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Rutgers Scholar Says a Co-Ordinated Approach is Needed for Renewable Energy Generation

Engineers and entrepreneurs are rushing to explore alternative sources of efficient and renewable energy in New Jersey and elsewhere in the country. A Rutgers School of Business—Camden professor has strong words of caution as projects involving wind farms and photovoltaic cells proliferate

18 Nov 2008

How Growing Demand for Ethanol Production and Changes in Land Use

The amount of agricultural land required to produce 15 billion gallons of grain ethanol in the United States by 2015, as required by the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA), is likely to be less than 1 percent of total world cropland

16 Nov 2008

Shade Trees Can Make Large Reductions to Summer Power Bills

An Auburn University study sheds new light on just how valuable shade trees are in reducing homeowners’ electricity bills during hot summer months

13 Nov 2008

Ethanol Demands Ties Crop Prices to the Petrol Pump, Not to the Grocery Shelves

Ethanol helped drive two years of record profits for grain farmers, but also will hold income down during a looming recession that has already sliced crop prices in half

10 Nov 2008

Researchers Link Autism With Rain

The American Medical Association journal Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine has published a new study by researchers at Cornell University indicating evidence of an environmental trigger for autism among genetically vulnerable children

10 Nov 2008

Green Group Disappointed With Judge Blocking Environmentally Friendly Taxis for New York

A preliminary injunction blocking a rule requiring New York City taxicabs to get a minimum 25 miles-per-gallon starting tomorrow is a mistake, according to Environmental Defense Fund

2 Nov 2008

Chinese Economy Being Burnt by The Cost of Coal

A new report, The True Cost of Coal, outlines the external costs to China of using coal by including the costs of air and water pollution, ecosystem degradation, damage to infrastructure, human injuries and loss of life, and takes into account the distortion of government regulation

2 Nov 2008