Energy

University of South Carolina officials and students are celebrating the official opening of Carolina's "green dorm," the largest residence-hall complex of its kind in the world. Read More

Report shows that agricultural organizations across the U.S. are joining this growing trend. Read More

U.S. DOE fact sheet briefly discusses a few applications of solar energy technologies in agriculture. Read More

Resources on the technologies and issues related to the production of methane (biogas) from biomass materials. Read More

Issue brief describes the link between agriculture and climate change and summarizes the benefits of acting now to reduce emissions and improve the world’s soil and carbon sequestration potential. Read More

Academic paper explores the barriers to developing biomass energy projects for emissions credits within CDM. Read More

Paper discusses the potential for bioenergy to be a driver of rural development. Read More

A revealing snapshot of U.S. corn growers' attitudes surrounding climate change and greenhouse gas mitigation. Read More

The Port of Long Beach and oil company BP have agreed to a collaboration that will allow vessels to shut down their engines, plug into dockside electricity and “cold-iron” while docked at the port. Read More

The Big PictureEnergy prices and atmospheric temperatures are rising—putting energy efficiency on everyone’s front burner as a smart environmental and business practice. Reducing energy consumption—particularly from nonrenewable sources—will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and operating, manufacturing, and consumption costs. Read More