More Provinces May Agree to Protect Boreal Forest
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Planet | Comments OffPhoto credit: International Boreal Conservation Campaign Original and remaining intact forests of the world - the Boreal Forest in Canada contains 25% of the world's last intact forests This summer, after receiving an insistent letter from ...
The Transformative 120: Text Messages Prove a South African HIV Lifeline
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Columns, Green News | Comments OffTaken together, a handful of numbers are adding up to a powerful HIV/AIDS lifeline along South Africa's northeastern coast. Of the six million South Africans infected with the disease, just one in ten are currently in ...
Greenpeace rates electronics makers’ green claims
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Video: Detroit, watch out for this Karma
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Photos: Greenbuild Expo flashes through Boston
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Knowledge gaps hinder energy-efficient building transition
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffTechnology to deliver "dramatic" cuts in emissions already exists, but knowledge gaps and old habits mean progress in being made "at a snail's pace," argues the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) in a new report. Energy savings in buildings ...
Green efforts embrace poor; More areas are updating housing to cut energy use and utility bills
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffLow-income people who live in old or flimsy housing are becoming prime targets for cities and groups intent on slashing energy use. Recent efforts to cut energy consumption in the home have focused on new construction, often in more affluent areas ...
‘Green’ gadgets need better labeling, report says
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Compostmodern 2009
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Events, Green News | Comments OffCompostmodern is beginning to roll out its 2009 line-up, and it looks like a winner. Worldchangers Dawn Danby and Joel Makower, and allies Allan Chochinov and Emily Pilloton have already been announced. That alone would make ...
Sustainable Energy Fund Elects New Board and Officers
Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffSustainable Energy Fund Announces Solar Scholars™ Grant Awardees
Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffSustainable Energy Fund (SEF) announced the winners in the 2008 Solar Scholars PV grant competition. SEF in collaboration with PPL Electric Utilities provided $180,000 in matching grants to 12 Pennsylvania colleges. These grants will provide a portion of the funding ...
SunWize Technologies Expands and Reorganizes its Power Systems Division
Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffSunWize's Distributed Power Group has reorganized its rapidly growing Power Systems installation business into two separate divisions. The Residential Power Systems Division is headed by industry veteran Paul Garvison, while the Commercial Power Systems Division continues to be led by ...
SMA America’s Solar Power International Event Brings Professionals Together
Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffROCKLIN, Calif., Nov. 25, 2008—SMA America, Inc., a subsidiary of SMA Solar Technology AG, held an exclusive networking event for Sunny PRO Club members during the recent Solar Power International conference and expo in San Diego. The Sunny PRO Club ...
Producing Cellulosic Ethanol Without Soil Damage
Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffIn the Midwest, 100 to 150 millon tons of corn stover -- crop residue -- is now left on fields to prevent erosion and return nutrients to soil. Now corn stover is being eyed as a possible source of cellulose ...
The Market, Solar Stocks and the Future
Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffWhat do you think about the current situation in the stock market? Also what do you think about solar stocks currently and what is your outlook for them in the future? Thanks. -- B. Harris, Dallas Texas
JA Solar & BP To Form Long-Term Agreement
Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffJA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. and BP Alternative Energy Holdings Limited announced their intention to jointly develop and market part of their solar photovoltaic product portfolios over the next five years.
Connecticut Clean Tech Fund Launched
Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffConnecticut Innovations (CI), the state's quasi-public authority responsible for technology investing and innovation development, announced that it will administer a new US $9 million "Connecticut Clean Tech Fund" which will make investments in seed- and early-stage companies focused on innovations ...
Solargy Systems Begins US $120M African Waste-to-Energy Project
Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffSolargy Systems Inc. announced it has hired Cinergex Solutions Ltd, a Canadian provider of waste-to-energy (WTE) technology and equipment, to begin work on a US $120 million energy facility in West Africa that will be operated by Solargy Systems. The ...
Finavera’s British Columbia Wind Bids Backed by GE Energy Financial Services
Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffFinavera Renewables Inc. announced its bid to develop four wind energy projects in British Columbia. To facilitate the bid into BC Hydro's 2008 Clean Power Call, Finavera Renewables signed a memorandum of understanding with GE Energy Financial Services, for proposed ...