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Countries must fully support right to water at Rio+20 conference, says UN expert

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Countries must fully support right to water at Rio+20 conference, says UN expert

Special Rapporteur Catarina de Albuquerque. UN Photo/JC McIlwaine

New Climate research from last week 22/2012

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New Climate research from last week 22/2012

“This week we have really cool collection of new papers. We have special section for papers on Greenland ice sheet – past, present, and future. Another special section deals with Arctic affairs – cryosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. We also have other papers on diverse subjects, such as biomass burning, ENSO, Italian newspapers, Great Cormorants, black carbon, and diurnal temperature range.”  – Skeptical Science

Introducing a farm tech to reduce water and energy needs – hydrogel

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Introducing a farm tech to reduce water and energy needs

This is potentially interesting, but like most stuff from private companies, they don’t want people to know how it works.  So we have to trust them!  Seems to me to be a dying paradigm.

WSR-88D Radar Outage Notification PUERTO RICO MAY 31 2012 03:58:00

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WSR-88D Radar Outage Notification PUERTO RICO

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NOUS62 TJSJ 310358
FTMJUA

MESSAGE DATE:  MAY 31 2012 03:58:00

THE WSR-88D TJUA RADAR HAS FAILED DUE TO UNKNOWN REASONS. THERE IS A
SUSPICIOUS SMOKE/FIRE ALARM ON IN THE EQUIPMENT SHELTER ROOM WITH 0%
GENERATOR FUEL. FAA TECHS AND AOCC HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. THE RADAR
WILL BE OUT OF SERVICE FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. FAA TECHS WILL
VISIT THE SITE TOMORROW MORNING.

ROSA

Renewable energy growth helps offset greenhouse gas increases

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Renewable energy growth helps offset greenhouse gas increases

The strong growth in renewable energy sources has helped offset an increase in greenhouse gas emissions, according to official figures released today by the European Environment Agency (EEA).  more

RENEWABLE ENERGY IN PUERTO RICO

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Renewable Energy in Puerto Rico – Presentation to PR Senate

Achievable Renewable Energy Targets For Puerto Rico’s Renewable Energy Portfolio  Standard – Final Report

By Agustín A. Irizarry-Rivera, Ph.D., P.E.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
agustin@ece.uprm.edu
José A. Colucci-Ríos, Ph.D., P.E.
Department of Chemical Engineering
biodieselpr1@aol.com
Efraín O’Neill-Carrillo, Ph.D., P.E.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
oneill@ece.uprm.edu

MERCADO VERDE – MUJERES AGRICULTORAS EXHIBIRÁN SUS PRODUCTOS LOS ÚLTIMOS JUEVES DE CADA MES

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CONVERSATORIO: LA MUJER EN LA AGRICULTURA

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Arctic melt releasing ancient methane

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Arctic melt releasing ancient methane

By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News

“This is yet another serious concern: the warming will feed the warming.”

Conservando nuestros recursos naturales

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Conservando nuestros recursos naturales

Here is an excellent website from the the UPR Agricultural Extension Service. The author of the website is Carmen González Toro, Especialista en Ambiente.