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Pollution of Freshwater Costing at Least $4.3 Billion Every Year

Kansas State University researchers found that freshwater pollution by phosphorous and nitrogen costs government agencies, drinking water facilities and individual Americans at least $4.3 billion annually.

24 Nov 2008

Engineers Turn to Fusion For Clean Energy Solution

Engineers at UC San Diego's Center for Energy Research (CER) are working on some of the tough problems that stand in the way of efficient, economical, and environmentally friendly energy sources

24 Nov 2008

CertainTeed CedarBoards Insulated Siding Saves Energy and Money, Looks Good

CertainTeed CedarBoards Insulated Siding breaks the thermal bridge by insulating continuously over framing where energy loss is greatest

24 Nov 2008

Homes from Green Builders Saving Hundreds on Energy Bills

Green Builders, Inc., a leading large-scale developer of sustainable homes in the Austin, Texas-area, is expanding its services to include green remodeling

24 Nov 2008

Carbon Footprint Being Reduced in Novel Ways by University of Delaware

College students notoriously shun early morning, evening and Friday classes, but what if a change in schedules reduced a university’s carbon footprint

23 Nov 2008

Understanding Why Maple Leaves Change Colour May Give Tourism Protection Against Climate Change

Two University of Vermont research groups are asking: why do leaves go red? The ecology and mechanisms are still unknown. The question has economic urgency since climate change may make New England's bright leaf season go dull, drying up the flow of tourists and their wallets

23 Nov 2008

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

South Eastern USA Water to be More Variable and Unreliable

A new report from National Wildlife Federation offers the latest scientific research on global warming and water supplies, competition for resources, demographic factors, and how to better prepare for managing the region’s water availability challenges

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

Guide to Reducing the Noise of Kerbside Glass Recycling

A new HSE publication has been released entitled, Reducing kerbside glass collection noise risks in the waste and recycling industry

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

Thousands of e-Cards Sent to Greek PM Asking for Climate Change Action

More than 3,000 Greek citizens have responded to a WWF call over the past four days by sending their Prime Minister, Kostas Karamanlis, a WWF e-card asking him to take an active part in the global efforts to fight climate change

23 Nov 2008

Black Carbon Analysis Suggests Global Warming Predictions are Overestimated

A detailed analysis of black carbon -- the residue of burned organic matter -- in computer climate models suggests that those models may be overestimating global warming predictions

23 Nov 2008

Natural Cooling From Deep Within Lake Ontario

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry researchers are studying a plan that would pump water from deep in Lake Ontario into buildings 30 miles away in Syracuse, providing environmentally friendly cooling for city buildings

23 Nov 2008

Earthwatch Ramps up Climate Change Efforts

Earthwatch has released updates to 3 recent initiatives to fight climate change, its Beat the Heat Climate Change Campaign, Live from the Field teacher program and a new element to the HSBC Climate Partnership - designed to implement sustainable practices in businesses and local communities

23 Nov 2008