Little Rock—Officials at the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) and the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) have been working together to address concerns about drinking water safety in Clinton. Boil orders recently imposed on drinking water from local public water systems are not due to the exploration and drilling processes being used in the Fayetteville Shale area for development of natural gas resources.
“We know that whenever…[more]
National Geographic Television (NGT) and NOVA today announced a multiyear, multiprogram editorial collaboration for a series of new programs to be broadcast on NOVA, the PBS signature science series. National Geographic Television International is the distributor internationally.
Programs currently in development for the NOVA/National Geographic co-branded partnership include two hour-long documentary programs, “Extreme Ice” and “Rat Invasion” (working titles). Both are due to deliver in 2009.
Enviromission’s collossal Solar Tower of Power is a proposed 1000-meter tall tower, and, if it passes through Enviromission’s final feasibility phase, it will be the largest manmade structure on Earth.
You can view the promotional video here.
The proposed solar structure is awe inspiring, and Enviromission hopes that this huge Austrailian solar facility, capable of powering 200,000 homes, will attract interest in renewable energy in the…[more]
Polymarin Composites of the Netherlands announced plans to locate a blade manufacturing facility in the old Levi Strauss facility off I-530 south of Little Rock. The company has committed to investing $16 million to renovate the structure and said it plans to employ up to 630 people within four years.
Wind Water Technology, a Polymarin supplier, will also be locating a facility in the same building. It plans…[more]
LITTLE ROCK - After heavy spring rains and flooding delayed planting, then hurricanes damaged crops late in the season, the weather has generally been good as Arkansas farmers begin wrapping up a stressful year. They’re working long hours to get crops out of the field.
“We’ve had really good weather, and farmers have started picking cotton hard and heavy,” said Dr. Tom Barber, extension cotton specialist with…[more]
By negligently discarding plastic items, especially plastic water bottles, fishing gear and plastic bags, people are unknowingly causing the deaths of millions of mammals, fish, birds and reptiles each and every year. We defile the face of the earth with plastic refuse creating waterway contamination. Since the invention of plastic earlier this century, it has become a popular material used in a wide variety of unique and innovative applications. Plastic…[more]
The Little Rock Zoo is proud to announce that reptile keeper Randal Berry will appear on Monday night’s episode of “Extreme Forensics” at 9 p.m. CST on the Investigation Discovery channel.
The episode, entitled “Silent Witness,” features a segment with Berry about the mysterious death of a Scottish business man named Garrick Wales who was found dead in his car parked near the Little Rock National Airport in…[more]
Arkansas State Auditor Jim Wood has kicked off the state’s annual Great Treasure Hunt, a quest to find the owners of unclaimed property collected by the state.
Last year alone, Arkansas officials received $23 million in unclaimed property but the total amount held by the state is closer to $115 million. Wood said that 54,000 Arkansas residents have been added to the roll of people who have money…[more]
Chesapeake Energy Corp. will be transporting 375 million cubic feet of natural gas from its Fayetteville Shale operations to a distribution site in Mississippi. Chesapeake signed a 10 year deal for a 187 mile long pipeline to be known as the Fayetteville Express Pipeline.
The deal is pending regulatory approval, but Chesapeake expects to begin using the 42 inch pipeline by late 2010 or early 2011, immediately after…[more]
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Arkansas has increased its sustainability score in just two short years from a D to a B minus, according to the 2009 College Sustainability Report Card, an organization that evaluates campus and endowment sustainability activities at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. In the Southeastern Conference, Arkansas was tied for second along with Auburn University in scoring. Only the University of…[more]
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