je.st
news
Tag: spurs
Cheap gas spurs SUV sales and puts U.S. climate goals at risk
2015-12-16 07:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Surging demand for trucks and SUVs fueled by cheap gasoline is holding back improvements in U.S. fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions, a government report due out on Wednesday is expected to show. The disconnect between consumer demand for larger, less efficient vehicles and the Obama administrations climate goals sets up a clash between the auto industry and federal regulators. Mark Rosekind, who heads the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, said in a Reuters interview last...
NIST Joplin Tornado Study spurs changes in building codes.
2015-12-08 14:31:10| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
ICC's 2018 International Building Code (IBC) and 2018 International Existing Building Code (IEBC), used as basis for building and fire regulations promulgated and enforced by U.S. state and local jurisdictions, will feature changes aimed towards protecting schools and their associated high-occupancy buildings from violent tornadoes. Said changes came about based on recommendations from NIST technical investigation into impacts of one tornado that struck Joplin, MO on May 22, 2011.
Tags: study
building
codes
tornado
Control rod power loss spurs New York reactor shutdown
2015-12-06 09:52:45| Energy - Topix.net
One of the Indian Point nuclear power plant's reactors was shut down Saturday after several control rods lost power, the plant owner said, marking the latest in a series of mishaps at the suburban New York plant this year. Control room operators safely shut down the Indian Point 2 reactor around 5:30 p.m., owner Entergy Corp. said in a statement, adding the reactor did what it's intended to do if control rods lose electricity.
Rising Temps, Invisible Threats: Climate Change Spurs Disease Fears
2015-11-27 21:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NDTV: Winter was oddly mild in northern Texas in 2012, a year that saw few snowflakes and barely any ice. When the cold failed to show up, the spring mosquitoes arrived in droves, carrying disease. The insects multiplied during an unusually muggy May, when temperatures hit the 90s and then stayed there. On June 20, Dallas recorded the season's first case of West Nile virus. By late August, there were nearly 400. Nineteen people would die in the greater Dallas area in the worst West Nile outbreak...
Tags: change
disease
temps
rising
Detroits Crackdown on Garbage Cans Spurs $100 Fines
2015-11-19 21:52:00| Waste Age
The Detroit News Residents in some Detroit neighborhoods have started receiving $100 fines for leaving their garbage cans in the wrong locations. read more
Tags: fines
garbage
crackdown
cans
Sites : [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] next »