EPA Awards $197 Million in Recovery Act Funds to Clean Up Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Leaks, Creating Jobs, Protecting Land and Water
| Reduce your nitrogen footprint Our carbon footprint is not the only impression we leave on the environment. It’s time we reckoned with what a nitrogen footprint is, and especially about the role excess nitrogen plays in global warming and damage to marine ecosystems. |
| Oneida Lake a valuable resource. In the old days, Oneida Lake ice often got to be more than 2 feet thick by February. Today, 12 to 15 inches is more common. |
Small Wind Farm Ready to Generate Power While very small wind energy projects are not normally viable due to the cost and effort involved, a small wind farm in the Clay County could easily start generating power as early as 2010. If this project, called The Romar wind project, starts generating power successfully it will certainly trigger a trend. But how [.]Posted in: Industry, Wind Farms, Wind Power |
| Mean green machine. Earth-friendly devices, or “green gadgets” as they are called, were as abundant as wild mushrooms now as a myriad of tech companies battled it out in the green arena with the number of electronics they introduced, which included solar powered phones and energy-saving LCD TVs. |
| Sustainable Thoughts From OReilly Conf. Alex SteffanThe 2009 O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference had a strong sustainability theme this year. One of my favorite prognosticators, Worldchanging Executive Editor Alex Steffen keynoted last Tuesday with some simple and clear rules for the future of sustainable design.Background: About half the population of the planet is under 35, with most of [.] |
| EPA Awards $197 Million in Recovery Act Funds to Clean Up Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Leaks, Creating Jobs, Protecting Land and Water In an effort to protect people where they live, work, and play, EPA announced the distribution of $197 million appropriated under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to assess and clean up underground storage tank petroleum leaks. EPA estimates that these funds will create or retain significant numbers of jobs and contribute to at least 1,600 cleanups around the country. |
Turning Sunlight Into Liquid Fuel We have been hearing about artificial leaves and artificial trees for energy generation for quite sometime. Our life giver green plants are performing this function called photosynthesis for millions of years. The green plants trap sunlight energy and convert it into electrochemical energy. Now scientists want to imitate the process of photosynthesis to [.]Posted in: Biofuels, Inventions, Solar Power |
Eco-Friendly Fuels at I-5 Rest Stops Common man and policy makers both are increasingly being made aware of the importance of clean and green fuels in near future. The governors of 3 states have come forward with a plan to transform Interstate 5 from a freeway dotted by gasoline burners to a sanctuary for eco-friendly cars and trucks. The people [.]Posted in: Biofuels, Hydrogen Fuel, Transportation |
| The Superb Grid vs. the SuperGrid Please see the article by Sam Carana on how a larger and simultaneously more local grid can be implemented, to capture as much of the electricity being generated as possible. Read about how many parts of Europe already have surplus electricity and countries are linking their grids together toimprove efficiency.  |