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For Community-Wind Projects, Size Does Matter

Dakota Wind Energy, LLC, announced its plans today to take advantage of South Dakota's tremendous wind potential with the formation of the state's first utility scale community-owned wind project. The project is located in Roberts, Marshall, and Day counties.

17 Jan 2008

Researchers Learns More About Weather and Climate and Their Impacts on Society

As the city of New Orleans struggles to rebuild from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, researchers are learning more about weather and climate and their impacts on society.

17 Jan 2008

U.S. Wind Energy Industry Installed 5,244 MW in 2007

U.S. wind energy industry installed 5,244 megawatts (MW) in 2007, expanding the nation's total wind power generating capacity by 45% in a single calendar year and injecting an investment of over $9 billion into the economy, the American Wind Energy Association announced today.

17 Jan 2008

Proposed Greenhouse Gas Legislation will have Little Impact on Economic Growth

Proposed legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will have little impact on America's future economic growth, according to a new report conducted by researchers at RTI International and Harvard University for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

17 Jan 2008

1100 Colleges and Universities Participate in Largest Teach-In on Solutions to Global Warming

On Jan. 31, more than 1100 colleges and universities from all 50 states will participate in Focus the Nation – an unprecedented teach-in on solutions to global warming that will simultaneously educate and energize close to 1 million young adults. A live web cast produced by the National Wildlife Federation from the University of Central Florida on Jan. 30 will launch Focus the Nation as the largest teach-in in U.S. history, galvanizing an inter-generational partnership for the first time since the civil rights movement of the 1960’s.

17 Jan 2008

Epwin Group Showcases New Generation of Sustainable PVC-U Products

The Epwin Group, the specialist low maintenance building materials group, will be showcasing its new generation of advanced sustainable and energy efficient PVC-U products at Eco-Build this coming February.

17 Jan 2008

Climate Change Studies Awarded More than 145 Million Hours on Supercomputers

Scientific studies on climate change, energy and alternative fuels are among the 30 projects awarded more than 145 million processing hours on supercomputers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory through the Department of Energy's Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program.

17 Jan 2008