Temperature anomalies in 2011 showing how much warmer or cooler each region was in 2011 compared with an averaged base period from 1951–1980. The global average temperature for 2011 was 0.51 Celsius (0.92 degrees Fahrenheit) […]
Six standards have been approved for the Catalog of Standards (CoS) managed by the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP). SGIP was set up by NIST to drive a consensus-based standards recommendation process for the smart […]
Directions Magazine is hosting a webinar about how the City of Vancouver has implemented an integrated solution focusing on urban planning and infrastructure management. Jonathan Mark, Senior Manager GIS and CADD Services and Dan […]
According to the EPA, greenhouse gas emissions from burning natural gas are 50% less that those from coal for the same amount of energy. But some researchers argue that the leakage of methane, which is […]
In December 2011 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), the first national standards for mercury, arsenic, acid gas, nickel, selenium, and cyanide emissions from power plants under […]
The Government of Canada has announced plans to streamline federal natural resources and environmental oversight. The objective is to reduce federal oversight of natural resource development projects by restricting federal involvement to only those projects […]
A 747 with the space shuttle Discovery took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center this morning. The shuttle will land at Dulles International Airport this morning and will be on exhibit at the Smithsonian National […]
The Obama Administration has released an Executive Order creating an Interagency Working Group to support the safe and responsible development of the domestic unconventional natural gas industry by coordinating federal environmental and regulatory oversight of […]