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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
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TOKYO, Oct. 25, 2005 - The Japanese computer maker has developed the world's first color electronic paper, which can continue to display the same image even after the power is turned off. [GreenBiz.com]
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Approval for a biodiesel production plant in the Dane County Village of DeForest is great news for Wisconsin soybean producers and for all state residents. That's according to Keith Ripp, president of the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board and soybean producer from Lodi. [Source: Wisconsin Ag Connection]
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Ten years ago Minnesota attracted national attention when severely deformed leopard frogs with oddly shaped and missing limbs were discovered in a Twin Cities wetland. Before long several other states reported similar discoveries. At the time, no one knew what was causing the deformities. Today there are several theories. Some researchers think pesticides like Atrazine are to blame. Others say exposure to ultra-violet light from the thinning ozone could be harming frogs. But a University of Wisconsin researcher says his theory is supported by the most solid evidence so far. Pieter Johnson says all of the deformed frogs he's studied have flatworm parasites. Johnson believes agricultural and residential fertilizers are contributing to the parasite's growing numbers. [Great Lakes Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR) News]
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The Texas Industries of the Future, US DOE and the Houston Business Roundtable invite you to a one-day training course that includes an introduction to energy saving methods and their applications to process heating equipment such as furnaces, heaters, thermal reactors, and ovens used in petroleum and chemical industry plants.
The course highlights the use of a tool, the Process Heating Assessment and Survey Tool (PHAST), which can be used to survey furnaces and heaters, to identify and prioritize major energy using equipment, to assess areas of energy use and effect of application of available methods to reduce energy consumption in an industrial plant.
The following topics will be covered during the one-day training course:
- Efficient operations and maintenance of combustion system
- Heat transfer methods in furnaces and process heaters
- Reduction of heat losses in furnaces through improved insulation and housekeeping
- Methods of heat recovery from flue gases and waste heat produced in furnaces
- Recution and control of NOx and other regulated emissions from heating equipment
- Introduction to PHAST and its use to survey energy consumption in furnaces, boilers and heaters, and analyze effect of energy saving methods.
[ChemAlliance Environmental News]
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China is investigating whether its rigid system for assessing the performance of party leaders and civil servants can be used to tackle pollution. [Source: The Economist]
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The Energy Saving Trust has been in consultation with the Government of Canada's Super E® programme, to examine key issues related to energy consumption, and has revealed its findings in a new report. The Super E® housing programme is run by the Government of Canada and teams up UK building companies with Canadian housing exporters to produce, healthy, energy efficient homes. The Super E® standard ensures that houses exceed the UK's requirements for energy efficiency and provide buyers with a means of measuring how their homes will perform from an ecological perspective. [Great Lakes Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR) News]
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Elmer and Pearl Rhoads are known as the ambassadors of wind energy in Lee County, IL. Farmers by trade, they lease about 200 acres to Navitas Energy for five wind turbines. The windmills are part of the 63-turbine Mendota Hills Wind Farm along Interstate 39 between Paw Paw and Compton, about 50 miles south of Rockford. They provide power for about 15,000 northern Illinois ComEd customers. [Great Lakes Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR) News]
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LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Oct. 24, 2005 - Canon U.S.A. has been recognized with the 2005 WasteWise Large Business Partner of the Year Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its comprehensive waste reduction program. [GreenBiz.com]
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Online fact sheet discusses environmental concerns for professional carpet cleaners. [GreenBiz.com]
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The federal government is finding that rain washing off concrete and asphalt in cities and suburbs poses as big a threat to the Great Lakes as waste coming out of a factory pipe. [Environmental Health News]
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During the past several months, a Los Angeles house was taken over by a band of designers dedicated to creating living spaces that showcase ecologically safe materials, products and furnishings. [Environmental Health News]
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Gary Hirshberg thinks manufacturers need to cut pollution and reduce energy consumption, and he’s putting his money where his mouth is. The CEO of Stonyfield Farm is now the owner of the largest solar panel array in the state, which was unveiled yesterday by Stonyfield, a representative of the U.S. Environmental Agency, and solar energy industry officials. [Source: New Hampshire Union-Leader]
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Italy has unveiled Europe's first solar-power train. [Source: ANSA]
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An end, or at least reduction, to noise, fumes, and fuel waste at truck stops is a little closer in Ohio. The Ohio Department of Development announced that it has received a $500,000 grant from the federal Environmental Protection Agency to help pay for a truck-stop electrification program. [ENN Business Headlines]
