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Rural Americans Views on the Environment Divided Along Religious Lines

Reflecting the heterogeneous nature of rural America, rural Americans are divided – primarily along religious lines – on their perspectives of environmental conservation and climate change, a new brief from the Carsey Institute finds.

20 Oct 2008

Alternate Fuels May Threaten Water Supplies

As the search for new fuels intensifies, researchers in Texas report that switching to certain alternative fuels to power cars, trucks, and SUVs may require the use of much more water than conventional petroleum-based gasoline and diesel

20 Oct 2008

Orange Peel Being Used to Clean Polluted Water

Researchers have discovered that nothing more sophisticated than orange peel can be used to remove acidic dyes from industrial effluent

20 Oct 2008

Mini Car Goes Electric With the Limited Edition MINI-E

MINI goes electric. The MINI E will make its world debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show on November 19, 2008

20 Oct 2008

America's Largest Solar Cell Manufacturing Plant Opened by SolarWorld

SolarWorld, a world leader in high quality solar power technology, today opens North America's largest solar cell manufacturing facility

20 Oct 2008

Tommy Hilfiger Group to Host Al Gore's The Climate Project European Summit

The Climate Project announces that it will hold the first-ever summit in Europe of Al Gore's Climate Project

20 Oct 2008

Mapping Boreal Forests With Radar From Space

How best to map 'boreal' or northern forest with spaceborne radar is the focus of an ESA campaign currently underway in northern Sweden

20 Oct 2008

Study Finds the Arctic Ocean Had Less Ice 6000-7000 Years Ago

Recent mapping of a number of raised beach ridges on the north coast of Greenland suggests that the ice cover in the Arctic Ocean was greatly reduced some 6000-7000 years ago. The Arctic Ocean may have been periodically ice free

20 Oct 2008

Energy Revolution in Sardinia Started by Greenpeace

Sardinian authorities have promised to revise the region's energy plans to meet EU climate protection targets, following a Greenpeace blockade at the E.ON owned Fiume Santo coal-fired power station to protest planned expansion of climate changing coal capacity in the region

20 Oct 2008

Consumer Electronics Sustainability Report Released

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) today released the first industry-wide consumer electronics (CE) environmental sustainability report

20 Oct 2008

I'm Dreaming of a Green Christmas With Environmentally Friendly Christmas Lights

Christmas Lights Etc, one of the largest U.S. suppliers of premium Christmas trees, decorations and holiday lighting is proud to announce its' partnership with ENERGY STAR

20 Oct 2008

Green Earth Technologies Helps Car Owners Keep Their Cars Clean Without Harming the Environment

Green Earth Technologies, a consumer goods manufacturer producing 'G'-Branded superior performing totally green products, wants to help consumers wash their cars without polluting the earth

20 Oct 2008

Space Based Technology Being Used to Find Natural Resources Like Oil and Gas

Using space-based technology developed during ESA’s gravity mission studies, a novel gradiometer is being developed by a UK-based company to help oil and gas companies find the most appropriate locations to drill wells and plan further exploration

20 Oct 2008

Climate Change and Acid Rain Could Be Good for Forests

Contrary to popular belief, moderate increases in temperature and increased nitrogen from acid rain actually improves forest productivity, providing there is sufficient moisture

20 Oct 2008

Concentration of Pesticides in Groundwater Decreasing

The use of pesticides in the United States has been widespread for decades, and a new study shows the effects they have had as a contaminant in the nation’s groundwater. The researchers took samples from over 300 wells and examined different contaminants that have been used over the years, with encouraging results as to the levels of concentration that the samples have measured

20 Oct 2008