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Flights Now Being Giving an Energy Label so Customers Can Make Environmentally Conscious Travel Decisions

CheapTickets.nl has attached an energy label to all the flights in its booking system. This new tool now allows passengers to make an environmentally conscious choice when they book their flights

17 Sep 2008

Alliance to Save Energy Asks Drivers to Drive Smarter In Order to Tackle Fuel Prices

The Alliance to Save Energy today urged Americans to "Drive $marter" and less as the most affordable and best way to ride out the current gasoline supply shortages and price spikes

17 Sep 2008

Hybrids and Harleys Roll for Obama

In advance of McCain visit, proud owners of American-Made motorcycles
and hybrids to remind McCain why buying American matters to Michigan
families with Barack Obama's Campaign for Change launching "Hybrids and Harleys for Obama"

17 Sep 2008

US Energy Bill Called a Sham Before Parliament

House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) took the floor of the U.S. House this morning to call Democrats' bluff on their cynically-written sham energy bill

17 Sep 2008

Whales Return to New York Area for the First Time in Modern History

For the first time in waters surrounding New York City, the beckoning calls of endangered fin, humpback and North Atlantic right whales have been recorded

17 Sep 2008

Greenhouse Gas Inventory Announced by Cornell

As part of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), Cornell University has calculated its first greenhouse gas inventory. This news from the inventory indicates that Cornell will be on course to reduce central utilities emissions by almost one-third – far exceeding the university’s goal of being 7 percent below 1990 levels of carbon emissions by 2012. The university is expected to meet that goal by 2010, two years ahead of schedule

16 Sep 2008

Hurricanes Delivering Global Warming Wake-Up Call to the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts

By fueling more intense tropical storms, global warming is putting hurricanes on steroids

16 Sep 2008

G-LUBE Environmentally Friendly Lubricant Oil Hits The Market

GET’s green alternative to WD-40 and other penetrating oils and lubricants now available

16 Sep 2008

ThermaRock Energy Saving Drywall Introduced by Serious Materials

Serious Materials today announced its new line of ThermaRock energy saving drywall that can give enrgy savings of 30 percent

16 Sep 2008

Dutch Pushing for Offshore Wind Power in the North Sea

Twenty major Dutch companies are piling the pressure on their government to speed up the construction of wind parks in the North Sea

15 Sep 2008

Arctic Sea Ice Set To Reach Lowest Level Ever

Arctic sea ice may well have reached its lowest volumes ever, as summer ice coverage of the Arctic Sea looks set to be close to last year's record lows or lower

15 Sep 2008

High Performance Composite Materials Made from Biodegradable and Renewable Source Materials

The first generation of high performance composite materials made from completely biodegradable natural fibre reinforced plastics has been produced by a UK-based consortium

15 Sep 2008

Study Saws Old Growth Forests Must Be Factored into Carbon Balances

An international study involving a team from LSCE (CNRS-CEA-UVSQ) has revealed that ancient forests, which accumulate large quantities of carbon over the centuries, should be taken into account in global carbon balance assessments

15 Sep 2008

Scientists Develop New Way of Making Biofuels from Biomass

Scientists from the Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) have developed a system that can improve the efficiency of the conversion process of biomass to fuel gas that will contribute to the production of energy in a more sustainable manner

15 Sep 2008

BioSolar Has Proven That Petroleum Products are Not Necessary to Produce Renewable Energy

BioSolar continues to garner media coverage following last month’s announcement that materials derived from cotton and castor beans compose the company’s proprietary BioBacksheet, a protective covering, traditionally made from expensive petroleum-based film, used in the back of virtually all photovoltaic solar modules

15 Sep 2008