Ocean tidal power to become a reality in the US

According to Renewable Energy Magazine:
Regulators in the state of Maine have set the terms of a 20 year contract to distribute electricity being harvested from the movements of ocean tides — the first long-term power purchase agreement for tidal energy in the US.

For the balance of the article, go to:
http://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/renewableenergy/magazine/index

You can also receive a free edition of the magazine online!

Check me out 3/26/12!!!

My interview with Marsha and Jim will be today, March 26th at 4pm PDT/5pm MDT/6pm CDT/7pm EDT, here’s the link:
http://www.slideshare.net/TheLadyMarsha/together-again-march-262012

We’ll be chatting about the brave new world of Terrax, many centuries in the future….or is it?

Call in with your questions to 347-994-1510.

March 22nd is World Water Day!!

It’s World Water Day today!!

The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro. The site started in 2001 as a community space and repository where people can upload their WWD event activities and reports. The theme changes every year for which annual campaign materials can be found at the UN-Water site by clicking on: www.worldwaterday.org/ 

Last year’s theme was Water for Cities, which was timely considering the devastation of Japan’s people with the recent earthquake, tsunami, fires and now, impending nuclear disaster.

Here are more links to underscore the importance of clean water supplies on World Water Day:

http://www.waterworld.com/index/display/article-display/8703142010/articles/waterworld/world-regions/africa/2011/03/World_Water_Day_2011__Urgent_need_for_water_and_sanitation_investment.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/georgetown-on-faith/post/on-world-water-day-fighting-the-battle-for-clean-water/2011/03/21/ABZuAmCB_blog.html

FREE books on your Kindle…no kidding!

Get “Anti-Vigilante and the Rips in Time” FREE on your Kindle from Amazon.com, just join their Prime Members Club and download it today!

Have Sad Ocean Awareness Day

June 8th is Ocean Awareness Day….

I’ve lived in So. Cal. since I was 3 and things have sure changed. Now the beaches are so dirty (people leave trash and cigarette butts in the sand) and the water isn’t clean (runoff from over watering lawns has sent hundreds of pounds of pesticide and trash laden water from our storm drains directly into the ocean), it’s not safe to swim in the ocean anymore.

Sad commentary on what we (humans) are doing to this planet. Where will it end?

Sustainable Living Conferences June 9-16th

http://www.examiner.com/sustainable-energy-in-national/healthy-trees-ocean-energy-and-green-building-conferences-june-2011

Help the Environment with a click of your mouse

Big Oil is making big profits. In the past decade alone, the big five oil companies — BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Shell — reaped profits of nearly $1 trillion. Consumer gas prices are on the rise. More and more extreme weather events remind us that climate change is here, now. And to top it all off, these same polluters are still receiving massive taxpayer-funded subsidies.

Just one year after the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history — the BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico — BP’s profits topped $5 billion. Shell’s earnings have risen by more than 30 percent, and it’s seeking to add to its profits by drilling not one but 10 exploratory wells in the Arctic. Exxon reaped earnings almost 70 percent higher than it did last year. And our taxpayer dollars are given away to these big polluters through subsidies and tax credits totaling approximately $4 billion annually, while funding for environmental protection is on the chopping block.

Had enough? The Center for Biological Diversity has. But now, we have a real opportunity to end taxpayer giveaways to Big Oil. Please help us make it happen.
    
Visit http://action.biologicaldiversity.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=6761 to take action now.

They have a letter already written and with the click of a mouse you can email your Senators and ask them to fund clean energy technologies, like: solar power, wind power, geothermal, ocean energy, biofuels, the EV infrastructure, and help encourage more green jobs.

Renewable Energy Events -Worldwide from April 7th-16th

Renewable Energy Events -Worldwide from April 7th-16th

Green Energy Expo 2011
06 April 2011 – 08 April 2011
Daegu, South Korea

http://www.energyexpo.co.kr/eng

Wind Power India 2011
07 April 2011 – 09 April 2011
Chennai, India

http://www.windpowerindia.in

Wind Power Brazil – Design, Operating and Maintaining Successful Wind Projects in a Burgeoning Market
07 April 2011 – One day event
Sao Paulo, Brazil

http://www.2.greenpowerconferences.co.uk/EF/?sSubSystem=Prospectus&sEventCode=WE1104BR&sSessionID=a76e61950021bd7fa270f47f9a6050d4-1861810

China International Wind Energy Exhibition & Symposium – CWEE 2011
08 April 2011 – 10 April 2011
Shanghai, China

http://www.cwee.com.cn

European Sustainability Energy Week (EUSEW 2011)
11 April 2011 – 15 April 2011
Brussels, Belgium

http://www.eusew.eu

New Zealand Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2011
11 April 2011 – 13 April 2011
Wellington, New Zealand

http://windenergy.org.nz/events/2011-conference

6th PWEA – Wind Energy Market in Poland – Conference and Exhibition
12 April 2011 – 14 April 2011
Warsaw, Poland

http://www.konferencja2011.psew.pl

Polymers in Photovoltaics 2011
12 April 2011 – 14 April 2011
Cologne, Germany

http://www2.amiplastics.com/Events/Event.aspx?code=C379&sec=1382

2nd Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Summit India
12 April 2011 – 13 April 2011
New Delhi, India

http://www.csptoday.com/india

Offshore Wind Power Infrastructure Summit
12 April 2011 – 13 April 2011
London, UK

http://www2.greenpowerconferences.co.uk/EF/?sSubSystem=Prospectus&sEventCode=WE1104UK&sSessionID=d4480aece884f8552f7845b7418387ee-1757311

2011 Energy Efficiency Global Forum – EE Global
12 April 2011 – 14 April 2011
Brussels, Belgium

http://eeglobalforum.org

FutureFuels 2011
13 April 2011 – 14 April 2011
Mumbai, India

http://growdieselevent.com/default.aspx

Renewables 2011
13 April 2011 – 16 April 2011
Jakarta, Indonesia

http://www.renewables-indonesia.com

7th International Congress and Exhibition on Energy Efficiency (EE) and Renewable Energy Sources (RES) for Sout-East Europe
13 April 2011 – 15 April 2011
Sofia, Bulgaria

http://www.viaexpo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=98&Itemid=15&lang=en

International Eco Forum
13 April 2011 – 15 April 2011
Sofia, Bulgaria

http://www.viaexpo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=111&Itemid=143&lang=en

7th South East European EE & RES Congress and Exhibition
13 April 2011 – 15 April 2011
Sofia, Bulgaria

http://www.viaexpo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=43&Itemid=53&lang=en&limitstart=1

4th Indo-POWER 2011
14 April 2011 – 16 April 2011
Jakarta, Indonesia

http://www.indo-power.com

Offshore Wind in Europe Conference 2011
14 April 2011 – 15 April 2011
Copenhagen, Denmark

http://www.windenergyupdate.com/offshore-wind-europe/index.shtml

Marine Installation & Operation
14 April 2011 – One day event
London, UK

http://www2.greenpowerconferences.co.uk/OP1104UK

If you attend any of these events, please let us know all about them!

Understanding Ocean/Tidal/Stream Power

 

Ocean energy comes in many forms, and has been an effective, safe, constantly renewable energy supplier to Scotland for many years. It’s time we stop subsidizing BIG DIRTY COAL and OIL companies, and put our money in the future! Here’s a link to the entire article…Understanding the Effects of Ocean/Tidal/Stream Power | RussellRay.