by Eric Skalac | May 12, 2011 | Environment
WASHINGTON–Maryland is ready to drill into 100,000 acres in the western part of the state to collect the natural gas beneath, but concerns of contaminated groundwater resulting from hydraulic fracturing must be settled first. Energy Information Agency/DOE The...
by Eric Skalac | May 4, 2011 | Environment, Topics
Victoria Pickering/FLICKR Washington contributes a large amount of sediment and nutrient pollution to the Potomac River. WASHINGTON— The annual Chesapeake Bay water quality “report card” does not contain good news for the Potomac River. But despite the drop in river...
by Jacob Peklo | Apr 28, 2011 | Environment
The Virgin Islands is considering using alternative energy sources, such as solar power, to better equip itself to cope with rising fossil fuel costs. Energy experts weigh in on the future of solar power Energy experts share what the next steps are for incorporating...
by Eric Skalac | Apr 22, 2011 | Environment
WASHINGTON — Using microbes to turn carbon dioxide into fuel may sound futuristic, but it’s exactly the kind of project – created by a team of South Carolina scientists — that the Department of Energy will continue to support in 2011 despite cutbacks in...
by Tania Chen | Apr 20, 2011 | Environment
WASHINGTON- Clad in green hardhats, thousands of young protesters demonstrated outside the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for the environment. The rally on Monday was the product of a four-day conference called Power Shift 2011, a large grassroots training session. “Sooner...
by Jacob Peklo | Apr 19, 2011 | Environment
Thousands of high school and college students gathered in Washington over the weekend for the Power Shift 2011 conference. They learned how to become better leaders for green energy in their community and pressure their local representatives to make changes. After...
