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Using Examples from Europe and Australia to Construct More Efficient Buildings

The United States can become more energy efficient and create more "green" jobs by adopting some of the strategies used by the European Union and Australia to rate and disclose the performance of commercial and government-owned buildings

22 Sep 2009

Thousands of Green Jobs to be Created as Solyndra Starts Work on New 500 Megawatt Solar Plant

Solyndra, Inc. today commenced construction of its second solar panel manufacturing plant

7 Sep 2009

UCLA Extension to Launch Series of Courses On The New Green Economy

UCLA Extension announces a new Global Sustainability Certificate Program designed to give professionals the skills they need to navigate the new green economy. The program offers four areas of concentration: Design, Business Strategy, Energy & Technology, and Environmental Law & Policy

26 Aug 2009

Largest Green Schools Event in the USA Comes to Pasadena

The 2009 Green California Schools Summit is coming to the Pasadena Convention Center from December 9-11. As the USA's largest green schools event, the summit attracts decision makers from schools and districts throughout the state

12 Aug 2009

Òne Million Jobs Could Be Created In The US By Switching to Clean Energy

One million more jobs would be created in renewables in G8 countries by 2020 if the leaders of the world’s wealthiest countries agreed to switch from coal and other climate-destroying conventional energy sources to renewables in order to help slash carbon emissions and avert a climate catastrophe

7 Jul 2009

Green Roadway Project to Promote Environmentally Sustainable Technology and Renewable Energy Along the Historic Route 66

Gearing up for its national rollout, The Green Roadway Project demonstrated its new clean energy technology on old Route 66 and received the endorsement of the Route 66 Alliance

7 Jul 2009

Big Profits to Come From Leading the World on Renewable Energy

New economic analysis shows UK can profit from leading the world in offshore wind and wave power

2 Jul 2009

UNEP Welcomes Green Growth Program

Achim Steiner, the head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), today welcomed the 'Green Growth' Declaration by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) saying it underlined the way environment was rapidly being brought into the centre of economic discourse and policy-making

29 Jun 2009

Fluorescent Solution Detects Harmful Ozone in The Air and on The Body

Personal ozone detectors and biomedical indicators could result from a chemical probe that glows bright green when exposed to ozone, researchers report in Nature Chemistry

23 Jun 2009

Government Asked to Support Research into Recycling Used Nuclear Fuel

As the White House and U.S. Congress create a new national strategy for managing used nuclear fuel, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) is encouraging lawmakers to support the research and development necessary for recycling nuclear fuel

22 Jun 2009