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Grand Canyon Visitor Center to be Solar Powered

The Grand Canyon's Visitor Center, located near the Canyon's south rim, will soon have a portion of its energy provided by the sun

6 Jan 2009

Affordable Residential Solar Electricity Plan Extended to Entire San Francisco Area

One Block off the Grid (1BOG), a consumer advocacy group for residential renewable energy, and SolarCity, a national leader in solar power system design, financing, installation, monitoring and related services, today announced the solar industry’s broadest community purchase program to date

6 Jan 2009

Octillion Ramps Up Development of Technologies to Generate Electricity from Moving Vehicles

Octillion ramps-up development of technologies for generating useful electricity from the wasted motion of cars and trucks

6 Jan 2009

Free Recycling Added to HP Trade-In Program

HP has introduced a program that offers consumers in the United States a simple way to receive cash for their unwanted technology equipment or, if there is no value, to recycle it

6 Jan 2009

Renewable Energy Grants Go To Community Groups

CSEP is an open grants scheme designed to help community based organisations in England reduce their energy bills and environmental impact through renewable energy generation

6 Jan 2009

Green Building Industry Set to Grow Despite Recession

Projections by green building consultant Jerry Yudelson say that the green building industry will grow substantially in 2009 despite the global economic recession

6 Jan 2009

North American Sustainability and Clean Energy Practice Launched by Environics Communications

Environics Communications, a full-service North American public relations agency, announced today that it has launched a Sustainability and Clean Energy practice

6 Jan 2009

President Bush Names Three New Pacific Ocean Marine Reserves

President Bush has designated three large new marine reserves in the Pacific Ocean. The protected areas will cover 195,280 square miles and protect some of the most ecologically important areas of the world's oceans

6 Jan 2009

Orion Energy Efficiency Award Goes to Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (NYSE: CCE) will receive an Environmental Stewardship Award on Jan. 9 from Orion Energy Systems Inc. to acknowledge the beverage company’s relentless commitment to corporate responsibility and sustainability

6 Jan 2009

Amtech Gets $5 Million in Solar Orders

Amtech Systems, Inc. announced that its solar subsidiary, Tempress Systems, Inc., has received approximately $5 million in solar orders for its diffusion processing systems from two new customers, one in Asia and the other in Europe

6 Jan 2009

Heath and Sustainability of Olive Orchards Shown by Ladybugs

Present concern for the negative environmental impacts and growing demand for organic olive oil, arise the need to develop useful indicators of agroecosystem health in olive-growing regions

6 Jan 2009

Space Weather Can Cause Havoc For Electronics and Other Technologies on Earth

A NASA-funded study describes how extreme solar eruptions could have severe consequences for communications, power grids and other technology on Earth

6 Jan 2009

George Washington University Names Meghan Chapple-Brown First Director of GW's Office of Sustainability

George Washington University President Steven Knapp has announced that Meghan Chapple-Brown will serve as the University’s first director of the recently established Office of Sustainability

6 Jan 2009

400,000 Jobs Could Be Created by INvestment in Drinking Water Infrastructure

The American Water Works Association (AWWA), the authoritative resource on safe water, is urging Congress to include funding for drinking water infrastructure projects in the stimulus legislation now being considered

6 Jan 2009