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Efficient Lighting Promoted By GE Earthday Promotion and Plant Bulbs

GE Project Plant-a-Bulb, helps consumers consider the environmental and financial benefits of energy efficient lighting, while bringing the lasting beauty and positive effects of perennial flower bulbs to selected Midwestern landscapes in cities such as Cleveland and Chicago

16 Apr 2009

First Solar to Build 48 Megawatt Photovoltaic Power Plant

First Solar announced it has executed an agreement to build a 48 megawatt (MW) AC ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV) power plant for Sempra Generation

16 Apr 2009

Veeco Experts to Appear at Solar Industry Events and Tradeshows

Veeco Instruments announced today that three of its technology experts will make presentations at worldwide solar industry events and tradeshows in May 2009

15 Apr 2009

Department of Defense Awards Biofuel Research Funding

The Department of Defense has awarded $1.9-million in funding to a biofuel research team led by chemical engineer George Huber at the University of Massachusetts Amherst so he and colleagues can turn wood and corn waste products into fuel precursors

15 Apr 2009

Final Touches Being Made on Solar Powered Boat

An academic and a team of post graduate students at the University of Southampton are making final preparations to their solar-powered boat ahead of a major engineering competition

15 Apr 2009

Green Earth Book Award Winners to be Announced This Week

The Green Earth Book Award is the nation’s first prize to laud environmentally-friendly literature for children and young adults. The 2009 recipients are saluted during the Children's and Young Adult Literature Festival at Salisbury University on Wednesday, April 15

14 Apr 2009

Algae Genes Show How Carbon Is Managed in the World's Oceans

Scientists have decoded genomes of two algal strains, highlighting the genes enabling them to capture carbon and maintain its delicate balance in the oceans

14 Apr 2009

Green Jobs Boom Expected as Pennsylvania Works to Attract Solar Energy Manufacturers

Pennsylvania's efforts to attract solar energy manufacturers to the state, spur an increase in projects that harness the sun's power, and create green collar jobs took a major step forward today

14 Apr 2009

Orders Come In For Waste Heat Electricity Generator

Ener-G-Rotors announces their first order for a TGE50, a 50kW waste heat to electricity appliance

14 Apr 2009

New Tool Estimates the Amount of Pesticides, Fertilizers and Other Chemicals That Can Be Avoided Through Organic Dairy Farming

A calculator has been developed to help consumers, dairy farmers, and food companies estimate the avoided environmental, public health, and animal welfare impacts associated with shifting dairy cows from conventional to organic management

13 Apr 2009