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The number of chemicals available to us today is incredible, and Jerry Kay spoke to Rick Bates, President of the Environmental Education Foundation about ways to avoid their overuse. [ENN Business Headlines]
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The Association of Washington Business (AWB) has awarded Flexcar with the 2005 Environmental Excellence Award for its innovative carsharing program. [ENN Business Headlines]
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Over 90 panelists and speakers will gather to discuss nanotechnology research, commercial applications, environmental issues and policy concerns at the 13th Foresight Conference Advancing Beneficial Nanotechnology: Focusing on the Cutting Edge, to be held October 22-27, 2005 at the San Francisco Airport Marriott. [ENN Business Headlines]
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The prospect of running small devices on electricity generated from a simple fuel cell running on atmospheric hydrogen and oxygen has been raised by research at the University of Oxford. [Source: ElectronicsWeekly.com]
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Electric Utilities--Green Power
Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Green Power Marketing in the United States: A Status Report (PDF; 2.48 MB)
"This report documents green power marketing activities and trends in the United States. The first section of the report provides an overview of green power markets, including product pricing, sales, and consumer response. The second section provides brief descriptions of utility green pricing programs. The third section describes companies that actively market green power in competitive markets and those that market RECs nationally or regionally. The final section provides information on a select number of large, nonresidential green power purchasers, including businesses, universities, and government agencies." [ResourceShelf's DocuTicker]
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Wal-Mart will announce sweeping, specific environmental goals to reduce energy use in its stores, double its trucks' fuel efficiency, minimize its use of packaging and pressure thousands of companies in its worldwide supply chain to follow its lead. [Environmental Health News]
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The National Council for Science and the Environment invites you to participate in the 6th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment: Energy for a Sustainable and Secure Future, to be held on January 26-27, 2006 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC. The conference will serve as a forum for over 800 leaders in environmental science and engineering, policy and government, corporations and civil society, and education to identify opportunities for science and technology to improve the decisions that define our energy future.
Register by November 18, 2005 to receive a discounted rate. Please visit www.ncseonline.org to register and get program updates, details on the exhibition, poster session, and sponsorship opportunities, and information on travel and lodging. A limited number of complimentary registrations are available to members of the NCSE University Affiliates Program (see the conference registration page for details). The Environmental Council has 3 free conference registrations to give away. Please contact Willian Sullivan at wcsulliv@uiuc.edu if you are interested.
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School-Based Grant Program
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/CNCS/OGM/OGM/CNCS-GRANTS-102405-001/Modification1.html
The purpose of Learn and Serve America School-Based grants is to involve young people between the ages five and seventeen in service-learning projects that simultaneously support student development and meet community needs in areas such as the environment, education, public safety, and other human needs (see application instructions for a complete list of Service Categories). Applications due March 7, 2006.
Higher Education Grant Program
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/CNCS/OGM/OGM/CNCS-GRANTS-102405-003/Grant.html
The purpose of higher education grants is to expand participation in community service and service-learning by supporting innovative community service programs carried out through institutions of higher education that act as civic institutions to meet the human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs of neighboring communities. Emphasis is placed both on institutional change to support service and service-learning within higher education and on community problem-solving and capacity-building. Applications due February 28, 2006.
Community-Based Grant Program
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/CNCS/OGM/OGM/CNCS-GRANTS-102405-002/Grant.html
The purpose of this grant competition is to promote the development and sustainability of high-quality community-based service-learning programs in youth-serving community organizations across the nation. Funds will be used by intermediary organizations to create curriculum materials; support training and technical assistance activities; make subgrants to local organizations that will implement service-learning programs for youth ages five to seventeen; and strengthen, expand, and anchor a network of youth-serving community-based organizations that implement service-learning programs. Applications due March 7, 2006.
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The purpose of this program is to support efforts by the agricultural community to transition away from high risk pesticides to the use of less and reduced risk pesticides, alternative methods of pest control and sustainable practices in food production.
Proposals must be postmarked or submitted via Grants.gov on or before 5:00 P.M. EST on November 30, 2005.
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The Foundation supports programs that engage citizens in challenging the unsustainable use of natural resources and in protecting biological diversity. Strategies supported are grassroots activism, monitoring the enforcement of environmental laws, public policy advocacy, collaborative opportunities, media outreach, and model or demonstration projects fostering sustainable policies and practices.
