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amp Trillium Opens Its Second Compressed Natural Gas Station in Jacksonville,...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Oct. 14, 2015 – amp Trillium, LLC, the joint venture between ampCNG and Trillium CNG, today opened a public-access compressed natural gas station in northern Jacksonville, Florida....
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EPA WaterSense: WaterSense Partners of the Year Find Innovative Ways to Make...
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) honored the 2015 WaterSense Partners of the Year during the Water-Smart Innovations Conference and Exposition in Las Vegas, NV, October 8, 2015. WaterSense...
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Hand-in-Hand Combat Against a Toxic Urban Soup
The water quality in Baltimore’s inner harbor hasn’t been keeping pace with its renovated surroundings. Sewage, trash, and stormwater runoff have made it an unsafe place to swim or fish, according to...
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All Dressed Up Like a Particle Accelerator and No Place to Crash
I am not that skilled at putting together Halloween costumes. Some years ago I made a toga out of plaid fabric, threw on some heavy-rimmed black glasses, and was a “Greek geek.” I thought it was funny,...
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Taking Sides
The Federal Water Quality Protection Act came up for a vote in the Senate this week. While I don’t know, as I write this, which way the vote will go—it’s scheduled for sometime Tuesday afternoon—it...
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Do Not Fear the Five-Year Prison Sentence
At the beginning of October, I wrote the blog titled “Beware the Five Year Prison Sentence” and in the November/December issue of Grading & Excavation Contractor magazine, I wrote Editor’s Comments...
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Editor’s Comments: What’s Yours Is Mine?
I seemed to have hit a nerve when I wrote about this in one of my weekly blogs in October. The subject matter of the blog was basically, if you buy and own a piece of equipment, do you then have the...
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US Zero Waste Business Council Conference
After our biggest and best annual conference yet in Los Angeles, CA, the momentum is building for our 5th anniversary conference conducted in partnership with Austin Resource Recovery. Preliminary...
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Magic, Sleight of Hand, or a Real Solution With Limitations?
Half a year ago or so a PR firm sent me an article written by Keith White, the CEO of Ambient Water, with a request that I run it. I really have nothing against White or his company, and I’m going to...
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June 1st – 4th, 2016 at the Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol in Austin, TX!! After our biggest and best annual conference yet in Los Angeles, CA, the momentum is building for our 5th anniversary...
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If They Ask, Please Answer
Starting this month, the US Department of Agriculture will be collecting data for a nationwide survey on conservation practices. Specifically, the department is studying the types of conservation...
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Warren Buffet Beats Lyndon Rive: Why Nevada Said No to Net Metering for...
Several weeks ago, this blog took a look at the State of Nevada Public Utilities Commission’s (PUC) hearings over net metering for residential solar installations. Two weeks ago, the Nevada PUC voted...
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AMWUA Blog Stop Talking Start Acting
Words alone will not ensure a sustainable water supply for Arizona’s future. In this week’s AMWUA Blog post, attorney and executive director Kathleen Ferris explains five actions leaders need to take...
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Slide Rail Rules
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in GX Magazine September/October 2011, and has been reviewed for accuracy. Often touted as the most flexible shoring system available, the slide-rail system...
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Beyond Technology: Why The Energy Transition Needs Social Science
Editor’s note: Jennie C. Stephens is a professor of sustainability science and policy at the University of Vermont’s Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources and the School of...
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No Bucks, No Buck Rogers
In the movie The Right Stuff, astronaut Gordon Cooper asks, “You know what makes this bird go up?” answering his question with, “Funding, makes this bird go up.” To which fellow astronaut, Gus Grissom,...
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Elon Musk Talks Up Electric Plane at Hyperloop Event
Electric airplanes are practically a non-existent technology, but that could change if Elon Musk decides to put money and energy behind the particular concept he’s been mulling over for a number of...
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Photographer Ellen Callaway Uses the “Art of Photography” to Better Promote...
Arlington, MA – February 10, 2016 – Ellen Callaway never anticipated that her love of photography and her interest in recycling would inspire her to create an advertising campaign to promote the...
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Crime Stopper
How do you protect your meter network from losing its measuring capability? One option to improve and protect measure devices like dry-dial water meters is to use passive magnetic field indicators to...
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Lockheed Martin Signs Its First Major Renewables Deal for 30 MW of Solar
Earlier this week, aerospace, defense, and advanced technology company Lockheed Martin announced that it had concluded a deal to buy 30 MW of solar power from Duke Energy Renewables, a Business...
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