Comments on the proposal are due by Dec. 14. The rule will require reduced use of fossil fuel-generated energy in new federal buildings and federal buildings undergoing major renovation.
A new label for E15 is being proposed to help ensure consumers use the correct fuel.
In its annual scorecard, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy rated the states and found Mississippi and North Dakota needed the most improvement while Texas and New Hampshire lost the most ground over last year.
The document includes cost information developed from literature sources, manufacturers, and operating facilities.
The power cooperative tested a system on its Beulah, N.D., plant and decided to install more GE membrane bags to help reduce emissions from coal fuel.
Resulting ecological damage is serious, but could be reduced by wider use of more sustainable, time-honored practices.
Cascade Water Alliance, Moen Inc., Lowe's and Judy Benson received awards at a banquet last week.
Applicants have until Jan. 8, 2011 to submit their proposals.
The Green Energy Act Alliance applaudes the Ontario government for shutting down four coal-fired units
The two projects, both located in California, are the first in a series of renewable energy projects on public lands under final review by the Department of the Interior that would provide thousands of U.S. jobs and advance U.S. clean energy technologies.
Solar system will provide energy savings in excess of $40 million during the next 20 years.
Industrial hemp, which grows in infertile soils, is attractive as a potential source of sustainable diesel fuel.
Brown University researchers were able to convert waste vegetable oil to biodiesel in a single reaction vessel using environmentally friendly catalysts. Their process is also six times faster than current methods for converting waste vegetable oil to biodiesel, so it consumes less energy.
Obama administration announces plans to install new solar panels on the White House residence.
Faster development of the promising field of cellulosic biofuels -- the renewable energy produced from grasses and trees -- is being significantly hampered by a "deep and thorny regulatory thicket" that makes almost impossible the use of advanced gene modification methods, researchers say.
This is the second installment of a multi-part series on some of today's problems in land development and how innovative methods collectively known as "Prefurbia" can help overcome them.
The “Design for Reuse Primer,” a free e-book, looks at the untapped potential of material reuse through the perspectives of the architects, contractors, and clients committed to its use.
An Oceana analysis shows that offshore wind potential is so high off the U.S. Atlantic coast that investments in offshore wind power in Atlantic waters could generate about 30 percent more electricity than economically recoverable offshore oil and gas in the same region combined.