Environmental issues of interest to the Foundation include:
- preserving the ecological richness of our natural heritage, with a major focus on our federal public lands
- promoting policies and practices to protect the land, estuaries and coastal bays of the mid-Atlantic region
- modifying patterns of consumption and degradation of our natural resources, addressing the environmental impacts of our personal, institutional and community choices and building public interest in conservation
- building the effectiveness of the environmental movement by strengthening the advocacy, outreach and institutional development of environmental organizations
Proposals for the Environment Program should describe the policies and practices that will be encouraged, and how the program will promote public understanding and participation. Letters of inquiry are accepted throughout the year. Grant guidelines are at http://www.towncreekfdn.org/tcfsite/tguides.html.
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This document solicits grant proposals to support environmental education projects that promote environmental stewardship and help develop aware and responsible students, teachers, and citizens. This grant program provides financial support for projects which design, demonstrate, or disseminate environmental education practices, methods, or techniques as described in this notice.
The closing date and time for receipt of Applications is November 23, 2005, 5:00 p.m.
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Provides grants to organizations working to protect, restore or enhance the habitat for fish wildlife and plants of the Great Lakes watershed.
Full Proposal Due Date: November 15, 2005
Eligible applicants are either non-profit 501 (c) organizations, tribes, or state and local governments (i.e., counties, townships, cities, boroughs, conservation districts, planning districts, utility districts, school districts or other units of local government) from the Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, or Wisconsin portions of the Great Lakes watershed. Individuals, federal government agencies, and private for-profit firms are not eligible for grants under this program.
To be eligible for consideration, a project must 1) be located within the Great Lakes watershed or 2) support the development or implementation of local watershed management plans that address the water quality and living resource needs in the Great Lakes. In addition, projects must also directly address at least one of the priority areas identified by the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration’s Habitat/Species Strategy Team:
- Restore, enhance, and protect near shore and off shore native fish communities and other living resources, their habitats, and ecological relationships to sustain all fisheries and provide for a balanced ecosystem.
- Preserve, protect, and restore the wetlands that are vital to the survival and diversity of the living resources of the Great Lakes.
- Preserve, protect, and restore the tributaries and their watersheds that support the living resources of the Great Lakes ecosystem.
- Restore, enhance, and protect the Great Lakes shoreline and upland habitats.
- Promote individual stewardship and assist individuals, community-based organizations, businesses, local governments, and schools to undertake initiatives to achieve the above goals.
For the purposes of this program, the Great Lakes watershed will be defined by the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement: Article 1. (h) "Great Lakes System" means all of the streams, rivers, laskes and other bodies of water that are within the drainage basin on the St. Lawrence River at or upstream from the point at which this river becomes the international boundary between Canada and the United States.
Projects that seek funding for land or easement acquisition, political advocacy, lobbying, or litigation are not eligible.
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The SeaWorld/Busch Gardens/Fujifilm Environmental Excellence Awards recognize the outstanding efforts of K-12 students and teachers across the country who are working at the grassroots level to protect and preserve the environment. Nonprofit community groups who are working to protect the environment at the grassroots level are also eligible. Eight projects will be selected to receive a $10,000 award as well as an all-expenses-paid trip for three students and one adult leader to SeaWorld Orlando for a special awards event.
Award winners should demonstrate creative problem-solving, strong school and community partnerships, active student involvement, and significant educational and environmental impact.
The application deadline is November 30, 2005.
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Scientists have tested dozens of crops for their potential as alternative fuels for cars or power plants. Now, researchers hope a new plant might boost the biofuel industry. [Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium]
See also:
Hybrid grass may prove to be valuable fuel source
http://www.news.uiuc.edu/news/05/0927miscanthus.html
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The Great Lakes Radio Consortium has new series on threats to the Great Lakes. The parts so far:
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School district Transportation Director Mark Nelson proudly admits it was the experiments of high school Chemistry II students that helped fuel his enthusiasm for biodiesel fuel. [Source: Mattoon (IL) Journal-Gazette and Charleston (IL) Times-Courier)
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The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) held its Third National Conference on Energy Efficiency as a Resource on September 26-27, 2005, in Berkeley, California. The conference featured presentations on a variety of issues and approaches related to treating efficiency as an
energy resource, including:
- Examples and approaches from key regions, leading utilities (including investor-owned, municipal, and co-operative), and states;
- Details on the California utilities' energy efficiency resource plans;
- Strategies and case studies of reliability-focused energy efficiency
programs;
- The emerging role of energy efficiency in carbon management strategies;
- Energy efficiency resource standards;
- Combining energy efficiency and water efficiency;
- Energy efficiency in the natural gas sector;
- Integrating energy efficiency with demand response;
- Quantifying and incorporating the environmental, economic, and health benefits of energy efficiency; and
- Rapid scale-up of energy efficiency.
