West Coast Green has partnered up with SolaRover in order to power a handful of major areas of the event via the sun, proving that … SolaRoverRead more
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Posted inElectric Vehicle / Transportation
Iceland planing for decarbonized future
At a Reykjavik conference this week, “Driving Sustainability ’08,” Iceland announced plans to team up with Mitsubishi Motors to supply the country with a fleet … Iceland planing for decarbonized futureRead more
Posted inEnergy / Solar
Bringing High-Efficiency Solar Cells Down to Earth
University of Utah engineers devised a new way to slice thin wafers of the chemical element germanium for use in the most efficient type of … Bringing High-Efficiency Solar Cells Down to EarthRead more
Posted inFisheries
Catch and share
Guaranteeing individual fishermen a share of the catch could help avert a global collapse of fisheries, U.S. researchers said. Such programs, known as catch-shares, eliminate … Catch and shareRead more
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Nuclear meltdown in Finland
Helsingin Sanomat reported: The Finnish nuclear power company Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) is seeking damages of EUR 2,400 million from the consortium of Areva and Siemens … Nuclear meltdown in FinlandRead more
Posted inClimate Disaster
Pine beetle infestation
“The pine beetle infestation is the first major climate change crisis in Canada” notes Doug McArthur, a professor at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. The … Pine beetle infestationRead more
Posted inTransportation
Super-fast train in Japan
Kawasaki Heavy Industries plans to develop Japan’s fastest train [JP], which is expected to achieve a speed of 350km per hour. The current record for … Super-fast train in JapanRead more
Posted inCartoon
450,000 Unsold Earth Day Issues Of Time
STATEN ISLAND, NY–An estimated 450,000 unsold copies of Time’s special April 22 Earth Day issue were trucked Monday from the magazine’s New Jersey distribution center … 450,000 Unsold Earth Day Issues Of TimeRead more
Posted inFisheries / Pollution
Are we pushing the oceans back to the dawn of evolution
The fireweed began each spring as tufts of hairy growth and spread across the seafloor fast enough to cover a football field in an hour. … Are we pushing the oceans back to the dawn of evolutionRead more
Posted inEnergy / Technology
Waste Heat
Thermoelectric (TE) materials and devices, which directly convert temperature differences to electric voltage and vice versa.. Thermoelectric devices are based on the fact that when … Waste HeatRead more