by Kellen Henry | Oct 19, 2009 | Business & Tech, Environment
WASHINGTON–Program Coordinator Tom Munson used to keep a waiting list of openings for potential new students in the solar energy technician program at San Juan College in Farmington, N.M. He stopped keeping track after the backlog was at eight years. Submitted...
by Dean DeChiaro & Emily Hoerner | Oct 15, 2009 | Environment
Stephen A. Owens Current Position: Environmental Protection Agency, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (since July 2009) Boss: EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson Why He Matters Rather than take an internship at a...
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...
