Articles for Vol 1 No 3

ASCE Hydro Power Committee
The American Society of Civil Engineers has long been a leader in engineering publications. Winners in each competition category will receive a number of books and publications offered by the American Society of Civil Engineers Hydro Power Committee.

GRID

Pataki unhappy with grid performance
Press-Republican Online August 15, 2003

TALE OF THE UNEXPECTED
OUTAGE SURPRISES THE EXPERTS
By WILLIAM BUNCH
bunchw@phillynews.com

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Leading The Pack
Inside Tuscon Business July 15, 2003

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“Our Allotted Task” --- Build the Hydrogen Economy
By Chandler Van Voorhis, Co-Host, GreenWave Radio

Keeping hydrogen in perspective

Environment

Farmed salmon carries extra PCBs and other stories

Farmed salmon carry far heavier loads of one toxic chemical than wild-caught ocean salmon, according to a report released by the Environmental Working Group.

http://www.enn.com/news/2003-08-13/s_7395.asp

Tons of chemicals spill off coast of Russian island in Bering Sea

Tons of chemicals used for the production of plastics have leaked off the coast of a Russian island in the Bering Sea, Russian media reported Tuesday.

http://www.enn.com/news/2003-08-13/s_7460.asp

Simple fixes could bring water to millions, say experts

Simple innovations such as recycling household water and fixing leaky pipes would bring safe drinking water to hundreds of millions of people lacking it today, politicians and scientists said Tuesday.

http://www.enn.com/news/2003-08-13/s_7450.asp

Some Issues to clean up the environment from The Union of Concerned Scientist

Impacts of coal-fired electric generation

World Bank group meets to clean up Asia's deadly air

22 July 2003

By Associated Press

SINGAPORE — Delegates from the oil industry and a World Bank-funded environmental group met for the first time Monday to discuss measures to clean up heavily polluted Asian cities, where air pollution kills over 500,000 people every year.

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Electric Power Generation Partners - New incentives for clean electricity generation lowers utility bills in USA. TVA announces $0.15 per kilowatt credit for power private solar and wind systems produce.

Making the energy grid intelligent
By David Samuel, General Manager, Global Energy & Utilities, IBM Corporation

Business Services: The Next Frontier in Cost Reduction for Utilities
By John Sequeira, Principal, Scott, Madden & Associates

Tungsten lattices may offer more power for electric devices
Instrumentation Systems and Automation Society July 15, 2003

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