According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the world population is expanding at a mind-boggling rate. The world reached 1 billion people in 1800; 2 billion by 1922; and over 6 billion by 2000. It is estimated that the population will … Continued
The United States, the world’s largest ethanol producer, is weighing options to boost domestic use of the controversial fuel, according to the country’s new agriculture administrator. U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recommends that a higher percentage of ethanol … Continued
By LARRY HUNTER Published: February 9, 2009NYTimes.com Amherst, Mass. THE Obama administration is poised to start a huge program to develop renewable energy sources — and at the same time, it hopes, create jobs, limit pollution and narrow our trade … Continued
US states with the most installed wind capacity, in megawatts(one million watts): Texas: 7116Iowa: 2790California: 2517Minnesota: 1752Washington: 1375Colorado: 1068Oregon: 1067Illinois: 915New York: 882Kansas: 815 Source: The American Wind Energy Association
Less than n two weeks out from Barack Obama’s visit to Canada, an international coalition of environmental groups has launched a public relations offensive urging the U. S. president not to shelter the Alberta oilsands from gritty greenhouse-gas regulations. The … Continued
With the U.S. Congress expected to pass its financial stimulus package this week, the world’s largest economy will join a growing list of governments that are banking on green jobs as a way out of crippling economic recession. If Congress … Continued
Energy efficiency and conservation proposals in President Barack Obama‘s original economic stimulus plan would cut climate-warming carbon dioxide emissions by 61 million tonnes a year, a new report says. That would be equivalent to eliminating the greenhouse gas emissions from … Continued
Wind and solar power have been growing at a blistering pace in recent years, and that growth seemed likely to accelerate under the green-minded Obama administration. But because of the credit crisis and the broader economic downturn, the opposite is … Continued
CHICAGO – Jeremy Youngman, a 32-year-old tattoo artist in Downers Grove, Ill., likes his birth control the way he likes his body art: permanent. At 27, Youngman got a vasectomy. Unlike the vast majority of the 500,000 men in the … Continued
Borrego Solar Systems, a manufacturer of a solar power systems that can connect to electrical grids, received $14 million in venture funding on Wednesday. The money will go toward the company’s expansion already under way to bring more solar installations … Continued
