Category Archives: Ecology

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Posted on December 6, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

Study: Texas Could Increase Solar Capacity 10 Times by Requiring Builders to Put Panels on New Homes If builders install solar panels on all new Texas homes and apartment buildings by 2045, the state could generate a ten-fold increase in … Continue reading →

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Warehouse Collapse Dumped 120,000 Gallons into Retention Ponds

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

The final collapse of Barton 1792 Distillery’s Warehouse 30 sent about 120,000 gallons of spirits into two retention ponds, state officials say.

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Corona Backs World Oceans Day

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

Anheuser-Busch InBev is taking the issue of marine plastic pollution to the global stage outside the U.S. by hijacking iconic

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Ithaca Beer Goes Solar

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

Ithaca Beer Co. installed a 200 kW solar power array on the roof of its brewery in Ithaca, N.Y. The move makes it one of the largest

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Jim Beam Partners with Forest to Protect Water

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

Jim Beam joined forces with Bernheim Arboretum & Research Forest, a 15,625 acre privately held forest just south of Louisville, to

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California’s Drought Area Triples in 3 Months to 92% of State

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

If you’re like us – not living in California – you might have thought the state’s drought was over. After all, didn’t the Golden State have

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