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Desert City in Arizona Saving Water and Reusing Extra 2.5 Billion Gallons of Water Per Year

GE Water, a business unit of GE Energy, has recognized the city of Tempe, Ariz. with an ecomagination leadership award

22 Apr 2009

Invasive Pest Risk From Biofuel Crops in Hawaii

Researchers with the University of Hawaii Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit have examined the impact of unregulated planting of biofuel crops for their potential invasiveness and raised concerns about their impacts on Hawaii's environment

22 Apr 2009

Initial Phase of Los Angeles County Solar Mapping Portal Completed

CH2M HILL has completed the initial phase of the Los Angeles County Solar Mapping Portal, the largest solar map in terms of geographic area to date

22 Apr 2009

Expert Answers the Question 'Can All Of The Jatropha Plant Be Viable For Commercial Use'

Is it possible to take 100% advantage of the Jatropha plant? Top Jatropha researcher Dr. William Ludwig Nolten addresses this question during the groundbreaking presentation “Utilization Technology of Jatropha Seedcake and Residues.”

22 Apr 2009

Environmentally Friendly Features Incorporated into New National Children's Museum Building

The National Children's Museum (NCM) today unveiled plans for its new Pelli Clarke Pelli-designed building, slated to open in 2013 at National Harbor, as a physical demonstration of the Museum's mission to inspire children to care about and improve the world

22 Apr 2009

RFA Says Californian Low Carbon Fuels Plan Likely to Fail

California’s efforts to reduce the carbon intensity of the state’s transportation fuels are admirable, but the state’s goals, as outlined in the proposed Low Carbon Fuels Standard (LCFS), are unlikely to be achieved because of the policy’s inherent bias against low-carbon biofuels, says the Renewable Fuels Association

22 Apr 2009

Minnesota Power's Wind Energy Project in North Dakota Moves Forward

Minnesota Power's first fully owned and operated commercial wind project in North Dakota is moving forward with an agreement to purchase 33 wind turbines and the initiation of the regulatory approval processes in North Dakota and Minnesota

22 Apr 2009

NREL Installs Inkjet Workstations for Photovoltaics Research

iTi Solar announced that the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has installed inkjet and spray workstations supplied by iTi Solar in NREL's advanced Atmospheric Processing Platform, which is located in the Process Development and Integration Laboratory at the National Center for Photovoltaics

22 Apr 2009

Researchers Find Way to Increase Energy Efficiency of Refrigerators

In what seems a counter-intuitive maneuver, Dr. Homayun Navaz, professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University in Flint, Mich., turned down the velocity of cold air and raised the temperature to 32 degrees to improve energy efficiency in a refrigerated display case

22 Apr 2009

UK Releases Sustainability Review To Reduce CO2 Emissions From Vehicles

The UK Energy Research Centre, the focal point for UK research on sustainable energy, today launched an in-depth review of policies which could significantly reduce transport C02 emissions

22 Apr 2009