SunPower Buys PowerLight as Alternative-Energy Market Revs UpThe Wall Street Journal Thursday Nov. 16, 2006By Jim Carlton In a deal that shows how the market for alternative energy has grown, SunPower Corp., a maker of silicon chips for solar power, … Continued
Report: Sweden Tops Climate Efforts — U.S. Is Near BottomBy Elizabeth KennedyThe Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya– Sweden, Britain, and Denmark are doing the most to protect against climate change, but their efforts are not nearly enough, according to a report … Continued
Giving a hootEnvironmental champions Jimmy Buffett and Carl Hiaasen hope their movie about a tiny owl will make a big impression on kids. Roger Moore | Sentinel Movie Critic Posted April 30, 2006 FORT LAUDERDALE BEACH — When Jimmy Buffett … Continued
Saving Our SpringsConservation is key in keeping the water flowingElaine Aradillas | Orlando Sentinel Staff Writer October 30, 2006 Some of Central Florida’s springs may grow drier if the increasing human demand on the region’s underground water supply continues. In … Continued
Cities trying to rejuvenate recycling efforts10/27/2006 12:50 AMBy Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAY (USA TODAY) — A dead 150-pound Rottweiler. A disassembled pinball machine. A hamster inside a cage. Those are some of the things the city of Fort Worth has … Continued
Reuters Online13 Sep 2006Marc H. Gerstein Falling oil is cooling the appeal of solar energy for now, but advocates continue to believe in its long-term appeal. With oil prices down about 20 percent from the mid-July peak, this hardly seems … Continued
USA TodayOctober 19, 2006By John Ritter, USA TODAY BAKER, Nev. — Rancher Dean Baker picks his way through greasewood and sedge to a shallow dirt depression that was once a small pond fed by a natural spring. Both have been … Continued
Orlando SentinelOctober 1, 2006 By Mary Beth Breckenridge Even Thomas Edison would scratch his head over the choices in a typical home center’s light bulb aisle. The array seems endless — compact fluorescent and incandescent, clear and frosted, Edison base … Continued
GAINESVILLE — Danielle Treadwell sees herself as both an artist and a scientist as she teaches University of Florida students in one of the nation’s first organic-agriculture degree programs. Treadwell became interested in plants while pursuing an art degree, climbing … Continued
A Waste of Energy Yucca Mountain hangs in nuclear limbo. BY WILLIAM TUCKER Thursday, July 20, 2006 12:01 a.m. EDT NYE COUNTY, Nev.–“As you can see, Yucca Mountain isn’t really a mountain,” says our guide as we near the end … Continued
