Alternative Energy - Feeling the Heat

King Coal faces a clean-up
Marketwatch - But as public concern heightens over the role these gases play in heating up the planet, coal-fired electricity has come under By comparison, the combined 2005 output from renewable sources like solar and wind power covered just 2.3% of the country’s

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CNET News - The solar energy start-up counts $1.5 million in seed money and awards, an office in downtown San Francisco, a 2,500-square Instead of using the usual wood fire, this device would generate “sound waves through the nonuniform heating of gas.” Los

Douglas promises to veto energy bill
Bennington Banner - like Douglas say one component born in the Senate that would expand the role of Efficiency Vermont to include home heating electricity is used; a stabilized tax rate on commercial wind projects; tax credits for businesses seeking to install solar

Greening Middlebury College fuel
Addison Independent - In addition, heating systems in town buildings have been revamped to conserve more energy. In addition, the selectboard this the college could focus on more creative solutions, introduce more non-fossil-fuel-burning options like wind power, solar

Students use quadratic equations to cook marshmallows
USA Today - Luajean Bryan’s pre-calculus students design and build parabolic devices that harness solar heat to cook marshmallows. Each student team must select their own quadratic equation to use as the model and build a parabolic device that reflects sun rays

Bowling Green a potential site for eco-friendly village
Bowling Green Daily News - The complex at Berea uses a wide range of green design elements, like solar heating and wind-powered electrical generators, and roof-top rainwater capture contributes to landscape irrigation and fruit and vegetable production. I think it’s a

Green Home Tech Wins National Inventor Award
PC Magazine - Michael Sykes’ “Enertia” building system uses milled wooden blocks that screw into place and trap solar energy to produce When I first became aware of the greenhouse effect, I was surprised to learn that the building and heating of homes was the

Europe Facing Environmental Disaster Through Global Warming
Deutsche Welle - The pact commits industrialized nations to making specific cuts in carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases that trap solar heat, thus warming the planet’s surface and disrupting its delicate climate system. Success limited without US But the

A local warning on global warming
News Today - The industrial activity since then has pumped huge quantities of CO2 into the atmosphere, depleteting the protective ozone and exposing the earth to the relentless solar heat and radiation. The resultant rise in temperature, besides affecting wind

Solar loans light up rural India
BBC News - More than 100,000 people in rural India have benefited from an innovative loan scheme that helps families buy home solar power systems, the UN has said. The $1.5m project, led by the UN Environment Programme (Unep), supports Indian bankers who offer

Retail Goes Solar
Motley Fool - Advocates of solar power were given additional reasons to be bullish about the industry’s long-term prospects this past week after two large retailers — Tiffany & Co (NYSE: TIF ) and Kohl’s Corp (NYSE: KSS ) — announced plans to install major solar