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Mapping the Anti-Fracking Movement in NY State
This social movement map from FracTracker on anti-fracking ordinances is very inspiring:
Click on it to zoom in and get the details!
Oil and Gas Wells in Texas
It is amazing to look at Texas in Google Earth or another satellite mapping program. Parts of Texas are covered in oil and gas wells. Texas has over 100,000 wells.
This is what the map looks by Sonora, Texas.
The white specks are all wells.
Vote for us on the EPA Apps for the Environment Contest
I entered our Energy Justice Communites Maps as a submission to "Apps for the Environment".
You can Vote for Us and help us promote our cause!
Shale Gas Outrage - Protest and Conference - Sept 7 and 8 in Philadelphia
Energy Justice will be participating in the Shale Gas Outrage protest on Sept 7 and the one-day conference on Sept 8.
We will be giving a workshop (from 10:45-12) and tabling. Drop by and say hello!
Our workshop:
Mapping and Fighting Demand for Natural Gas: Power Plants and LNG Exports
Mike Ewall, Aaron Kreider & Amy Wilson
Energy Justice Communities Map - Intro Video
I just did a short introduction video to our EJ Communites Map website.
Faster and Easier Facility Layers
I'm happy to announce a redesign of the facility layers system which makes it faster and easier to use.
This affects the National Map, Community Map, State Map, and Global Map.
Mapping CO2 Emissions
The Vulcan Project has done extensive research into US CO2 emissions. They've broken down the US into small grid squares (10 km by 10 km) and estimated *hourly* emissions for an entire year (2002)!
Now that data set is crazy huge (5 GB)! Fortunately, they've released the results for the entire year by county.
We have converted this data into KML layers which you can download and add to your own maps.
Biomass Potential Layers
I added biomass potential layers from the NREL biomass 2008 data set.
You can see them on our National Map.
For instance you can see a map of Forest Residue (dry tons per square mile).
You can click on the layer to get the underlying data value.
Burn that residue before the forest gets a chance to grow back!
Sharing Our Data in KML
I created a page to share our data in KML.
KML is a good format for sharing data. You can use a KML file in Google Maps API or you can import it into your own map with the (easier to use) Google - My Maps.
You can also view the KML in ArcGis Explorer (free), Google Earth, Quantum GIS (powerful open source GIS software), and other programs.
We hope to release our facilities data in KML at a later date (in layers and also allow you to export search results).
(Screenshot of ArcGis Viewer)
New Facilities, New People, and New Groups -- And Charts!
I redesigned the homepage for the Map making it more dynamic.
If you aren't logged in, you will see New Facilities (the last ones added or edited), a Featured Facility (randomly selected from our list of opposed facilities), and several charts that track the general status for our campaigns.
There is also a link to our Charts page. On that page you can print and save charts. If you have any suggestions for what charts I should make - let me know!
Find Facilities that Have Opponents
You can now filter a facility search to show all facilities, unopposed facilities, or opposed facilities.
Thus you could search for proposed biomass facilities with opposition
Note: you must login if you want to see all the details about the opposition! (For privacy reasons, we hide a lot of information about people and groups if you aren't logged in).
Searching for Facilities by Corporation - Bug Fix
You can search for facilities by corporation.
I just fixed a bug that had broke this function.
For instance, you can see the results in this example which does a search for the corporation: "Constellation Energy"
Note: our corporation data isn't the greatest as underlying data source is full of duplicate corporations that have similar names and corporations that own each other. So you might want to try out several variations of a name.
Tidal Energy Power Map
The Department of Energy has funded the creation of a potential tidal energy map for the United States.
Here you can see the potential energy in the Schuylkill that runs through Philadelphia. It is surprisingly high!
Improved Landfill and Landfill Gas Burner Maps
We have two sources for our landfill data:
1) Energy Information Administration - their list of electricity generating facilities which includes many powered by landfill gas. They exclude facilities that only generate electricity for their own use
2) EPA (Landfill Methane Outreach Program) - their list of major landfills which includes data on whether they are generating any electricity or have the potential to do so. I think this list excludes small landfills and many private landfills that are only used by one corporation.
Mapping Radiation - Mapping Nuclear Plants
The EPA has a program that monitors radiation.
You can now view it without getting an account!
EPA Radiation Map
Due to the precarious situation the nuclear plant in Japan, I did some research into finding online maps of radiation. I found two. I wonder if there are others?
Usability Improvements
I've been working on making the website easier to use.
New Facility Page - has icons for the main fuel, status, and generating capacity.
I also added many tooltips. So when you mouse over an item you will get a longer description.
I modified sections on the lengthy My Community / My State / National Map pages. You can now hide things that you don't need.
Sharing with Facebook, Twitter, and TinyUrls -- Sharing Income, Race, and More
I've added buttons to share content using Facebook or Twitter.
You can also create a Tiny URL and copy that to include in an email, a website, or other social networking method.
I've added support for all of the data layers that we have - so you can now share a Heat Map, or a map with race, income, or another layer.
For instance this is a zoomed-in map of Biomass Incinerators and Income in Mississippi and surrounding states:
http://www.energyjustice.net/t=0v0on0
Interestingly it looks like the incinerators are located in wealthier areas (or at least outside of the north-south and east-west corridors of poorest counties) - possibly due to demand or population growth.
Screenshot
Add YouTube Videos to Your Profile
You can now add YouTube videos to your profile, your group, or any facilities that you control.
I encourage everyone to upload links to news stories about their group, their facility, or just anything you like (for the latter - you can connect them to your profile).
It is easy to do! Log in. Go to your profile page. Then copy/paste the YouTube link and add it. This adds a thumbnail of the video and if you click it, it plays in a popup window.
If you have any problems using this system or suggestions for improvements email me
Mapping Toxins in the Silicon Valley
This is a map of toxic sites where you can click on the location to get more details. I especially like how it shows the impact/size of the plume. They also did a bus tour.
"There are 29 Superfund sites in Silicon Valley- the most concentrated number of Superfund sites in America. Nineteen of these sites were contaminated by high tech firms in the manufacturing of computer chips which used highly toxic chemicals including, trichloro-ethylene, Freon, trichloroethane and poly-chlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)."
Average Electricity Price
By the National Renewable Energy Laboratories (NREL), found on OpenEI.
This is more detailed than the state wide maps that I've seen before.
NEW: We are mapping all of the existing, proposed, closed and defeated dirty energy and waste facilities in the United States. We are building a network of community groups to fight the facilities and the corporations behind them.