Golf Ball Packaging Drives for the Green
Hot on the heels of Tiger Woods’ record Masters win, a golf ball manufacturer has a historic shot of its own lined up on the green. Read More
Pennsylvania Powers Up New Wind Farm
The wind is blowing wealth and power across Pennsylvania. Representatives of a consortium of private companies, nonprofit organizations and public agencies have confirmed plans to build a new 15-megawatt wind farm in Fayette County. Read More
Building a Better Post Office
Catching the green building wave back in the mid-1990s, the United States Postal Service has dotted the landscape with some pretty innovative buildings. But it’s not stopping with a few showcase projects. The Postal Service is making good environmental design the standard for the 500 to 600 buildings it erects each year. Read More
Paving the Planet, Harvesting a Bumper Crop
It doesn’t look good for cropland. Cars are chewing up valuable acres at a faster clip each year, leaving agriculture less land on which to grow. Something has to give. Read More
London Turns Rising Groundwater Into Liquid Asset
ENS) – Engineers are finding innovative uses for London's rising groundwaters, including filling lakes at Buckingham Palace. Read More
Brazil Poised To Join Top Ranks Of Can Recyclers
AP) – Brazilians don't pay deposits on containers, rarely separate their trash and think little of tossing an empty soda can from a car window. "Please Don't Litter" signs are roundly ignored. Yet Brazil is poised to catch up with Japan as a leader among the world's biggest countries in recycling aluminum cans. Read More
Climate Change and Social Engineering
Some key lessons gleaned from the recent climate-change talks in The Hague. Read More
Eucalyptus Trees Power Australian Biomass Project
ENS) – A unique process of biomass energy production will be used in a demonstration plant planned for Western Australia. The facility will turn a variety of eucalyptus trees known as mallee trees into energy, high value activated carbon and eucalyptus oil. Read More
Marriott Develops Its First Carbon-Neutral CHP Plant
The London Heathrow Marriott has announced that its new combined heat and power plant will be carbon neutral, the company's first ever such initiative. Read More
Ski Areas Graded on Environmental Practices
ENS) – Skiers have a choice this winter between truly environmentally friendly resorts and those whose "green" practices are more of a snow job. A coalition of grassroots conservation groups on Wednesday released a "scorecard" report that grades commercial ski areas throughout the west on a host of environmental criteria. Read More