oldephartte(in training): 29 Mar

US energy policy is stuck on reliance on natural gas. Most Americans understand that by the middle of the century most of our energy will have to be supplied by renewables -- wind, water and solar -- but we seem content to use natural gas for the ...

Britain one of the lowest producers of renewable energy in the EU

The Independent

The report, published by the European Commission's statistical body 'Eurostat', indicates that the UK generates the third least renewable energy within EU28 - the block of 28 European states committed to hitting green energy targets by 2020. Britain is ...

US Energy Dept to offer loan aid to renewable energy companies

Reuters

"We will have another call in the loan program for renewables and efficiency in the not-too-distant future," Moniz said at a policy forum for the American Council on Renewable Energy. He did not specify how much loan aid would be offered or specify the ...

Wind Farms Flourish Across The US As Interest In Renewable Energy Skyrockets

Huffington Post

In New York and many other cities across the U.S., you're likely to have access to a program that will allow your home to be powered with wind energy through your local utility, reducing your home's reliance on climate-changing fossil fuels for ...

Human Habitat

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Former Queens Fort Revamped for Work on Ecology

New York Times

With a laboratory and sleeping quarters for visiting scientists, it is an unusual place where ecologists, field biologists and social scientists are happy to get their fingernails dirty in urban soil. They study the big picture, from former Mayor ...

Ecology says record figures prove 'commercial viability' of sustainable finance

Blue & Green Tomorrow

Ecology Building Society has announced record-breaking success in its latest annual report – figures that its chief executive says “prove the commercial viability of genuinely sustainable finance”. Ecology, one of the youngest building societies still ...

Women Ecowarriors: Ecology Grassroots Activists against GMO, Deforestation ...

Center for Research on Globalization

Over the last four decades, I have served the Earth and grassroots ecological movements, beginning with the historic Chipko Movement (Hug the Tree Movement), in the Central Himalaya. Every movement in which I participated, I noticed that women were the ...

Life lessons: Maryville College students dive into Caribbean ecology

The Daily Times

Maryville College students Hana Henry, Allison Peeler, Mary Feely, Brandon Denney, David Lee Haskins, Lauren Evans, Lauren Bonee, Ravyn Thompson, Brittany Coats, Jenny Baker, Carrie West and Montana Dunn enjoy some free time at Lac Bay, Bonaire ...

Water Power

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'Ooho,' Tiny Edible Water Blob, Could Be A Major Solution To Plastic Bottle ...

Huffington Post

Designers Rodrigo García González, Guillaume Couche and Pierre Paslier call their creation "Ooho," a gelatinous blob that is actually a membrane that encapsulates water like a bladder. When you're thirsty, just puncture the membrane and drink. Or, if ...

Tests show chemical in W. Virginia water weeks after leak

CNN

(CNN) -- Tap water testing in 10 homes in West Virginia found a chemical that leaked from an industrial storage facility in January was still in the water supply a month later, though at levels within the state's allowable threshold. On January 9, a ...

Boil Water Alert Lifted After North Huntingdon Water Main Break

CBS Local

NORTH HUNTINGDON (KDKA) — A boil water alert, prompted by a water main break earlier this week in North Huntingdon, has now been lifted. According to the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County, bacteriological test samples have been completed ...

A Giant Basket That Uses Condensation to Gather Drinking Water

Wired

Designer Arturo Vittori believes the solution to the Ethiopian water shortage lies not in high technology, but in sculptures that look like giant-sized objects from the pages of a Pier 1 catalog. Photos by Gabriele Rigon. Designer Arturo Vittori ...