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Chickens Get New Sustainable Home at College Farm

A new hen house was just completed by faculty, staff and students at Green Mountain College, a four-year liberal arts school that emphasizes environmental sustainability throughout its curriculum

8 Apr 2009

Floods and the Impact Flooding Has on Soil

Researchers in the Midwestern United States have examined the effects of flooding on soil, and have learned more about ways in which short-term ponding conditions can affect soil aggregation and the chemistry of the soil-water system. These conditions can have a great impact on soil quality and agriculture in the region

8 Apr 2009

Time is Running Out for Climate Change Action to Save Polar Bears, Penguins and More

New evidence from the North and South Poles indicates that time is running out for the world’s leaders to respond to climate change

8 Apr 2009

Solar Hot Water Program on Track in Australia

The Queensland Bligh Government has commenced its election commitment to provide 200,000 Queensland households with affordable solar hot water systems in a bid to radically cut household energy use and greenhouse gas emissions

7 Apr 2009

Methane Gas From Landfill to Generate Electricity Near Seattle

King County, Puget Sound Energy and Bio Energy-Washington, are joining forces to turn the public's garbage into natural gas - an innovation that will generate enough electricity to power an estimated 24,000 homes in the area while at the same time cutting greenhouse-gas emissions and creating green jobs

6 Apr 2009

Latest NASA Data Shows Arctic Sea Ice Is Disappearing

The latest data from NASA and the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center show the continuation of a decade-long trend of shrinking sea ice extent in the Arctic, including new evidence for thinning ice as well

6 Apr 2009

Monitoring System Helps Concrete Producers Get Greener

Fortrans Inc. announces a self-contained pH control and monitoring system that uses CO2 gas to neutralize high pH process water produced at ready mixed concrete plants

6 Apr 2009

Climate Change Message Being Taken to the Top of Mount Everest

A sherpa set off to climb Mount Everest for a record 19th time to take an anti-climate change message to the world’s highest peak

6 Apr 2009

Business Students Win With Plan to Clean Up Polluted Water in India

Small textile firms that dominate the industry in South India cannot afford traditional wastewater treatment, so they simply dump toxin-filled water into the local rivers. That's the problem that a team of University of Virginia business students has a plan to solve. And their plan has been getting some validation recently

6 Apr 2009

Study of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Shows Fragile State of Coral Around the World

A new study by researchers from UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) sheds light on how threats to the world's endangered coral reef ecosystems can be more effectively managed

6 Apr 2009