Archive for July 16th, 2009

UAVs to be Powered by Dye-sensitized Solar Cells

The progress is being steadily made in the field of alternative energy. Though we have not hit the bull’s eye yet but still the search is on. Scientists and researchers all over the world are spending sleepless nights on their projects to find an all-pervasive alternative to fossil fuels. How can we utilize the [...]

Video: Mili-band at Kingsnorth power station

Finally, here’s the video from the Mili-Band event when over a thousand people went to Kingsnorth to form a giant human chain around the coal-fired power plant. We were have all busy with the actions in Italy and the US last week, so we didn’t have time to put this together earlier. But enjoy!
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Nigeria: ‘Global Warming, Threat to Lagos Residents’

Lagos — Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, has said global warming with its attendant rise in water bodies, constitutes major threat to more than 18 million residents of the state.

Miliband’s energy blueprint: more hot air or full steam ahead?

While today is unlikely to go down in theannals of history as Green Wednesday, it’s still a significant day for those ofus concerned about climate change as climate and energy secretary Ed Milibandunveils his big energy strategy.
The strategy – the Low Carbon Transition Plan,no less – comes in the form of not one but [...]

New Report Cites Renewable Energy Development as Key for Growing Missouri’s Rural Economy

ST. LOUIS, MO (July 7, 2009) – Wind power, biomass, and other sources of renewable energy will bring economic investment, new tax revenues, and job creation to Missouri’s struggling rural communities, according to a report written by Martin Cohen and released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

Green ‘revolution’ left blowing in the wind

Lord Mandelson and Ed Miliband’s measures yesterday are too little and too late argues Geoffrey Lean.

Why Whitehall hates solar panels

Officials dislike the idea of microgeneration because it gives someone else the power to take decisions says Geoffrey Lean.

‘Antimatter harvester’ may fuel future spacecraft

A NASA-backed institute awards 12 preliminary grants in an attempt to turn science fiction into fact

US mobilises for a biofuelled future

In a lab originally created for the Manhattan Project, scientists are hunting for an environmentally friendly source of ethanol

UK gearing up for nuclear revival

In a clear sign that the UK is set to bolster its nuclear power industry, a £6 million research programme is launched to investigate reactor designs

 

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