Daily Archives: December 2, 2008

With Cellphones, Saving the Planet One Step at a Time

Posted on December 2, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the Chronicle of Higher Education. What is it with the way that real-time measurement affects our personal choices — particularly with regard to environmental issues? Students who have energy-usage monitors in their residence halls, for … Continue reading →

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Google crunches numbers on clean-energy policy

Posted on December 2, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story at News.com. In just over 20 years, the U.S. could wean itself from coal and oil for electricity generation and nearly halve its gasoline consumption, according to an analysis done by energy experts at Google. The … Continue reading →

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The latest from Renewable Energy World

Posted on December 2, 2008 by Laura B.

The latest issue of Renewable Energy Weekly is now available. Highlights include: France Raises Solar Feed-in Tariffs; New York SEIA Calls for FITs A Stimulus Package for Renewable Energy Would Benefit Economy and Climate, Says German Study Producing Cellulosic Ethanol … Continue reading →

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Electricity from Waste Heat

Posted on December 2, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Technology Review. Factories, data centers, power plants–even your clothes dryer–throw off waste heat that could be a useful source of energy. But most existing heat-harvesting technologies are efficient only at temperatures above 150 °C, and … Continue reading →

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A Weed-Powered Passenger Jet

Posted on December 2, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Technology Review. On December 3, a Boeing 747 belonging to Air New Zealand is scheduled to take off from Auckland, New Zealand, powered in part by a new type of jet fuel made from a … Continue reading →

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EPA Seeks Public Comment on Proposal to Add Hazardous Pharmaceutical Waste to Universal Waste Rule

Posted on December 2, 2008 by Laura B.

To help provide a streamlined system for disposing of hazardous pharmaceutical waste that is protective of public health and the environment, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to add hazardous pharmaceutical waste to the Universal Waste Rule. The proposed … Continue reading →

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Plumbing the oceans could bring limitless clean energy

Posted on December 2, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in New Scientist. For a company whose business is rocket science Lockheed Martin has been paying unusual attention to plumbing of late. The aerospace giant has kept its engineers occupied for the past 12 months poring … Continue reading →

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