/. "The winners of the childhood obesity infographic design contest sponsored by GOOD and First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! initiative are in, and the overall winner calls out Sony's PlayStation as a major milestone on its timeline of childhood obesity (together with Coke, Pepsi, mall food courts, fructose and high sugar tariffs, TV, McDonald's, [...]
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Here are details of the subcritical accelerator driven thorium nuclear reactor designed by Nobel Laureate Carlo Rubbia. This reactor was given a supportive article by the UK Telegraph. It has been extensively studied for over 15 years and is expected to have half the cost of existing light water reactors and burn up almost all [...]
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More than 50 million Americans are on Medicaid… The program has grown even before the new health care law adds about 16 million people, beginning in 2014. More than 40 million people get food stamps. Close to 10 million receive unemployment insurance The federal price tag for Medicaid has jumped 36% in two years, to [...]
This is a perfect example of how 'Analyst' collapse markets, reserves and resources… Gold! CBNC – "Oil Should Be Around $10 a Barrel: Analyst" "I honestly think that if there were no investors using oil as an asset that the price of oil right now would be $10 or $15 or $18, but it wouldn't [...]
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(Reuters) – China and Russia have agreed to expand nuclear power cooperation in seven areas, including building floating nuclear power plants, exploring uranium mines, eliminating old plants and developing markets abroad, the China Atomic Energy Authority said. NBF – China and Russia have agreed to expand nuclear power cooperation in seven areas, including building floating [...]
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Technical Assistance to Brownfields communities (TAB) easy brownfields grant application (EZ) software program TAB EZ is a grant writing tool to be used for preparation of EPA brownfields grant proposals. Currently, TAB EZ only addresses assessment and cleanup grants; RLF grant proposal outlines may be added at a later date. While we put a lot of [...]
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From NBFAlphabet Energy has a a thermoelectric chip that can be inserted into any exhaust flue or engine to convert heat into electrical power… says its innovation is in both the choice of material and proprietary technology that gives it low thermal conductivity, and makes it highly suitable for both scale and miniaturization—for use in [...]
Researchers at the University of Michigan have published the feasibility of a two-step hydrolysis-solvolysis process to produce biodiesel directly from wet algal biomass, eliminating the need for costly biomass drying, organic solvent extraction and catalysts. The paper on the process was published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels. “Additional research and process optimization are [...]
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/. "It is not an easy task to compare the environmental effects of battery powered cars to those caused by conventionally fueled automobiles. The degree to which manufacture, usage and disposal of the batteries used to store the necessary electrical energy are detrimental to the environment is not exactly known. Now, for the first time, [...]
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Secretary Steven Chu visited Battelle headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, today to make a big announcement about our nation’s electrical grid: an impressive two million smart grid meters have been installed across the country – thanks to the Recovery Act. Secretary Chu says “will give consumers choice and promote energy savings, increase energy efficiency, and foster [...]
David Schaller “Zero-Liquid-Discharge” Wastewater Recycling in Cloudcroft, NM. After a drought in 2006 left the small high desert community of Cloudcroft, NM, completely without water, the town decided to move away from its existing traditional gas chlorination treatment method to a fully reclaimed, recycled “zero liquid discharge” system. Using photovoltaics to provide power to the [...]
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I felt ill this morning reading the headlines that "Environmental fanatic killed after taking hostages at Discovery Channel" (NY Post) Environmental protectionism at it's worst… The idea of an individual who promotes themselves as someone who wants to protect people and the planet…and then threatens to harm others, goes against the very nature and intent [...]
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AWEA (Free Webinar) Recent data and analyses have made it clear that the emissions savings from adding wind energy to the grid are even larger than had been commonly thought. In addition to each kWh of wind energy directly offsetting a kWh that would have been produced by a fossil-fired power plant, new analyses show [...]
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WasteCap is partnering with AROW to host a webinar on organics recycling. This webinar will explore three different techniques for approaching food waste recycling, particularly from a commercial perspective. Register here Michael Keleman of InSinkErator will discuss the use of anaerobic food digesters as a viable option for food waste diversion from landfills. Discarding [...]
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NextBigFuture: Previously white LEDs had a max of about 60 lumens per watt but the new White LEDs have 135 lumens per watt and match the best lighting alternatives The new LED can replace traditional fluorescent bulbs for all general lighting applications, and also be used for automobile headlights and LCD backlighting. Journal of Physics [...]
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Government anti-poverty programs that have grown to meet the needs of recession victims now serve a record one in six Americans and are continuing to expand. More than 50 million Americans are on Medicaid, the federal-state program aimed principally at the poor, a survey of state data by USA today shows The program has grown [...]
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1953 DJ De Pree – ‘We will be good stewards of the environment.’ a remarkably progressive businessman for his era. He was very conscious of his company's responsibility to society and to its employees. He introduced a universal bonus system in 1949 and eventually stock ownership, once the company went public in 1970. The beakers [...]
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DOE Progress Alert The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Biomass Program is hosting a Webinar on Wednesday, September 8, 2010, from 2:00–4:30 p.m. EDT entitled “The Promise and Challenge of Algae as a Renewable Source of Biofuels.” This Web conference marks the first in the Biomass Program’s Webinar series, which will cover many of the [...]
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The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Accountability System (GLAS) is the primary mechanism for collecting information to monitor and report on Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) progress. GLAS is a Web-based project tracking system that will be available to the public to provide transparency and accountability for how GLRI funds are being used. Read more at [...]
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