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Finalists Selected and Voting Is Open For America's Greenest School

America votes online for the nation's top singers and celebrity dancers, but now they can vote online to decide which school deserves the title of America's Greenest School

11 May 2009

Solar and Nuclear Research at Los Alamos National Laboratory Gets A Boost

Solar and nuclear energy technology advancements from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) could help the nation in its quest to capture viable sources of alternative energy, thanks to funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science

11 May 2009

New Understanding of Photosynthesis Energy Conversion

A new study has come up with a surprising twist to photosynthesis by swapping a key metal necessary for turning sunlight into chemical energy

11 May 2009

Energy Conversion Devices and Enfinity to Co-Develop of Solar Projects Across the US and Europe

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc and Enfinity, NV today announced plans to co-develop a portfolio of rooftop solar installations throughout the U.S., as well as in numerous European countries, including Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the Czech Republic

11 May 2009

Caltech To Get Energy Frontier Research Center

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science has announced that it will fund the creation of 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) over the next five years, including one that will be housed at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

11 May 2009

Hydrogen Rich Compound Holds Promise as Hydrogen Vehicle Fuel

A hydrogen-rich compound discovered by Stanford researchers is packed with promise of helping overcome one of the biggest hurdles to using hydrogen for fuel--namely, how do you stuff enough hydrogen into a vo...

11 May 2009

Call For American Schools to Get Green Renovation

Going green with new construction is a good idea, but what about renovating existing structures? Like, say, the 20 billion square feet of existing U.S. public schools, 40 percent of which have 15 million students in poor environmental conditions?

11 May 2009

ASME Pushes Government for Action on a National Energy Policy

Twenty-one engineering societies, representing over one million engineers, have endorsed the “National Energy Policy Goals Proclamation” of ASME and IEEE-USA, which emphasizes research and development in new technologies as part of a comprehensive strategy to protect U.S. economic and national security

11 May 2009

Environmental and Health Groups Praise Bill to Find Climate Change and Public Health Preparedness

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Trust for America's Health (TFAH), and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) praised legislation introduced late yesterday to improve the public health response to climate change

11 May 2009

Maximum Efficiency Comes From Bioelectricity Not Ethanol For Powering Vehicles

How can we maximize our "miles per acre" from biomass? Researchers writing in the online edition of the May 7 Science magazine say the best bet is to convert the biomass to electricity, rather than ethanol

10 May 2009