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Glasgow Schools Minimise Energy Waste With New Hot Water Temperature Controls

In a major schools investment programme, City Building (Glasgow) LLP is currently building 16 new primary schools in Glasgow and each is to have its hot water services supplied through a heat-traced single pipe system using Raychem HWAT self-regulating heating cables

25 Nov 2008

Turn Off Automatic Sprinklers in Winter to Save Water

With the first winter rains expected this week, California American Water is launching a public awareness campaign to remind local residents to turn their sprinklers off

25 Nov 2008

Organic Matter in Soil Being Changed by Global Warming

New research shows that we should be looking to the ground, not the sky, to see where climate change could have its most perilous impact on life on Earth

25 Nov 2008

Ocean Getting More Acidic Faster Than Previously Thought

University of Chicago scientists have documented that the ocean is growing more acidic faster than previously thought. In addition, they have found that the increasing acidity correlates with increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide

24 Nov 2008

Global Warming of the Future Predicted by Prehistoric Climate Change

Past warm periods provide real data on climate change and are natural laboratories for understanding the global climate system

24 Nov 2008

Bonus for Agriculture from Nutrients in Water

Agriculture producers may find they don't have to bottle their water from the Seymour Aquifer in the Rolling Plains to make it more valuable, according to Texas AgriLife Research scientists

24 Nov 2008

Saving the Planet by Growing Trees on Garbage Dumps

Landfill sites produce the greenhouse gases, methane and carbon dioxide, as putrescible waste decays. Growing plants and trees on top of a landfill, a process known as 'Phytocapping', could reduce the production and release of these gases

24 Nov 2008

SaveATreeCards Saving the Environment at Christmas Time With Environmentally Friendly Holiday Season Greetings

Logica3, a provider of business e-cards, tools and solutions, announced today the launch of its SaveATreeCards.com Holiday 2008 e-card collection

24 Nov 2008

Westinghouse to Go Nuclear in India

Westinghouse Electric Company announced today that its expects its participation in a nuclear-focused trade mission to India next week to be the beginning of a long and mutually rewarding relationship with a wide range of Indian power companies, suppliers and academic institutions

24 Nov 2008

Using a Sustainable Garden Roof as an Environmentally Friendly Construction Material

Spanish research study has tested different combinations of supports and indigenous plants to determine which are the best for reducing energy consumption inside buildings

24 Nov 2008