The deceptively calm waters of Langa Langa Lagoon on the west coast of Malaita Island in the Solomon Islands is home to thousands of people who have lived on artificial islands for centuries. For generations the islanders in this south-west Pacific nation have employed tenacity and ingenuity to maintain their existence on the tiny low-lying man-made atolls, devoid of freshwater and arable land. B ... read more >>

Veolia Environnement sees strong growth in toxic waste recycling and will keep investing in plants to treat industrial solvents and old batteries as it chases more sales from industrial clients. The French water and waste group's toxic waste business includes recycling lithium from batteries, vanadium from industrial catalysts, and cutting oil or lubricant polluted by metal shavings. Strong growt ... read more >>

A $614.8 million contract to design and build "three permanent closures and pump stations along flood-prone canals in Lake Pontchartrain" in New Orleans has been awarded to PCCP Constructors, a joint venture that includes Kiewit Louisiana, Traylor Bros. and M.R. Pittman Group. The contract is considered to be the final "post-Katrina major contract in New Orleans for post-Katrina storm surge defen ... read more >>

Oakland residents can take steps to protect their communities in the face of climate change impacts by playing games and other engaging activities to learn about heat waves, flooding, and poor air quality. ... read more >>

As spring rains soaked the central United States and helped conquer the historic drought, a new problem has sprouted: The fields have turned to mud.
The weekly drought monitor report, released Thursday by National Drought Mitigation Center in Lincoln, Neb., showed the heavy rains that also caused some flooding in the last week brought drought relief to the upper Midwest, western Corn Belt and ce ... read more >>

Near the moonscape summit of the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii, an infrared analyzer will soon make history. Sometime in the next month, it is expected to record a daily concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of more than 400 parts per million (p.p.m.), a value not reached at this key surveillance point for a few million years. There will be no balloons or noisemakers to celebrate the ev ... read more >>

"Inertia and uncertainty" over EU energy policy is preventing institutional investors supporting desperately needed clean energy projects, a House of Lords committee will warn today. Around €1trn of investment is required by the end of the decade to support the development of a secure and low-carbon energy supply, peers say in a new report. But it expresses alarm at "the degree of uncertainty, co ... read more >>

According to Zpryme, for the second month in a row, U.S. citizens had a more positive (9.5%) than negative (4.4%) view of the smart grid than they had 12 months ago. However, the majority (73.8%) of U.S. adults are still not familiar with the smart grid. There is some evidence to show that energy security concerns revolve around a nation’s reliance on petroleum and strong energy efficiency polici ... read more >>

A solar plane is scheduled to take off and cross the United States. ... read more >>

For two years now, flower growers along the shore of Kenya’s Lake Naivasha have been paying farmers in the hills 40 kilometers away to adopt sustainable agriculture practices. They’re doing it to save their lake, but it’s also helping farmers lift themselves out of poverty. ... read more >>