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Fuel Cell Power Units Replaces Hot and Noisy Generator in a War Zone

Two core technologies developed at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - a fuel desulfurization system and a fuel reforming system - were instrumental in the demonstration of an electric power system operating on JP-8, a fuel commonly used in military operations.

12 Dec 2007

High-Rise Apartments with Integrated Greenhouses

A design for an apartment building with its own integrated greenhouse has netted a team headed by two Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning lecturers top honors in an international sustainable building design competition.

12 Dec 2007

Research Suggests No Connection Between Environmental Crises and Armed Conflict

Climate advocate Al Gore accepted the Nobel Peace Prize this December 10th. New Norwegian research suggests, however, that there is no connection between environmental crises and armed conflict.

12 Dec 2007

ExxonMobil Seeking Approval to Create Gateway to Global Supplies of Clean-Burning Natural Gas

Exxon Mobil Corporation today announced plans to seek regulatory approval for BlueOcean Energy, a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal that will create a gateway to global supplies of clean-burning natural gas to help meet the growing energy needs of New Jersey and New York.

12 Dec 2007

Acumentrics Canada to Investigate Ammonia as a Hydrogen Source

Acumentrics Corporation's Canadian subsidiary, Acumentrics Canada Ltd., is partnering with Natural Resources Canada's CANMET Energy Technology Centre to investigate the use of ammonia as a fuel for Acumentrics' solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs).

10 Dec 2007

Ancient Flood Disrupted Ocean Circulation and Triggered Climate Cooling

As the giant North American ice sheets melted an enormous pool of freshwater, many times larger than all of the Great Lakes, formed behind them.

10 Dec 2007

Researchers Find That Dissolved Organic Material Increases Biological Risk of Aqueous Mercury

Mercury is a potent neurotoxin and a worrisome environmental contaminant, but the severity of its threat appears to depend on what else is in the water.

10 Dec 2007

English Chalk Streams Contributing to Global Warming

English chalk streams are less healthy than we thought and are potentially even contributing to global warming, said Dr Mark Trimmer at a Science Media Centre press briefing today.

10 Dec 2007

World's Protected Areas Threatened by Climate Change

Climate change will affect national parks, forest reserves and other protected areas around the world, in some cases altering conditions so severely that the resulting environments will be virtually new to the planet, according to a study presented at the U.N. climate change talks in Bali, Indonesia.

10 Dec 2007

Alcoa Supports Brad Pitt's "Make It Right" Project to Build Green Affordable Housing in New Orleans

Alcoa and Alcoa Foundation have announced support for Brad Pitt’s "Make It Right" (MIR) project to build green affordable housing on a large scale to help victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Loui...

6 Dec 2007