New Eased Drone Rules Aid Landslide Monitoring Efforts

Unmanned Aerial Systems pilots are flying close to landslide-prone terrain to collect higher-resolution elevation data than traditional aerial imagery can deliver, and they’re doing missions in scant hours—putting near real-time monitoring of dangerous slopes within practical reach.

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Canal Waters Still Turbulent

Controversy continues to dog the cooling system at Florida Power & Light Co.’s 3550-MW Turkey Point Power Station in Florida City despite the utility’s June 20 consent agreement with the Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection.
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$1 Billion Project To Put Wind Beneath Iowa Utility's Wings

One of the largest single investments in Alliant Energy’s multiyear plan to create cleaner and more efficient ways to generate electricity will be a $1-billion expansion of an Iowa wind farm, adding 500 MW of capacity to the 200 MW now in place.
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Dubai school Arcadia seeking LEED certification

CEO Navin Valrani said that in aspiring to become a LEED-certified school, they are establishing new standards of environmental awareness within the emirate
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