Originally published on CleanTechnica. Mississippi will become the 46th state to implement net metering for owners generating renewable electricity with solar panels or wind. However, the new policy comes with rate limitations that favor utilities. Briefly, net metering is the process by which individual utility customers who use solar panels or other renewable energy generators
Dustin Bockman caught and killed a very large alligator over the weekend with some friends. He shot the thirteen foot creature with a bow and arrow, in Mississippiās first statewide official alligator hunt. It was a record-setting catch, but this seems to be sort of a sad accomplishment, because the alligator did nothing to humans
Tropical Storm Leeās remnants combined with a warm front along the US East Coast are bringing heavy rainfall from New England to the Appalachian Mountains, causing rivers to flood and residents to consider moving to higher ground.
Hello Planetsavers! I thought Iād start doing a monthly wrap-up of our top 20 posts for people to have a glance at. Many of the top stories this month, as youāll notice, were clearly tied into major world news events. Google is the main traffic driver for the large majority of sites on the Internet and ours isnāt an exception. Covering environmental news consistently, this often results in the biggest news stories rising to the top.
The U.S. Geological Survey released this prediction of flood crests compiled by the National Weather Service on May 4, 2011.
Thatās not the kind of thing you want to hear, especially not with the flooding going on. But, reportedly, Grand Gulf Nuclear Plant workers in Mississippi āaccidentally released water from an abandoned unit into the river.ā A large amount of tritum, a cancer-causing radionuclide, was in the water according to sensors.
Massive rainfalls towards the end of April, 2011, have increased water levels along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, bringing them to record level highs. Flood waters have inundated homes, businesses and agricultural fields throughout the region.
The Animal Legal Defense Fund has released a new report showing that while animal welfare laws have made great progress in recent years, five states lag far behind.
If you have visited Planet Save for any length of time you will no doubt have seen me talk about the increasing amount of ādead zonesā cropping up across our planets watery surface. In particular, the Gulf of Mexico is home to what is believed to be the largest dead zone in the world: an
