Case Study: City Mulls Fueling Buses, Garbage Trucks with Landfill Gas by WIH Resource Group


Gas from Fargo’s landfill is already used to generate power and heat, but there’s enough left to fuel the city’s buses and garbage trucks as well. By removing moisture and impurities, the landfill gas can be converted to natural gas suitable for use in specially equipped vehicles. That’s a good thing because fuel is one … More Case Study: City Mulls Fueling Buses, Garbage Trucks with Landfill Gas by WIH Resource Group

Top Global Warming Causes – Natural or Human? WIH Resource Group


Top Global Warming Causes – Natural or Human? If you’ve followed the debate over climate change even a little, you likely know the main causes of global warming: concentrations of greenhouse gases build up in the Earth’s atmosphere, and create a “greenhouse,” or warming effect. You’re likely also aware that evidence of past warming periods has fueled the argument that natural causes are largely responsible for current global warming, and thus, our choices of ways to reduce global warming are limited. If Nature’s calling the shots, is there any reason to change human activities that increase levels of carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases? … More Top Global Warming Causes – Natural or Human? WIH Resource Group

NATIONAL RECYCLING COALITION (NRC) LIMPS INTO CHAPTER 7 FILING


On the heels of the failed vote to merge with Keep America Beautiful, the National Recycling Coalition Board voted today to pursue a Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing, ending the organization’s 30-year run as the nation’s largest non-profit recycling advocacy organization.

“This really is a very sad day for an organization that doesn’t get nearly the attention it deserves,” said Bob Gedert, executive director of the California Resource Recovery Association and NRC Board member. “We need to acknowledge the truly heroic efforts of everyone who worked so hard to make this organization work as long as it did.”
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Western Governors call for swift adoption, implementation of national energy plan


Letter to President-elect Obama focuses on affordadble, clean energy to sustain economy, stimulate efficiency, stengthen energy security, reduce greenhouse gases WASHINGTON — In a letter to President-elect Barack Obama, Western governors today urged swift action in adopting and implementing a national energy plan and proposed a number of measures that would transform the country’s energy … More Western Governors call for swift adoption, implementation of national energy plan