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BOSTON - New England scallopers are wondering why new restrictions have been placed on what has for years been the region's healthiest fishery.
Joseph Donahey normally hates noise, perhaps because he spent years in a quiet courtroom as a 6th Judicial Circuit judge. But since Donahey went blind and started trying to cross city streets using his white cane, he has developed an appreciation for traffic noise. In fact, he'd like to hear more of it.
The emergence of a grass-roots movement pushing for green economic solutions to climate change and poverty has been a surprising development in the last couple of years. This movement believes environmentally sustainable policies and the shift to a clean energy economy can lead to a reduction of pollution and greenhouse gases.
Solar energy is hot. Not just with wineries attempting to lessen their carbon footprints — but also with thieves. Numerous Napa Valley wineries have been victimized by thieves lurking in the night and stealing their solar arrays.
It was stated this week by the local branch of the Arizona Game Protective Association members that more than 500 people from Phoenix and all the surrounding towns will be in Wickenburg to participate in the big Coyote Hunt, scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 10.
As Sidney High School students learned last week, the future is in biofuels, and there are some great career opportunities to be had.
Crews from Abundant Energy Inc. began hanging solar panels on the largest privately owned solar panel array in Martin County and quite possibly the largest to date in all of South Florida. The solar energy array will be used to power most of the privately owned office spaces in the Sawgrass Business Park on Indian Street in Stuart, FL in order to attract quality tenants who will benefit from ...
An effort to push the largest locally owned solar energy company into bankruptcy has ended with a settlement between the company and creditors who filed the action.
NEWARK -- One New Jersey lawmaker wants to add a new attraction to amusement parks along the Jersey shore: windmills. State Sen. Jeff Van Drew is pushing to change state regulations to allow the construction of power-generating windmills on amusement piers.
Plans by city of Grand Rapids officials to build two 300-foot-tall wind turbines within view of Rob Schantz's family’s cottage is not environmentally friendly in his book.
You might say that King's Quality Foods is getting a shiny new crown. The firm, a manufacturer and retailer of snack foods and salads, is installing an array of solar panels on the south-facing side of the roof of its Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, plant and store.
Applications are now being accepted for a program to train Kansas City workers for careers in environmental remediation and energy conservation.
For a relatively small team, The New Community Coalition (TNCC) is making quite the impact.
A wind farm developer proposing a large project in Brown County is urging state regulators to reject a similar project by another developer in Columbia County.
Teacher Matt Wade and a group of students from Ridgway High School had a big idea. They saw a need for renewable energy education in Ouray County and they wanted to learn in a hands-on, innovative way. Their vision: To study solar energy through the installation of a 10-watt solar panel on the school, and to generate enough energy to power a student-made iPod listening station in the student ...
In the interest of green building and of involving many voices in the design phase of building, The New Community Coalition’s Kim Wheels has organized the Integrated Design Workshop, to address “systems thinking” in building design.
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