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Controlling Greenhouse Gas Emissions May Offset the Next Iceage

By controlling emissions of fossil fuels we may be able to greatly delay the start of the next ice age, new research from the Niels Bohr Institute at University of Copenhagen concludes

12 Feb 2009

UsingTechnology and Smart Growth to Reduce CO2 Emissions

A Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning study on climate change, published February 10, 2009 online by Environmental Science and Technology, shows that "smart growth" combined with the use of hybrid vehicle technology could reduce cities' carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions

12 Feb 2009

Nitrogen Pollution Reduced By Crop Diversity

Researchers have identified a link between the diversity of crops grown in farmlands and the pollution they create in lakes and rivers. In a Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment e-View paper, ecologists show that when the biodiversity of crops is high, less dissolved nitrogen is found exiting the surrounding watersheds

12 Feb 2009

Norway Invests Billions In Renewable Energy

Research Council of Norway has named eight national research centres for environmentally friendly technology. Each centre will receive up to NOK 20 million a year for five years

12 Feb 2009

New Jersey's Clean Energy Program Helping Residents Save Energy and Money

With energy prices rising across the nation, the economy struggling and temperatures dropping, reducing monthly bills has never been more important

12 Feb 2009

Celsia to Provide Cooling Solution For Nathaniel Group Concentrating Photovoltaic Electricity Generating System

Celsia Technologies announces that it has been chosen by Nathaniel Group Inc. to provide the cooling solution for its concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) system for generating electricity

12 Feb 2009

Recycling Computers and Electronics Into New Roads

Discarded electronic hardware, including bits and pieces that built the information superhighway, can be recycled into an additive that makes super-strong asphalt paving material for real highways, researchers in China are reporting in a new study

12 Feb 2009

Sterilizing Effect of New Antibacterial Plaster Better Than Penicillin

Scientists in China are reporting development and testing of new self-sanitizing plaster with more powerful antibacterial effects than penicillin. The material could be used in wall coatings, paints, art works and other products

11 Feb 2009

Largest Computer Recycling Event in the History of Fairfax County Virginia

In freezing temperatures, PC Recycler, Inc. and Cox Communications together held the largest computer recycling event in Fairfax County history. On Jan. 17, 2009, 841 cars pulled up to Cox's Northern Virginia headquarters and dropped off over 117,000 pounds in a four hour span

11 Feb 2009

Cleaning Up Air Spills With 'Frozen Smoke'

Scientists in Arizona and New Jersey are reporting that aerogels, a super-lightweight solid sometimes called "frozen smoke," may serve as the ultimate sponge for capturing oil from wastewater and effectively soaking up environmental oil spills

11 Feb 2009

New Research Published Into Flexible, Plastic Solar Cells

Luna Innovations Incorporated announces the solar cell research of scientists Dr. Claudia Cardona and Dr. Martin Drees has been published in the prestigious journal Nature Materials

11 Feb 2009

Massive Solar Energy Project Designed to Bring Solar Panels into Every Town and Neighborhood in PSE and G's New Jersey Territory

Public Service Electric and Gas Company today asked New Jersey regulators to approve a $773-million proposal to bring the benefits of 120 megawatts of solar power directly to communities and customers throughout its service territory

11 Feb 2009

Electric Bus to Hit The Road in California

UQM TECHNOLOGIES, a developer of alternative energy technologies, announced today that an EcoRide BE35 battery-electric transit bus, developed by Proterra LLC, Golden, Colorado, a leading innovator and manufacturer of clean commercial transit solutions, is being showcased on a four city California clean bus tour

11 Feb 2009

Bose Develops Efficient Sound System for Use in Chevrolet Volt

The Bose Energy Efficient Series sound system debuts next year in the Chevy Volt, the Extended-Range Electric Vehicle from General Motors

11 Feb 2009

MIT Students Develop Shock Absorber That Havests Energy From Bumos in the Road

A team of MIT undergraduate students has invented a shock absorber that harnesses energy from small bumps in the road, generating electricity while it smoothes the ride more effectively than conventional shocks

11 Feb 2009