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Biofuel Standards Needed to Protect the Environment

The United States lacks the policies needed to ensure that cellulosic biofuel production will not cause environmental harm, says a distinguished group of international scientists

13 Oct 2008

Electron Treatment Being Used on Organic Seed to Remove Disease

Researchers develop electron bombardment method to eliminate the need for fungicide treatments for organic seeds

13 Oct 2008

NASA Supercomputer Searches For Habitable Earth Like Planets

Supercomputer simulations of dusty disks around sunlike stars show that planets nearly as small as Mars can create patterns that future telescopes may be able to detect. The research points to a new avenue in the search for habitable planets

13 Oct 2008

Pink Panther Identifies Heating and Cooling at the Biggest Consumers of Energy

Armed with survey results revealing public misperceptions about energy use, The Pink Panther, Chief Energy Officer at Owens Corning, today broke his decades of silence to focus national attention on the massive amount of energy used to heat and cool buildings

13 Oct 2008

Cost Effective Zero Energy Buildings Showcased at Conference

Architectural Record welcomed a record number of 380 architects, engineers, scientists and students to Innovation 2008

13 Oct 2008

Largest U.S. Solar Energy Event Starts This Week

All roads lead to Southern California this week, as thousands of people from around the world attend Solar Power International, the largest solar energy industry event in the Americas

13 Oct 2008

Australian Internet Company, Internode, Embraces Green Power

Internode has embraced renewable energy by contracting to use 100 per cent "GreenPower" throughout its operations, effective since the start of September

13 Oct 2008

Energy Efficient Compact Fluorescent Lights May Emit High Levels of UV Radiation

New research by the Health Protection Agency has shown that some energy saving compact fluorescent lights can emit ultraviolet radiation at levels that, under certain conditions of use, can result in exposures higher than guideline levels

12 Oct 2008

Children's Environmental Education Program Celebrates 15 Year Anniversary

Puget Sound Energy’s Powerful Choices for the Environment (Powerful Choices), a cooperative in-classroom educational program that teaches Washington state middle school students how their actions impact the environment, recently celebrated its 15-year anniversary at an event at PSE’s Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility near Ellensburg, Washington, USA

9 Oct 2008

Next Generation Energy Storage for War Ships to be Developed by Satcon

Satcon Technology Corporation, a leading provider of utility scale distributed power solutions for the renewable energy market, announced today that it has been awarded a contract worth approximately $6 million by the Office of Naval Research

9 Oct 2008