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U.S. Government Releases Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Strategy for Nanotechnology
October 20, 2011 — The U.S. government has just released a national strategy for ensuring that environmental, health, and safety research needs are fully identified and addressed in the fast-growing field of ... > full story -
How Close Is Too Close? Hydrofracking to Access Natural Gas Reservoirs Poses Risks to Surface Water, Researchers Say
October 18, 2011 — Natural gas mining has drawn fire recently after claims that hydraulic fracturing, an increasingly popular technique for tapping hard-to-reach reservoirs, contaminates groundwater. Surface lakes, ... > full story -
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Does Converting Cow Manure to Electricity Pay Off? Successful Renewable Energy Project in Vermont
October 13, 2011 — Researchers in Vermont confirm that it is technically feasible to convert cow manure to electricity on farms, but the economic returns depend highly on the base electricity price; the premium paid ... > full story -
Setting Standards for Electric Vehicles Could Make China a Global Leader
October 10, 2011 — Can the rapidly expanding automobile industry in China leapfrog to electric vehicles and so avoid the environmental harm that further decades of internal combustion engine use could cause? In a new ... > full story -
Critical Minerals Ignite Geopolitical Storm
October 10, 2011 — The clean energy economy of the future hinges on a lot of things, chief among them the availability of the scores of rare earth minerals and other elements used to make everything from photovoltaic ... > full story -
Certain Biofuel Mandates Unlikely to Be Met by 2022; Unless New Technologies, Policies Developed
October 4, 2011 — It is unlikely the United States will meet some specific biofuel mandates under the current Renewable Fuel Standard by 2022 unless innovative technologies are developed or policies ... > full story -
New Advanced Biofuel Identified as an Alternative to Diesel Fuel
September 27, 2011 — Researchers have identified a terpene called bisabolane as a potential biofuel for replacing diesel fuel. The researchers have also engineered two strains of microbes -- a bacteria and a yeast -- ... > full story -
Fukushima: Reflections Six Months on
September 19, 2011 — When the Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on March 11, 2011, the world witnessed the largest nuclear incident since the 1986 Chernobyl ... > full story -
Technology Funding Makes Climate Protection Cheaper
September 19, 2011 — Economizing on targeted funding, for example for renewable energies, makes climate protection more expensive -- as scientists have now calculated for the first time, using a complex computer ... > full story -
Installed Cost of Solar Photovoltaic Systems in U.S. Declined Significantly in 2010 and 2011
September 15, 2011 — The installed cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems in the United States fell substantially in 2010 and into the first half of 2011, according to the latest edition of an annual PV cost ... > full story -
Air Pollution Caused by Ships Plummets When Vessels Shift to Cleaner, Low-Sulfur Fuels, Study Finds
September 14, 2011 — New clean fuel regulations in California and voluntary slowdowns by shipping companies substantially reduce air pollution caused by near-shore ships, according to a new ... > full story -
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Saving Electricity While Playing Online Game
September 14, 2011 — The federal government of Germany has decided to accelerate change in energy policy. But the transition will succeed only with the help of the consumers. They are called upon to use the energy from ... > full story
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