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Natural Emissions and Manmade Pollutants Make Clouds Brighter Leading to Unexpected Cooling Effect

University of Manchester scientists, writing in the journal Nature Geoscience, have shown that natural emissions and manmade pollutants can both have an unexpected cooling effect on the world’s climate by making clouds brighter.

7 May 2013

A123 Systems’ New Division to Develop and Manufacture Advanced Lithium Ion Energy Storage Systems

A123 Systems, LLC announced today that its businesses focused on advanced batteries for electric grid, backup power and lead-acid replacements for commercial applications will be branded A123 Energy Solutions, combining the activities of several previous groups of A123 Systems.

From A123Systems 7 May 2013

Healthy Years of Life Lost due to Toxic Waste Sites

Toxic waste sites with elevated levels of lead and chromium cause a high number of “healthy years of life lost” in individuals living near 373 sites located in India, Philippines and Indonesia, according to a study by a Mount Sinai researcher published online today in Environmental Health Perspectives.

6 May 2013

Global Shipping Increases Risk of Marine Bio-Invasion

Globalisation, with its ever increasing demand for cargo transport, has inadvertently opened the flood gates for a new, silent invasion.

6 May 2013

Mainstream Renewable Power Sponsors Canadian Arctic Northwest Passage Rowing Expedition

Global wind and solar company, Mainstream Renewable Power today announced its sponsorship of a rowing expedition attempting a world first through the infamous Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic this summer.

6 May 2013

EIA Urges Japan not to use Bogus Carbon Offsets from Destruction of HFC-23

Environmental Investigation Agency, On April 19, 2013, the Japanese Cabinet approved the revision of its fluorocarbon regulations that will fundamentally change the way high global warming fluorocarbons are produced, used and disposed in Japan.

6 May 2013

Canadian Government to Invest in Three Innovative Clean Energy Projects in Nova Scotia

Senator Kelvin Ogilvie announced today that the Government of Canada will invest almost $6.9 million in three innovative clean energy projects in Nova Scotia.

6 May 2013

Boreal Ecosystems will be Pushed North due to Climate Change

It’s difficult to imagine how a degree or two of warming will affect a location. Will it rain less? What will happen to the area’s vegetation?

6 May 2013

SolPowerPeople Launches Fundraising Campaign to Develop Innovative Online Solar School

Energy. Sustainability. Community. Through a partnership between these elements, we can create the future we hope for. Human nature is to observe, learn and then make change. This is an inevitable process.

4 May 2013

Army Awards IDIQ MATOC to Support Renewable Energy on Defense Department Installations

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, working with the Army Energy Initiatives Task Force (EITF), today awarded the first of its kind Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOC) for the first technology under this contract to support renewable energy on Defense Department installations.

4 May 2013

Groundbreaking Held for 14.9 MW Fuel Cell Power Project in Connecticut

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch today joined officials from Dominion, one of the nation's largest energy companies, and FuelCell Energy Inc. to break ground at the largest fuel cell power project in North America.

4 May 2013

NRG Solar Celebrates Completion of 66 MW Alpine Solar Generating Facility

NRG Energy, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary NRG Solar, announced that it will commemorate the opening of the Alpine Solar Generating Facility in Lancaster, Calif., at a ribbon-cutting event later this morning.

From NRG Energy, Inc. 4 May 2013

P2 Solar Establishes Wholly Owned Subsidiary in India

P2 Solar, Inc. (the "Company" or "P2") today announces it has formed a wholly owned subsidiary in India called Jagat Energy Private Limited.

4 May 2013

RGS Energy Completes Installation of Solar Power Systems at Four Stop & Shop Stores

RGS Energy, the commercial and utility division of Real Goods Solar, Inc., a nationwide leader of turnkey solar energy solutions for residential, commercial, and utility customers, has completed the installation of solar power systems at four Stop & Shop grocery stores in New York.

3 May 2013

Ameresco to Install Energy Efficiency Improvements at 28 Lewis and Clark County-Owned Buildings

Ameresco, Inc., a leading energy efficiency and renewable energy company, announced today that it has signed and begun work on an Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) with Lewis and Clark County, Montana. Ameresco will install over $1.6 million of energy efficiency improvements at 28 County-owned buildings.

From Ameresco 3 May 2013