Alternative Energy - Feeling the Heat

Energy-efficient homes the buzz
Myrtle Beach Online - A catastrophic Hurricane Katrina and rising energy costs will lead home builders and home buyers to think more about energy efficiency and hurricane resistance in 2006. “I see energy and disaster-resistant [homes] leading more this year than ever

Unifying Physics Theory Predicts Global Climate Patterns In Simple
PhysOrg - Newsletter Print Email Blog It Font size: - N + A unifying physics principle that describes design in nature predicts, in surprisingly straightforward fashion, the basic features of global circulation and climate, according to researchers at Duke

What happened to winter?
High County News - On the trail of global warming This winter s weird weather has everybody talking, but nobody wants to tackle the big question: Is global warming finally hitting the West?. Drought and spring rains portend an explosive summer The Pacific Northwest and

Viloria vs. Aguirre On Saturday
East Side Boxing - 17.02.06 - By Marlon Bernardino: FILIPINO-AMERICAN BRIAN Viloria said he is ready to go 12 hard rounds. He means, expect his fight against Mexican Jose Antonio Aguirre to be quick. His first defense of the World Boxing Council (WBC) light flyweight

Sun powers stars’ cells on Oscar night
PhysOrg - The makers of a solar-powered charger for cell phones are hitching a ride with Hollywood’s hottest stars to pitch their product on Oscar night. Universal Communications announced Thursday that it had donated 40 of its SC003 chargers for use at the

EMCORE Corporation Awarded DARPA Very High Efficiency Solar Cell Program Subcontract 
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 21 4:30 AM
EMCORE Corporation , a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the broadband, fiber optic, satellite, and wireless communications markets, today announced that it has signed a subcontract to participate in the Defense Research Projects Agency Very High Efficiency Solar Cell program to more than double the efficiency of terrestrial solar cells within the Save to My Web

Suncone focus of new HYTEC solar tests 
Los Alamos Monitor - Feb 20 8:27 AM
A motorist driving along the Main Hill Road recently might have seen a shiny spacecraft-looking object trundling in or out of high bay doors at East Gate Park and wondered what planet it’s bound for.Save to My Web

Outstanding Cooperator of the Year Honored
Lusk Herald - Rod and Roxie Nelson joined the ranks of those selected for top honors of Outstanding Cooperator of the Year by the Niobrara Conservation District. The first ranch honored by this district was Sam Rennard in 1982 for his innovative work on his

Cancel That Apocalypse — The Oil Crisis Is Over: Matthew Lynn 
Bloomberg.com - Feb 12 5:14 PM
Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) — Forget that order for a funny- looking electric car. Take the solar panels off the roof. Don’t worry about hoarding tinned food for the long economic slump that is about to engulf the world.Save to My Web

Lalu Yadav flags off India’s fastest train 
New Kerala - Feb 15 2:35 AM
By Adity Singh, New Delhi: The fastest ever train in IndiaNew Delhi and Agra Shatabdi Expressrunning at a speed of 150 km per hour, was today flagged off by Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav from the New Delhi Railway Station.Save to My Web

Synagogues Go Green
Baltimore Jewish Times - When Rabbi Leah Lewis conducts the Tu B’Shevat seder at Leo Baeck Temple in Los Angeles this year, congregants will learn about the special qualities of figs, olives and walnuts. They will also learn about the Jewish mandate to be stewards of the

Home planner 
Seattle Times - Feb 04 12:25 AM
Dates and times are subject to change. Call ahead to confirm. Feb. 4-10 Events Tacoma Home & Garden Show TODAY-SUN View products and…Save to My Web

California’s rebate program brightens
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Trend Change
Safe Haven - The steep uptrend in the European stock indices clearly has not been sustainable, and was interrupted Thursday. In the meantime North-American stock exchanges did not follow the last steep advance of their European counterparts and whipsawed around

Bush plan for reducing flow of foreign oil quickly runs low on gas 
International Herald Tribune - Feb 02 3:04 PM
The energy proposals set out by President George W. Bush in his State of the Union address quickly ran into obstacles, showing how difficult it will be to take even the limited steps he supports to reduce U.S.Save to My Web