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Tag Archives: environment
Forebodings of Doom
How much is a 1%/year decline ? Enough that if i had a hundred of anything, i would have fifty in seventy years. What are these anythings ? Phytoplankton in the ocean, who produce half the oxygen we breathe are declining at 1% a year. They die because the oceans change in a warming world. [...]
Posted in Business, energy, environment, International, science, Society Also tagged climate change, drinking water, earth, energy, global warming, science Leave a comment
Kudzu and Ozone
We know surface ozone is a problem. We find now that kudzu adds to it. From the first article about the effects of ozone: “Tree growth, measured in biomass, is already 7% less than the late 1800s, and this is set to increase to a 17% reduction by the end of the century.” And from [...]
Posted in Agriculture, environment, health and wellness, Medicine, science Also tagged climate change, earth Leave a comment
Geen Housing
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced that Washtenaw County, Michigan is being awarded a $250,000 grant to produce 30 new affordable green rental units in Ann Arbor. The County will use Avalon Housing, Inc., an established community-based affordable housing developer, to create these new apartments which will feature [...]
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New Robots Scrutinize Solar Cells
The race to build a better solar cell is looping through the National Renewable Energy Laboratory where new robots are fabricating thin-film cells and analyzing glitches faster and with more precision than ever before. How much faster? The robot working with silicon can build a semi-conductor on a six-inch-square plate of glass, plastic or flexible [...]
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Students to Help West Chester Businesses Save Energy
PHILADELPHIA, PA — In a ceremony today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded a $149,992 grant to the West Chester Area School District for a project to help local businesses conserve energy, save money and cut harmful greenhouse gases. The District’s Student Conservation Corps, made up of high school students concerned about the environment, will [...]
Posted in Business, Chester County, Education, Environment and Green, Schools, West Chester Also tagged businesses, conserve, energy, EPA, students, West chester Leave a comment
With Friends Like These…
You can’t make this up. “Critics of the teaching of evolution in the nation’s classrooms are gaining ground in some states by linking the issue to global warming, arguing that dissenting views on both scientific subjects should be taught in public schools. ” ‘a bill recently introduced in the Legislature would encourage teachers to discuss [...]
Posted in Education, environment, Government, Law, Society Also tagged global warming, irony, law, risks Leave a comment
Making Wind Turbines Builds Career Interest
The wind turbine that Louis Solis and Jose Santistevan fashioned in about 20 minutes promptly registered a 5.1 on the voltage meter in their Denver West High School classroom, tops in the class. But Solis and Santistevan, both 17-year-old juniors, were determined they could do better. So, they bent and trimmed the balsa wood, flattened [...]
Posted in Education, energy, science Also tagged careers, project, renewable energy, science, wind turbines, windmills, youth Leave a comment
Moving North