February 26, 2010 – 4:33 am
In a story line that seems plucked from the pages of a hard-boiled detective novel, a massive oil spill is coursing through northern Italy. Except, unlike a detective thriller, it’s real-life vegetation, water and bird species taking the hit. Hundreds of birds have already died as a result of the spill, which started Tuesday, sending [...]
February 1, 2010 – 1:37 pm
President of Dallas Texas-based Earthpeople Anna Clark presented a community-based free training seminar on ways to save money by going green. The first session of a proposed community-based series called Go Green took place at Downing Hill, a stylish new garden shop in Dallas. Earthpeople is a consulting firm advises local business on how to [...]
January 29, 2010 – 12:17 pm
A new site in Illinois that converts algae into biofuels is to be built on an initial 62 acre site in three phases is to be overseen by project management company Steadfast Holdings Group, Inc. The company which specializes in alternative energy construction plans to begin in March, with the second phase of the project [...]
January 21, 2010 – 11:04 am
The side of the Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building in downtown Portland Oregon, built in 1975, is to be fitted with 250 ft. tall trellises to bear a large scale vertical garden. The feature will be a visual benefit to the area, as well as a natural way to regulate temperatures on the inside of [...]
January 18, 2010 – 1:08 pm
Power supplier in the Boise area, Idaho Power are encouraging its customers to use less product in a bid to lessen the strain on advanced demand for electricity. In a move that seems counterproductive to many among the profit-minded, strain on local power grids are forcing creative ways of meeting power needs without overspending on [...]