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...
by Courtney Subramanian | Apr 19, 2011 | Environment
WASHINGTON – Before George Clooney’s mission in Darfur and Bono’s Red campaign for AIDS, before Madonna’s Raising Malawi nonprofit and Alec Baldwin’s support of National Endowment for the Arts, there was Robert Redford, who pioneered celebrity-driven causes with his...
by Jacob Peklo | Apr 13, 2011 | Environment
The Virgin Islands experienced widespread coral bleaching last summer, and it wiped out even more of a coral population that was decimated in 2005. With another warm summer on the way, what can the Virgin Islands expect this time around? Which industries are the most...
