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Largest U.S. Solar Energy Event Starts This Week

All roads lead to Southern California this week, as thousands of people from around the world attend Solar Power International, the largest solar energy industry event in the Americas

13 Oct 2008

Wireless Sensors Being Used to Improve Farming

An Iowa State University research team is developing transceivers and sensors designed to collect and send data about soil moisture within a field. Eventually the researchers are hoping the sensors will also collect data about soil temperature and nutrient content

13 Oct 2008

Australian Internet Company, Internode, Embraces Green Power

Internode has embraced renewable energy by contracting to use 100 per cent "GreenPower" throughout its operations, effective since the start of September

13 Oct 2008

Space Probe Searching for Habitable Environment and Signs of Life on Planet Earth

Scientists using ESA’s Venus Express are trying to observe whether Earth is habitable. Silly, you might think, when we know that Earth is richly stocked with life. In fact, far from being a pointless exercise, Venus Express is paving the way for an exciting new era in astronomy

13 Oct 2008

Overwhelming Evidence of a Global Extinction Crisis For Mammals

An international team of scientists, including Dr. James Burton of Earthwatch, published an analysis of the latest IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in Science today. The report presents overwhelming evidence of an extinction crisis, with almost one in four mammal species at risk of disappearing forever

12 Oct 2008

Wildfires Can Boost Ozone Pollution to Levels That Violate Health Standards

Wildfires can boost ozone pollution to levels that violate U.S. health standards. A new study by NCAR scientists found that California wildfires in 2007 tripled the number of ozone violations across a broad area

12 Oct 2008

Sources of Mercury Pollution Tracked by Coal Fingerprints

University of Michigan researchers have developed a new tool that uses natural "fingerprints" in coal to track down sources of mercury polluting the environment

12 Oct 2008

Energy Efficient Compact Fluorescent Lights May Emit High Levels of UV Radiation

New research by the Health Protection Agency has shown that some energy saving compact fluorescent lights can emit ultraviolet radiation at levels that, under certain conditions of use, can result in exposures higher than guideline levels

12 Oct 2008

SafePath Products Allows the Green Building Industry to Step Safely

SafePath Products is a leader in the "green" movement specializing in ADA approved ramps and door threshold transitions made of durable and 100% post consumer material that requires no construction demolition, and qualifies for LEED credits

12 Oct 2008

Children's Environmental Education Program Celebrates 15 Year Anniversary

Puget Sound Energy’s Powerful Choices for the Environment (Powerful Choices), a cooperative in-classroom educational program that teaches Washington state middle school students how their actions impact the environment, recently celebrated its 15-year anniversary at an event at PSE’s Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility near Ellensburg, Washington, USA

9 Oct 2008

Next Generation Energy Storage for War Ships to be Developed by Satcon

Satcon Technology Corporation, a leading provider of utility scale distributed power solutions for the renewable energy market, announced today that it has been awarded a contract worth approximately $6 million by the Office of Naval Research

9 Oct 2008

Organism Found Living Alone Almost 3km Beneath the Surface of the Earth

The first ecosystem ever found having only a single biological species has been discovered 2.8 kilometers beneath the surface of the earth in the Mponeng gold mine near Johannesburg, South Africa

9 Oct 2008

Sandia Chosen to Manage Renewable Energy Program, SEGIS, the Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems

Sandia National Laboratories has been chosen as project manager of a new Department of Energy renewable energy program called Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems (SEGIS)

9 Oct 2008

New Material Set to Use Waste Heat From Your Car to Increase Mileage

Northwestern University led research team has identified a promising new material that could transform a technology that currently cools and heats car seats -- thermoelectrics -- into one that also efficiently converts waste heat into electricity to help power the car and improve gas mileage

9 Oct 2008

Solar Powered Not Terminated as Arnold Schwarzenegger Dedicates Solar Electricity System at Applied Materials

Today California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger dedicated the 2 megawatt solar power system at the Applied Materials campus in Sunnyvale, California, one of the largest corporate solar power installations in the United States. The Governor praised Applied’s work in the solar industry after viewing the extensive parking lot-based solar array as well as a demonstration of the company’s thin film solar technology

9 Oct 2008