Headlines From The Campaigns
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Solving the American Power Crisis: The Future of Grid Energy Storage Electricity, that wonderfully efficient medium for distributing power, has a behavioral quirk imparted by natural law: you can’t save it. This simple fact dictates the way we generate electricity and also poses a problem effectively using some forms of renewable energy. A myriad of new technologies under development may help both traditional and renewable generating sources by providing cost-effective, large-scale energy storage for the electric power grid.
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Deepwater Horizon Rig and Upper Big Branch Mine Suffered Similar Safety Negligence Nobody likes the sound of an alarm. Trouble is, by ignoring them you can suffer late arrival to work, a stolen car, a burned down house, or 29 coal miners and 11 oil workers killed.
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‘Our Environmental Destiny:’ RFK Jr Carries the Banner in Eugene Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was every bit his father's son on Thursday evening, speaking to a packed Eugene music hall.
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Nevada Geothermal Power is Set to Boom into a $22.5 Billion Industry Nevada's geothermal energy is poised to make a significant contribution to America's renewable energy future, as a potential $22.5 billion industry over the next three decades.
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Caffeination Revelation: Cleaning Up the Dirty Business of Roasting Coffee To the sorrow of many a green-minded java junkie, conventional coffee roasting is a particularly filthy process. Thankfully, US Roaster Corp has an elegant solution.
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The Future of Power Quality: Addressing Our Aging Power Grid Power quality - or, simply, the usability of electric power - is a vital concern to many commercial businesses and industries. The proof is a rapidly growing global market for products to correct or improve power quality that will top $11 billion in 2011. The manufacturers of these products have reason to smile, because the outlook for improvement of the power quality in the U.S. is not very rosy.
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Green Museum Uses the Internet to Connect and Feature Creative Community Action Are museums all cold and boring? ¡No way, José!
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BP Manages to Cap the Oil Well for the First Time BP has managed to temporarily cap the oil spill. Should we jump for joy?
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National Call-In Day to End Mountaintop RemovalAt the I Love Mountains website they've got a tool set up: enter your zip code and it gives you the phone numbers for your representatives. Call them and tell them they need to stop mountaintop removal, and that you support the Appalachian Restoration Act (S. 696) and the Clean Water Protection Act (HR 1310).
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Tell Facebook Not to Power Their New Data Center With CoalFacebook wants to power it's new data center in Oregon with dirty coal. Let's try to convince them to go a different, cleaner, route - add your voice to the chorus!
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Law Alert - Act to Save America’s ForestsWith 90% of Americas’ original forest gone, it’s essential that we do what we can to preserve what’s left.
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Law Alert - Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection ActSupport this bill to protect your money AND an entire ecosystem.
Sunday, August 1
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22nd North American Prairie ConferenceCedar Falls, IA
The 22nd North American Prairie Conference will be held at the University of Northern Iowa from August…
Sunday, August 8
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Austin City Limits Music FestivalAustin, TX
The Austin City Limits Music Festival began as a modest, two-day event and now, as it enters it's 9th…
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SEA KAYAK - Oregon & Washington Coast EstuariesPortland, OR
Sea kayak the fascinating intertidal zones of the Pacific Northwest in several National Wildlife Refuges…
Wednesday, September 1
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Women in Green ForumPasadena, CA
The Women In Green Forum will bring together renowned female professionals from the sustainability field…

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