Quote of the Week
"If people were meant to pop out of bed, we'd all sleep in toasters."
Garfield the cat
Nettleton Strategies
"Hi-Touch / Hi-Tech Solutions for Business and Government"
Carl Nettleton
What We Do
Nettleton Strategies specializes in making sense of what’s important to you and your organization and helping you decide what to do about it.
We serve a unique set of clients both in the United States and internationally with an interest in understanding and resolving public policy and business issues.
Our "Hi-Touch / Hi-Tech" strategies allow clients to visualize and achieve their goals in a cost-effective and efficient manner.
Events
Because more events come to us than can be listed in this publication, they are now being posted on the Nettleton Strategies web site. We track events related to climate, water, energy, sustainabilty, clean technology, and transportation. Events in coming weeks include:
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A global renewable energy forum at the University of San Diego
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A breakfast addressing San Diego's opportunities for developing renewable energy
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A membrane conference in Miami that will address recycled water
Please go the Events page to find information about events that interest you.
Worth Seeing
Scripps Institution of Oceanography has a new high-definition camera on the end of Scripps Pier. Watch surfers, the surf and the occasional dolphin from your laptop.
Don't miss this video of a seagull that stole a running camera and flew away!
Nettleton Strategies
P.O. Box 22971
San Diego, CA 92192-2971
Phone: 858.353.5489
FAX: 858.587.1932
info@nettstrategies.com
www.nettstrategies.com
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July 12, 2011
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Some items in this edition you won't want to miss:
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Seagull steals running camera and flies away
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Sacramento Delta flooding called "inevitable"
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National Geo interactive Colorado River map
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Malta smart grid could be model for U.S.
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Check out these pending events
Mapping Natural Hazards
Most of us are curious about natural disasters. If you go to the Nettleton Strategies web site map page, you can track recent earthquakes, storms, volcanic eruptions, and wildfires. Learn how Nettleton Strategies can put geographical information systems (GIS) technology to work for you.
Along the Border
The U.S. Good Neighbors Environmental Board recently met in San Diego. The group advises the President and Congress on environmental and border issues. The meeting included a number of presentations about border-related clean energy projects.
Water
A July 1 New York Times article reports that flooding is inevitable in the Sacramento Delta and calls the region "the most flood-prone" in the U.S.
According to a report from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, as of June 8, only about 50% of the accumulated snowpack for 2011 had melted in the Colorado River Basin. There is still significant snowpack within the basin which will support high flows into the reservoirs over the next 2 months (large pdf report, might take some time to download).
National Geographic Magazine has developed an online interactive map with accompanying stories to explain the status of the Colorado River and how it supplies water to the west.
Climate Change
Author Terry Gerlach from the U.S. Geological Survey provides a comparison of carbon dioxide from human activities and volcanoes in the American Geophysical Union's EOS Magazine.
NOAA's Carbon Tracker You Tube video shows a visualization of the increase in atmospheric carbon first using the Keeling Curve data set and then gas analysis from ice cores.
Transportation
NBC News reports that "U.S. High Speed Rail Is Slower Than a Speeding Bullet" in a June 30 story.
An Idaho company, Solar Roadways, took first place in the second round of GE's Ecoimagination contest for a concept to transform the nation's roadways into a source of solar-powered electrical generation.
Energy and Sustainability
AOL Energy reports that IBM has successfully implemented a smart grid on Malta, a small island in the Mediterranean south of Italy. The project could be a model for smart grid implementation in the U.S.
The world's largest marine tidal-powered turbine is expected to produce 6,000 megawatts of power annually from the waters off Scotland, according to Marine Insight, a maritime technology website. Addtional turbines are to be installed in the Bay of Fundy and Vancouver, British Columbia.
San Diego has been named one of the top ten most climate-ready cities in the country by CO2 Impact. The organization says climate-ready cities are "the big U.S. cities leading the way, based on political commitment, green buildings, university leadership, transit, greenhouse-gas emissions, cleantech investment, and energy."
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