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A new government report examining whether increased biofuels use could pinch the nation's water resources says farmers in the Northern Plains use considerably more water to produce a gallon of corn ethanol than growers in other parts of the country.
At first glance, Henderson looks like the ideal community to harness the energy-generating power of sunlight. It gets plenty of the stuff, for one. And Nevada's second-largest city is already chained to the grid. Finally, it has a lot of single-family housing, which means a lot of roofs.
The United States used to be the can-do country. A respect for science married to the entrepreneurial spirit propelled America to the forefront of global progress and made it rich.
Wind energy developer US Wind Force LLC of Greensburg will sell all the power generated by its to-be-built 55-megawatt Pinnacle Wind Farm near Keyser, W.Va., to the State of Maryland, officials said.
Could your school use $100,000? For the second year in the row, U.S. Cellular is offering $1 million total to the top 10 schools that get the most support from their communities. I am sure anyone in our local communities would love to see their favorite school receive a portion of this gift.
Soon, high school students who enroll at the Traverse Bay Area Career-Tech Center to gain work experience will find alternative energy components woven into their programs. The center received $75,000 in state energy funds to install a number of power generators on its Traverse City campus, including wind turbines, weather monitors and biofuel processors.
It’s been years since protesters’ chants of “no nukes” have been heard in Portland. That’s because Portland General Electric pulled the plug on its oft-troubled Trojan Nuclear Plant 16 years ago, ending Trojan’s short and controversial spell as Oregon’s ...
The love of tillage is the root of all evil. Jim Gerrish, owner of American GrazingLands Services LLC of May, Idaho, used this phrase to emphasize his message of the advantages of cattle producers using grazing to feed their cattle.
Trumbull-based Ocean and Coastal Consultants Inc. will be managing a South Carolina project to investigate whether winds off the Atlantic Ocean can support a wind farm there.
PITTSFIELD -- The future of a potential biofuel plant here is uncertain, as the state Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs has placed a moratorium on biomass energy plants in the Massachusetts, pending a state review about their environmental effects.
DENVER - A regional rural electric provider agreed Wednesday to open up its planning process, settling a dispute over whether Colorado officials have the authority to regulate the utility.
LANSING - Five small manufacturing companies will split $15.5 million in federal stimulus awards to help them develop green energy systems and parts manufacturing, Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, DC, December 9, 2009 (ENS) - In the first federal lawsuit challenging an industrial wind energy project on environmental grounds, a federal court ruled Tuesday that a wind farm under construction in Greenbrier County, West Virginia would kill and injure endangered Indiana bats in violation of the Endangered Species Act.
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Second Wind Inc. are getting ready to to partner on research that will characterize the performance of Second Wind's Triton Sonic Wind Profiler. Under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), NREL and Second Wind will conduct conduct research that is aimed at correlating the Triton measurements ...
It’s either Manhattan Beach becoming the city’s first green community, or a pie in the sky idea.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A new government report examining whether increased biofuels use could pin...
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