published August 13, 2010 and has No Comments
ECD, 5.6 kw UNI-SOLAR® product installation example in Heilbrunn Germany. Image credit:ECD UNI-SOLAR® products web page . Energy Conversion Devices of Auburn Hills MI recently received a $13 million stimulus tax credit to upgrade operations to produce a new, more efficient line of solar cells. The focus would be on mechanical and chemical engineering innovations, I assume. That government ...
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published August 12, 2010 and has No Comments
" The Hoover Dam holds back Lake Mead (left photo accented by a rainbow) in 1983, the year its highest water elevation is recorded. By 2009 (right), Lake Mead's water-elevation level has dramatically declined, revealing the chalky-white structure of Hoover Dam. " Caption & image credit: Arizona Republic Falling water levels in Arizona's Lake Mead have Arizona citizens facing ...
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published August 6, 2010 and has No Comments
"Billy the environmentalist" .Image credit: WSJ Online Last week I wrote about the zero-emission bow-knife for vegetable garden weed control . For certain tasks the bow-knife is superior to any gasoline powered weed-wacker. It's not very good for trimming on steep slopes and handling woody shrubs, however. For those situations, there are... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published August 5, 2010 and has No Comments
Image credit: Hyundai USA A US executive for Hyundai has pledged to have that firm's new cars average 50 mpg by 2025, according to an article in Detroit News . Hyundai will do this with "15 percent to 20 percent of its fleet in 2025 as hybrids and plug-ins, as well as 5 percent as fuel cell or electric ...
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published July 31, 2010 and has No Comments
Helicopter delivered 2011 Ford Explorer . Image credit: Advanced Autozone . This says a lot about how far the "green" movement is from where the private, profitable transportation business is headed. A Ford Explorer, featuring inflatable seat belts, was recently copter-delivered before a large air show audience - at the Experimental Aircraft Association's
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published July 31, 2010 and has No Comments
Bison harvested from the Delta Junction Alaska herd, a controlled hunt. Image credit: OutdoorsDirectory.com I love the American Bison. Love to watch them in the wild and love to eat them. Just as they did back in the 1800's, cattle ranchers and farmers continue to dislike them. In the Alaskan Delta Junction region, for example, there is an ongoing ...
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published July 29, 2010 and has No Comments
Lakota squash just harvested from vines which had recently become overgrown with weeds. Image credit:J. Laumer This time of year, garden pathways and borders can become over-grown with weeds in a matter of days - especially if it's been raining a lot. The first challenge is to keep weeds in these areas cut low enough to enable passage and ...
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published July 24, 2010 and has No Comments
"A natural gas rig in southwestern Pennsylvania." Image credit: New York Times , via Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News The Pennsylvania natural gas 'fracing' royalty settlement described in the post headline is explained concisely in this opener from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette coverage: " Some 2,000 landowners in Pennsylvania will receive a share of $1.75 million and could get as much ...
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published July 22, 2010 and has No Comments
Particulate matter associated air quality at USEPA sampling stations along US Gulf Coast - snapshot indication . Image credit: AirNow, Gulf of Mexico Air Quality This summer has seen huge amounts of volatile or "low boiling" petroleum fractions released into the Gulf of Mexico, including dispersants. These 'volatiles' are aromatic (strong smelling), and rapidly evaporate when warm. Evaporation can ...
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published July 16, 2010 and has No Comments
Drought's expression. Image credit: Wired In Russia, half this year's crops are lost to drought - "Winter wheat crops are 50% of the yield, and spring crops, in some cases, are going to be virtually none." - and hundreds of vodka pickled swimmers have drowned while seeking respite from the extreme heat. BBC has covered the impacts of extreme ...
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