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Better Biofuels From Mapping of Plant Genes

By creating a “family tree” of genes expressed in one form of woody plant and a less woody, herbaceous species, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have uncovered clues that may help them engineer plants more amenable to biofuel production

13 Apr 2009

The Mathematics of Climate Change

Kenneth Golden, an expert in mathematical models of percolation in sea ice, is a leader in the international effort to model polar climate dynamics and has brought a new level of rigor and precision to this area of research. A forthcoming article describes the mathematics he and collaborators have developed to study sea ice

13 Apr 2009

Sustainability and Global Climate Change The Main Themes of Earthstock Festival

Earthstock, Stony Brook University’s 8th annual week long awareness-raising celebration of Earth Day, kicks off at 10 am on Friday, April 17 with a full day of entertainment, food, refreshments, environmentally-oriented activities and visual displays situated all around the Academic Mal

13 Apr 2009

Solar and Environmental Technologies Corp. Wins Award For "Excellence in the Field of Environmental Technology Development"

On March 20th, Solar and Environmental Technologies Corp. (Solar - ETC) received the First Place Award for "Excellence in the Field of Environmental Technology Development" at the CleanEquity Monaco 2009 Emergi...

13 Apr 2009

Honda FCX Clarity Named as 2009 World Green Car

At a press conference hosted by the New York International Auto Show and Mobil 1 at the Jacob Javits Centre in Manhattan, New York, the Honda FCX Clarity was declared the 2009 World Green Car

13 Apr 2009

Effect of Ethanol on Price of Food

Higher energy costs have been found to have a greater effect on food prices than did the use of ethanol as a motor fuel

13 Apr 2009

Cytec and IMEC Team Up to Develop Commercially Viable Organic Solar Cells

Industries Inc and IMEC will work together to develop a commercially viable technology for organic photovoltaic devices with enhanced stability and extended lifetime

13 Apr 2009

Calls for President Obama to Get Involved in Fixing the Toxic Chinese Drywall Disaster

Americas Watchdog, and its Homeowners Consumer Center is calling on President Obama to get personally involved with finding a solution to the worst homeowner environmental disaster in US history, toxic chinese made drywall

13 Apr 2009

PolyOne Adds Cables for Solar Panels to It's Sustainable Solutions Range

PolyOne Corporation, has added compounds for cables used in solar panels to its portfolio of sustainable solutions. The protective cable insulation and jacketing made from PolyOne's ECCOH compounds can be found in solar cells that convert sunlight into electricity

13 Apr 2009

Zero Carbon Houses Made From Hemp Fighting Climate Change in the Future

Hemp, a plant from the cannabis family, could be used to build carbon-neutral homes of the future to help combat climate change and boost the rural economy, say researchers at the University of Bath

9 Apr 2009

Environmentally Friendly Paints the Subject of New Course for Building Owners and Managers

Pat Coady is one of the many professionals at Painters USA, Inc. Pat has developed a program to instruct building owners and managers about green coatings. This course enables them to receive CPD's (Continuing Professional Development Points)

8 Apr 2009

Full Lifecycle Sustainability a Key Feature of New Solar Landscape Lighting from Qnuru

Qnuru today launched a revolutionary line of solar powered, landscape lighting fixtures that efficiently capture the sun's energy within expressive forms that are manufactured with full lifecycle sustainability in mind

8 Apr 2009

Chrysler Selects A123 Systems to Make Batteries For New Hybrid and Electric Cars

Auto manufacturer Chrysler said this week it has chosen A123Systems, a Watertown company based on technology developed at MIT, to make batteries for its new Envi line of electric and hybrid cars

8 Apr 2009

Milestone Reached for Harnessing Energy from the Ocean

The Center for Ocean Energy Technology has deployed four Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers moorings in the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of Florida to characterize in detail the spatial and temporal variability of the Gulf Stream, the most energy dense ocean current, for its potential use as an abundant renewable energy source

8 Apr 2009

Warming of the Arctic Being Driven by Aerosols

Though greenhouse gases are invariably at the center of discussions about global climate change, new NASA research suggests that much of the atmospheric warming observed in the Arctic since 1976 may be due to changes in tiny airborne particles called aerosols

8 Apr 2009