The presentations and an agenda of the meeting are available at http://www.aceee.org/conf/05ee/05eeagenda.htm
The meeting was sponsored in part by the U.S. EPA.
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To help save energy, daylight saving time in the year 2007 will start earlier and end later than it does now. [Source: Science News for Kids]
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Researchers have crafted an ultrathin solar cell out of inorganic nanocrystals that have several of the advantages of plastic but avoid some of its shortcomings. [Source: Science News Online]
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Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has named 15 Illinois companies and organizations 2005 Governor’s Pollution Prevention Awards winners for their significant achievements in protecting the environment and boosting the economy.
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Caterpillar Inc. today has been awarded two pollution prevention awards by the state of Illinois in recognition of the company's on-going commitment as an industry leader to sustain the environment and improve the health and safety of employees. Caterpillar's Mossville, Illinois, Engine Center and its Cast Metals Organization in Mapleton, Illinois, were both selected in the continuous improvement category for large industry for the 19th annual Governor's Pollution Prevention Awards.
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Governor Christine Gregoire will join state lawmakers at a public hearing on alternative fuels and biodiesel Thursday, Oct. 20, in Seattle. With gas prices near record highs, the governor has asked legislators to explore options to decrease Washington state's dependence on imported oil and petroleum fuels. [Source: RenewableEnergyAccess.com]
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Ontario is planning to construct five new ethanol plants to fulfill the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) requiring 5 percent ethanol in the province's fuel supply by 2007. [Source: RenewableEnergyAccess.com]
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There will soon be a host of new ways to support renewable energy in Michigan. This week, the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) approved seven new power purchase agreements and one renegotiated agreement for Consumers Energy's renewable energy projects in Michigan. [Source: RenewableEnergyAccess.com]
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And now something quite out of the ordinary: At a recent conference and workshop on today's leading edge robotics research, a team of research engineers from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute displayed a unique application of solar energy that could transform the way waterways are monitored throughout the world. [Source: RenewableEnergyAccess.com]
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After listening to nearly 50 highly qualified renewable energy professionals and legislators give presentations for the last two days here in the nation's capitol at the American Council on Renewable Energy's (ACORE) Phase II Policy Conference, the "take-aways" are plentiful. [Source: RenewableEnergyAccess.com]
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After the legislative demise of the Million Solar Roofs Initiative this summer, supporters have looked towards the California Public Utilities Commission as the next and most promising avenue for passing the program. That effort is officially underway after Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger this week called for the advancement of the program and specifically cited the CPUC as the way to do so. [Source: RenewableEnergyAccess.com]
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Application deadline: 11:59 p.m. (EST), January 5, 2006
The Intel and Scholastic Schools of Distinction awards recognize K-12 schools in the U.S. that demonstrate excellence in implementing innovative, replicable programs supporting positive educational outcomes. The awards showcase the effective use of technology, the benefits of strong teamwork and the development of excellent classroom teachers.
Winners are chosen - one each in elementary and secondary from nine categories. From among those, one each from elementary and secondary are selected as "Best of the Best." These winners are recognized for having a comprehensive program addressing technology, strong involvement of parents and the community, ongoing professional development, great teamwork, and for consistently achieving high academic standards.
- Each category winner receives a $10,000 grant from the Intel Foundation and a host of educational products provided by Scholastic.
- "Best of the Best" winners receive an additional $15,000 from the Intel Foundation for a total of $25,000.
A school may apply for an Intel Scholastic School of Distinction Award in any one of the following nine categories: Academic Achievement, Literacy Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Science Achievement, Technology Excellence, Technology Innovation, Technology Innovation, Professional Development, and Collaboration and Teamwork.
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2005
Laura L. Barnes.
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