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BrightSource Energy and Southern California Edison Sign World's Largest Solar Deal

Southern California Edison (SCE) and BrightSource Energy have reached agreement on a series of contracts for 1,300 megawatts of clean solar thermal power, enough to serve nearly 845,000 homes

16 Feb 2009

Pesticide Use In the US Being Reduced By Greener Farming Practices and Environmentally Friendly Pesticides

Although few consumers realize it, fruits, veggies, and other agricultural products marketed in the United States today are grown on farms that use less pesticide than 30 years ago

16 Feb 2009

Will Converting Grasslands to Grow Energy Crops Release Large Amounts of Soil Carbon

A recent study published in the Agronomy Journal analyzed whether or not soils that were converted from perennial grasses to the production of bioenergy grain crops would experience loss of soil organic carbon. The researchers found the best method to keep this carbon sequestered is through no-till production

16 Feb 2009

Targets Being Identified for High Yield Plant Breeding

Genetic diversity in a breeding program is essential as an insurance against unforeseeable changes in the environment and to maintain genetic progress. A recent study proposed data-driven methods to group breeding programs likely to be compatible for germplasm exchange

16 Feb 2009

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Adds 5,000 Hybrids to Nationwide Fleet and Establishes Nearly 80 'Hybrid Branch' Locations in U.S.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car is adding approximately 5,000 additional gas - electric hybrids to its nationwide fleet and designating nearly 80 rental locations across the country as "hybrid branches."

16 Feb 2009

Antarctica Found to be Cradle of Life

The first extensive study of underwater marine life in Antarctica has revealed it is home to 7,500 animals, prompting WWF-Australia to call for an urgent expansion of marine protected areas in the region

16 Feb 2009

Call For International Fishing Laws Grows Louder

More than 40 per cent of world fish production is unsustainable according to a new study, which finds that the 53 countries that account for 96 per cent of the global catch are evading the international fishing code to some degree

16 Feb 2009

Semiconductor Groups Come Together to Develop More Environmentally Ways to Make Computer Chips

A memorandum of understanding has been signed for a consortia to apply their more than 50 years of combined expertise to finding more environmentally friendly ways to make chips for use by the worldwide electronics industry

16 Feb 2009

New Light Shed on Solar Cells With Reverse Current Research

The electric breakthrough of solar cells cannot be ascribed to the surface preparation as has now been demonstrated by physicists at the University of Leipzig and the company Q-Cells SE in Bitterfeld-Wolfen

16 Feb 2009

Penguin Populations in Rapid Decline

A combination of changing weather patterns, overfishing, pollution, and other factors have conspired to drive penguin populations into a precipitous decline, according to long-term research funded by the Wildlife Conservation Society

15 Feb 2009

Ecologist Says Lakes are Sentinels of Climate Change

A Miami University ecologist and colleagues say lakes not only offer signals about the impact of climate change on freshwater resources, but hold signs of past climate changes in their sediments. They recommend global lake observatory networks to monitor and integrate the signals, among other actions

15 Feb 2009

Air Pollution Shown to be Too High Near Some US Schools

Air pollution is dangerously high around schools near some U.S. industrial plants, according to a recent study involving researchers from the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University

15 Feb 2009

IBM Helping Companies Make Their Carbon Footprints Smaller

A new IBM consulting offering can help clients analyze their carbon dioxide emissions and energy usage at any level – from a single department to a worldwide operation

15 Feb 2009

AZoCleantech Visitors to Get Special Discount to Solar Energy Conference

In a few years, photovoltaic solar energy will have become a competitive energy source in major markets in the world. This will be the start of a revolution in the world's energy supply and usage. Are we prepared for this. AZocleantech visitors can recieve a discount to a coming conference to discuss the future of solar power

15 Feb 2009

Energy Industry Leaders Gather to Improve Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability and the Financial Bottom Line

In today's changing business climate many leader's are searching for ways to improve corporate sustainability and responsibility. As the energy industry moves forward innovations will come from this new business approach that embrace opportunities deriving from economic, environmental, and social development

15 Feb 2009

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BrightSource Energy and Southern California Edison Sign World's Largest Solar Deal

Pesticide Use In the US Being Reduced By Greener Farming Practices and Environmentally Friendly Pesticides

Will Converting Grasslands to Grow Energy Crops Release Large Amounts of Soil Carbon

Targets Being Identified for High Yield Plant Breeding

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Adds 5,000 Hybrids to Nationwide Fleet and Establishes Nearly 80 'Hybrid Branch' Locations in U.S.

Antarctica Found to be Cradle of Life

Call For International Fishing Laws Grows Louder

Semiconductor Groups Come Together to Develop More Environmentally Ways to Make Computer Chips

New Light Shed on Solar Cells With Reverse Current Research

Penguin Populations in Rapid Decline

Ecologist Says Lakes are Sentinels of Climate Change

Air Pollution Shown to be Too High Near Some US Schools

IBM Helping Companies Make Their Carbon Footprints Smaller

AZoCleantech Visitors to Get Special Discount to Solar Energy Conference

Energy Industry Leaders Gather to Improve Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability and the Financial Bottom Line

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