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Coal Mandate for the Next President

Today is Election Day and whichever candidate is elected, the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity is calling for the new President to back the use of coal for electricity generation

4 Nov 2008

Looking to Environmentally Friendly Technologies to Solve Economic Problems in the US and California

One California school district has turned part of its focus to saving and even making money via the use of renewable energy in the form of solar power

4 Nov 2008

Ice That Burns, Water and Sunshine Set to be Fuels of the Future

Move over, oil, gasoline, and coal. Researchers are describing key advances in developing new fuels to help supply an energy-hungry world in the 21st Century

3 Nov 2008

Supporters of Coal Fired Electricity Weigh into Presidential Campaign

As the hours of the 2008 election wind down, both Senator Obama and Senator McCain continue to express their strong support for coal, America's most abundant energy resource, during a campaign that has seen energy security and costs at the forefront of the national debate

3 Nov 2008

Spruce Forest Mushrooms Slowing Climate Change in Northern Forests

The fight against climate warming has an unexpected ally in mushrooms growing in dry spruce forests covering Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia and other northern regions, a new University of California, Irvine study finds

3 Nov 2008

Making Diesel Using a Rainforest Fungus

A unique fungus that makes diesel compounds has been discovered living in trees in the rainforest

3 Nov 2008

AirGenerate Conducts an Efficient Water Heater Pilot Program With One of the Largest Utility Companies

AirGenerate, makers of AirTap™, today announced they successfully conducted a heat pump water heater pilot program with Southern Company. The pilot was conducted over a 2-week period last month and included customers from Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi

3 Nov 2008

Green and Sustainable Building Education from Environmental Center

Sustainable building practices let the Bellevue, WA Environmental Education Center blend with the surrounding environment it aims to teach about

3 Nov 2008

Changing the Face of Solar Power With Coating that Boosts the Amount of Captured Solar Energy

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered and demonstrated a new method for overcoming two major hurdles facing solar energy. By developing a new antireflective coating that boosts the amount of sunlight captured by solar panels and allows those panels to absorb the entire solar spectrum from nearly any angle

3 Nov 2008