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Engineers Turn to Fusion For Clean Energy Solution

Engineers at UC San Diego's Center for Energy Research (CER) are working on some of the tough problems that stand in the way of efficient, economical, and environmentally friendly energy sources

24 Nov 2008

Carbon Footprint Being Reduced in Novel Ways by University of Delaware

College students notoriously shun early morning, evening and Friday classes, but what if a change in schedules reduced a university’s carbon footprint

23 Nov 2008

WindWorks Celebrates Washington State Supreme Court Decision in Controversial Wind Farm Case

The regional wind power advocacy group WindWorks Northwest joined with Washington environmentalists, consumers, union and business advocates in celebrating today’s Supreme Court decision upholding the authority of the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council

23 Nov 2008

Thousands of e-Cards Sent to Greek PM Asking for Climate Change Action

More than 3,000 Greek citizens have responded to a WWF call over the past four days by sending their Prime Minister, Kostas Karamanlis, a WWF e-card asking him to take an active part in the global efforts to fight climate change

23 Nov 2008

Students Return to a Greener UC San Diego

More than 28,500 students who came back to UC San Diego this year found a campus that is getting greener every day, as the university solidifies its position as a leader in sustainability among the nation’s higher education institutions

23 Nov 2008

Nature Air, World's First Carbon Neutral Airline Joins UNEP's Climate Initiative

NatureAir, the world's first carbon neutral airline, has joined the Climate Neutral Network (CN Net), an initiative led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to promote global action towards low-carbon economies and societies

23 Nov 2008

Research on Energy and the Environment to be Focus of Indiana University Bloomington Center

A new research center has been established at Indiana University Bloomington to explore issues related to energy and the environment, including the carbon cycle and its role in climate, the environmental consequences of energy production and use, and the potential for cleaner fossil fuels and renewable energy

23 Nov 2008

Groundbreaking Energy Efficiency Project for DOE and TVA

Three houses under construction in East Tennessee carry the story of "The Three Little Pigs" to an entirely new level and will become a model for the nation when it comes to determining energy efficiency

23 Nov 2008

Innovative Solar Water Heaters to be Developed by GE Consumer and Electrical

GE Consumer and Industrial, the first U.S. company to meet newly established ENERGY STAR standards for residential water heaters, announced that they are developing a line of innovative solar water heaters that are designed to meet the 2009 Energy Star guidelines

23 Nov 2008

JA Solar and BP Alternative Energy to Tea Up on Solar Photovoltaics

JA Solar Holdings Co and BP Alternative Energy Holdings Limited, today announced their intention to jointly develop and market part of their solar photovoltaic product portfolio over the next five years

20 Nov 2008