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Organism with a Taste for Olive Drab Shows Promise for Greener Energy

A spidery fungus with a voracious appetite for military uniforms and canvas tents could hold the key to improvements in the production of biofuels, a team of government, academic and industry researchers has announced.

4 May 2008

Program Giving Customers Option to Purchase Clean Electricity and Reduce Impact on Environment

The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities has approved NSTAR Green, a program that gives customers the option to purchase clean electricity and reduce their impact on the environment.

2 May 2008

Hundreds of Carbon Reducing Ideas on Display

Homeowners interested in lowering electricity bills and gardeners interested in growing organic fruit and vegetables will find the Chicago Botanic Garden filled with these and hundreds of other carbon-reducing ideas at the Garden's "Knowledge and Action" marketplace, June 5th.

1 May 2008

New Research Collaborations to Further Diversify America's Sources of Energy

The first year of ConocoPhillips' eight-year, $22.5 million research program at Iowa State University (ISU) has supported 26 research projects and helped establish new research collaborations to further diversify America's sources of energy and help meet growing energy demand.

1 May 2008

Green Windmill Power to Come to the Aid of Thousands of Rural Pond and Lake Owners

Outdoor Water Solutions (OWS) is using old fashioned technology to come to the aid of thousands of rural pond and lake owners employing environmentally friendly windmill power.

1 May 2008

Farms Across US May Soon Find It Easier to Finance New Waste Energy

Small to large scale farms across the U.S. may soon find it easier to finance new farm waste energy systems thanks to a partnership between NativeEnergy and Agrilab -- two companies focused on reducing our dependence on fossil fuels.

30 Apr 2008

Farming Pushed Natural Drought into Disaster

Climate scientists using computer models to simulate the 1930s Dust Bowl on the U.S Great Plains have found that dust raised by farmers probably amplified and spread a natural drop in rainfall, turning an ordinary drying cycle into an agricultural collapse.

30 Apr 2008

Blue Source Canada has Sold 158,000 Tonnes of Carbon Offsets During First Compliance Period

Blue Source Canada, a subsidiary of Blue Source LLC, today announced that it has identified, registered and sold 158,000 tonnes of carbon offsets during the first compliance period for the Specified Gas Emitters Regulation in Alberta, North America's first regulated carbon trading market.

30 Apr 2008

Research Project to Evaluate Climate Change Impacts on the U.S.

A prominent climate researcher and professor at the Department of Geosciences at Texas Tech University has been invited by the White House to serve as a lead author on a national research project to evaluate climate change impacts on the United States.

29 Apr 2008

The First Multi-Crop Seed Brand Supplying New Market for Biofuel Feedstocks

Energy crop company Ceres, Inc. plans to market its agricultural seeds and traits under the trade name Blade Energy Crops in the United States. Company president and CEO Richard Hamilton unveiled the new brand at the BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology in Chicago earlier today.

29 Apr 2008