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Link Between Surface Temperature and Hurricane Activities

The link between changes in the temperature of the sea’s surface and increases in North Atlantic hurricane activity has been quantified for the first time.

28 Jan 2008

New International Clean Energy Technology Fund to Combat Climate Change

In recognition of the growing importance of clean technology, President Bush will announce tonight a commitment of $2 billion over the next three years to create a new international clean energy technology fund to help confront climate change worldwide.

28 Jan 2008

Natural Gas Reservoirs Providing New Information About Global Warming

Natural gas reservoirs in Michigan’s Antrim Shale are providing new information about global warming and the Earth’s climate history, according to a recent study by Steven Petsch, a geoscientist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The study is also good news for energy companies hoping to make natural gas a renewable resource. Results were published in the February 2008 issue of Geology.

28 Jan 2008

Six Billion kWh of Green Power Surpasses Goals Set by EPA

In response to EPA’s nationwide challenge issued in December 2006, 53 Fortune 500 corporations are now collectively purchasing more than six billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power annually.

28 Jan 2008

Think Greener Racing

The A1GP World Cup of Motorsport 2007/08 title race is closer than ever as the thrilling nation versus nation series enters the second half of the season. Remaining in the Southern Hemisphere, the championship heads to Australia's Eastern Creek International Raceway near Sydney for round six on 1-3 February.

28 Jan 2008

Forum on Energy and Environmental Policies

Legislative priorities involving energy and the environment will be the subject of a Jan. 31 University of Tennessee forum featuring local, state and federal officials. The forum begins at 7 p.m. in the University Center Auditorium.

28 Jan 2008

Consumers Don't Have to Give Up Stylized Decor by Going Green

Green Builders, Inc., the leading large-scale community developer of green, sustainable homes in the Austin, Texas area, has opened its first green merchandised model home in Georgetown Village to illustrate how consumers do not have to give up their stylized decor by going green.

28 Jan 2008

BASF Showcases State-of-the-Art Energy Efficient Housing

The first of six properties designed to show case state-of-the-art energy efficient housing will be officially opened on Wednesday January 30 2008 at The University of Nottingham.

28 Jan 2008

Environmental Chemistry Book Re-Released

This is a re-release of a book that is important for anyone who is involved in the environmental forensics industry. It provides essential information about the behavior of chemicals in the environment as presented by one of North America's premier soil chemists.

28 Jan 2008