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New Strategies for Effective Farm Irrigation

As California’s population continues to grow in the coming decades, freshwater supplies to farms, homes and businesses are expected to decline. Researchers at UC San Diego’s Jacobs School are using sensor technologies to devise new strategies for irrigating farmland more efficiently

23 Nov 2008

Alien Worms Threaten to Destroy Forests

Forests that evolved without native earthworms now face the invasion of European earthworms from agriculture and fishing. Ripple effects could include carbon sequestration and climate change

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

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

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

Organic, Natural Poultry the Subject of Food and Safety Research

A team from several institutions led by University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture food and poultry scientists has been awarded a three-year grant for nearly $600,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Integrated Food Safety Initiative grant to do food safety research in natural and organic poultry

20 Nov 2008

Signet Solar Begins Shipping Thin Film Solar Panels

Signet Solar, a global manufacturer of thin film silicon photovoltaic (PV) modules, today announced the production and shipment of the first megawatt (MW) of panels from its manufacturing facility in Mochau, Germany

20 Nov 2008

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

U.S. Sugar and Coskata Look to Build 100 Million Gallon Cellulosic Ethanol Plant

U.S. Sugar Corp. today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Coskata, Inc of Warrenville, IL to explore building a 100 million gallon per year cellulosic ethanol facility in Clewiston, Florida

18 Nov 2008