue of turning valuable arable land over to the task of …

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: The weaker sex: Male honey bees more susceptible than females to widespread intestinal parasite

Jay OwenNature/Biomimicry

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News The weaker sex: Male honey bees more susceptible than females to widespread intestinal parasite Posted: 18 Jan 2014 09:25 AM PST A research team has found that male European honey bees, or drones, are much more susceptible than female European honey bees, known as workers, to …

Can sheep restore Patagonia’s grasslands? – Ellie Winninghoff

Jay OwenCommunity Development Solutions, Earth Systems Science

Can sheep restore Patagonia’s grasslands? Patagonia Inc is buying wool from ranches that aim to restore degraded land in Argentina with livestock, a controversial concept Ellie Winninghoff theguardian.com, Monday 23 December 2013 10.43 EST Gauchos herding sheep near Lake Argentino, in Patagonia. Photograph: Alamy “Sustainability is a joke in comparison to …

[Climate Bonds] UK Govt announces it’s joining US, Scandis, World Bank, EIB to end overseas aid support for coal power and stop other MDBs. First test: EBRD’s Kosovo coal plant

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

Climate Bonds has posted a new item, ‘UK Govt announces it’s joining US, Scandis, World Bank, EIB to end overseas aid support for coal power and stop other MDBs. First test: EBRD’s Kosovo coal plant‘ The UK Government announced today they will join the US and Scandinavian countries in agreeing to end …

Plants Warn One Another of Pest Attack through Mycorrhizal Fungal Network

Jay OwenNature/Biomimicry

======================================================== ISIS Report 28/10/13 Plants Warn One Another of Pest Attack through Mycorrhizal Fungal Network ######################################################################### Exquisite inter-species relationships between plants and fungi threatened by industrial farming. Dr Eva Sirinathsinghji Underground intercom between plants A network of the soil microorganism – arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi – act as an underground intercommunications …

Energy Self-Reliant States: Bypassing the Power Grid

Jay OwenGreentech

I spent most of last week on the West Coast with the family (and even went for a ride in the redwoods on an early 20th century steam train), but I came across a terrific video from EnergyShouldBe on why baseload power sources like coal and nuclear are incompatible with a largely …

Green Futures: The Rise of Indoor Cropping

Jay OwenGreentech

The Rise of Indoor Cropping   By Tess Riley  It’s commonly accepted that record food prices were one of the key triggers for the Arab Spring. This year in Zimbabwe, critical levels of crop failure put over two million people at risk of chronic malnutrition. Even a prosperous state like Singapore, …

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: Pacific Ocean temperature influences tornado activity in US

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

  ScienceDaily: Top Environment News   Pacific Ocean temperature influences tornado activity in US Posted: 17 Oct 2013 02:40 PM PDT A researcher has found that the temperature of the Pacific Ocean could help scientists predict the type and location of tornado activity in the US. Unique skull find rebuts …