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Will Anaheim University Become The World's First Paperless University?

Anaheim University, the nationally accredited California-based institution, who pioneered online education in the mid-nineties as one of the world's first entirely online universities to host live web-based classes taught by experts, has now committed to being paperless by 2010

20 Apr 2009

Green World Studios Announce Green World Energy Solutions Feature Length Documentary Film Series

Green World Studios; an innovative, environmentally conscious company that operates all equipment with clean, renewable, solar power. Green World Energy Solutions premieres on April 20, 2009 and has been created for network television distribution

20 Apr 2009

Growth Potential in Tidal Power Says Atlantis Resources

Marine power technology company Atlantis Resources Corp. sees strong growth possibilities ahead, and is banking on this so-far underdeveloped area becoming a big renewable energy growth sector worldwide

20 Apr 2009

Climate Change Means Colorado River Will Not Get All The Water It Needs

Scripps researchers find that currently scheduled water deliveries from the Colorado River are unlikely to be met if human-caused climate change reduces runoff in the region

20 Apr 2009

Campus Trees Mean Big Emissions Reductions for the University of California San Diego

The University of California San Diego, one of the nation’s greenest universities, discovered that the total effect of its 200,000 trees was a reduction of nearly 10,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year, or 5 percent of its annual emissions

20 Apr 2009

Solar Power Could Be Diminished by Global Warming Atmospheric Engineering Scheme

A widely discussed "atmospheric engineering" scheme intended to combat global warming could have unanticipated consequences in reducing the effectiveness of certain kinds of solar power around the Earth

20 Apr 2009

Ethanol From Sugarcane Already Meets California Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Industry comments submitted to California Air Resources Board underscore sugarcane ethanol's recognized carbon reduction levels

20 Apr 2009

Coping With Climate Change Discussed By Indigenous Peoples at World Summit

With the first climate change-related relocation of an Inuit village already underway, some 400 Indigenous People and observers from 80 nations are convening in Alaska for a UN-affiliated conference April 20-24 to discuss ways in which traditional knowledge can be used to both mitigate and adapt to climate change

20 Apr 2009

Lead in the Air Helps Clouds Form More Easily

By sampling clouds - and making their own - researchers have shown for the first time a direct relation between lead in the sky and the formation of ice crystals that foster clouds

20 Apr 2009

Sustainable Farms Being Examined by Urban Food Chain Class

Chicago and other cities have adopted green initiatives designed to foster more investment in local and regional agriculture. City officials and citizens alike often assume that by doing so they can help soften climate change by cutting greenhouse-gas emissions. But it’s not that simple.

19 Apr 2009