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Turning off Street Lights to Reduce Carbon Emissions Branded Short Sighted

Street lighting provides a simple, low cost means of stemming the global epidemic of road traffic death and injury. Low income countries should consider installing more lights, and high income countries should think carefully before turning any off to reduce carbon emissions

20 Jan 2009

Wind Energy Maintenance Market Growing at Double Digit Figures

The global wind turbine maintenance, repair, and overhaul services (MRO) market is growing at double digit rates and is expected to reach a value of USD $9.1 billion in 2013

20 Jan 2009

Cutting Edge Green Technology For Houses Showcased at The New American Home Show

Cutting-edge energy efficiency and stunning contemporary design are the keywords for the 2009 edition of The New American Home, America's premier show home and construction technology laboratory

20 Jan 2009

Energy Efficient but Super Bright LED Released for Use in Signs and Signals

Avago Technologies today announced the availability of one of the brightest 5 mm through-hole (TH) round LED lamps in the world for use in a variety of electronic sign and signal (ESS) applications

20 Jan 2009

Tungsten, Previously Thought Safe Is Now Raising Health and Environmental Concerns

Surprising new scientific research is raising concerns about the potential health and environmental hazards of tungsten — a metal used in products ranging from bullets to light bulbs to jewelry — that scientists once thought was environmentally friendly

19 Jan 2009

Scientists Agree That Human Induced Global Warming is Real

A broad poll of experts taken by UIC earth scientist Peter Doran finds that the vast majority of climatologists and other earth scientists believe in global warming and think human activity is a factor for the temperature rise. It dispels lingering doubts by some of a consensus among the scientists

19 Jan 2009

State of World's Oceans Shown in Movie, The End of the Line, at Sundance Film Festival

Audiences at the famous Sundance film festival are being treated to the world premiere of a new movie highlighting the parlous state of the world's oceans. The End of the Line, a feature length documentary made with the support of WWF, has its first showing in the World Cinema Documentary competition

19 Jan 2009

Calcium, Carbon, Climate Change and Fish, A Conundrum Considered

An international team of scientists has solved a mystery that has puzzled marine chemists for decades. They have discovered that fish contribute a significant fraction of the oceans' calcium carbonate production, which affects the delicate pH balance of seawater

19 Jan 2009

Researchers Report Biofuel Doomsayers Using Poor Assumptions

Publications ranging from the journal Science to Time magazine have blasted biofuels for significantly contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. But a new analysis by Michigan State University scientists says these dire predictions are based on a set of assumptions that may not be correct

19 Jan 2009

New Antibacterial Agents Identified

As bacteria resistant to commonly used antibiotics continue to increase in number, scientists keep searching for new sources of drugs. In this week's JBC, one potential new bactericide has been found in the tiny freshwater animal Hydra

19 Jan 2009

The Energy Efficiency of Andalusian Organic Olive Growing

The contribution of organic olive growing, especially on dryland, to non renewable energy saving in Andalusia is considerable. It is feasible to cut down further on the unnecessary use of machinery for soil preparation and weed control to improve energetic efficiency

19 Jan 2009