by Kat McCullough | Oct 9, 2009 | Environment, Topics
Get the Flash Player to see this content. Washington—The National Mall has been transformed into a makeshift village of the future, as twenty universities from around the world compete in the biennial Solar Decathlon. Students spent long hours working on the...
by Dean DeChiaro & Emily Hoerner | Oct 7, 2009 | Environment
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s Ocean Policy Council is calling for a coordinated approach to restoring fragile ocean areas, many of which have been damaged by decades of piecemeal management decisions by the federal government. Larry Crowder, professor...
by Kellen Henry | Oct 7, 2009 | Business & Tech, Environment
Wind Turbine Tariffs by country, from the World Trade Organization (Kellen Henry/MNS) WASHINGTON—The U.S. could fall behind in the green technology race and lose the potential to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs if it does not bolster its trade export policies...
by Kellen Henry | Oct 6, 2009 | Environment
Roll over columns to compare this winter’s probable heating fuel costs with last winter. (Kellen Henry/MNS) WASHINGTON—U.S. households could get an 8 percent break on the cost of heating their homes this winter, the Energy Information Administration said on...
by Kat McCullough | Oct 5, 2009 | Environment
Get the Flash Player to see this player. Kat McCullough/MNS Washington-– Promising millions of new jobs, Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer unveiled their new clean energy bill last week. Boxer, the Democrat from California, said at a press conference held on the...
by Kellen Henry | Oct 1, 2009 | Environment
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., speaks with Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., after they unveiled the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act this week. (Kellen Henry/MNS) WASHINGTON — New legislation aimed at reducing greenhouse gases began a potentially arduous ascent...
