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Alternative Energy
As carbon-based energy supplies are dwindling, other sources of energy are being explored
alternative energy • carbon crisis • fossil fuel • renewable energy • nonrenewable energy

Alternative Energy and Brazil
What will we do if oil wells dry up? What will we do if there is no more coal? These are the questions which concern many nations today. With the world increasingly relyi
brazil • usa • ethanol industry in brazil • renewable energy • renewable energy in usa

Alternative Energy Sources
Simple definitions of the main sources of renewable energy including solar heat, the difference between fossil fuel and biomass; and a description of tidal power.
solar power • solar water heater • solar heat • renewable energy • photovoltaic cells

Alternative Energy Sources in Our Homes
What kinds of alternative energy sources can you implement in your home?
solar • wind • water • alternative energy • energy

Alternative Power Generation
Use and improvements made to small-scale power generation systems could beneficial to the economy of rural Alaska.
alternative power generation • alternative energy • appropriate technology • energy conservation • rural alaska

AMAT - Applied Materials
Applied could have a 30 percent market share as a "picks and shovels" player in the alternative solar energy market.
solar • power • alternative • energy • semiconductor

Burnin' Rubber
One company's appraoch to spare tires: burn them to create electricity.
tire • electricity • alternative • alternative energy • california

Energy Crisis and Spawning Salmon
Fossil fuels and politicians make strange bedfellows. It's time we reduced our dependence on both.
fossil fuel • alternative energy • energy crisis • energy efficiency • energy conservation

Hydrogen as an Alternative Energy Source
Hydrogen, a carrier of energy, is not an energy source. With greater availability of hydrogen cars, hydrogen production by renewable energy can combat global warming.
hydrogen • hydrogen as a fuel • alternative energy source • alternative fuel • hydrogen fuel

Investing in Alternative Energy ETFs
Between global warming and skyrocketing oil prices, investing in alternative energy has become more than a fad. ETFs are the simple way to add it to your portfolio.
green investing • alternative energy etf picks • solar-power investments • clean energy • nuclear energy

Investment in Alternative Energies
As the world economy continues to change, investment in green companies and alternative energies is becoming more popular and potentially more lucrative.
alternative energy • alternative energy investment • renewal energy • renewable energy investment • socially responsible investment

Renewable Energy Resources
Links to online resources that teach more about the various types of renewable energy
green living • renewable energy • solar power • wind power • geothermal power

Renewable Energy: Hydroelectric power
Hydroelectric power was once touted as the great, clean alternative to fossil fuels. However, history has shown us that the environmental costs can be high.
engineering • power • energy • hydroelectric • dam

Renewable Energy: Solar Power
Solar power is one of the most attractive alternatives to fossil fuel-powered energy, but there are some obstacles blocking the way to immediate widespread usage.
engineering • alternative energy • solar power • electricity • greenhouse gas

The Efuel100 Microfueler
One California based company hopes to let homeowners make fuel grade ethanol in the privacy of their own home.
efuel100 microfueler • efuel100 • microfueler • save money on gas • ethanol

The Scoop On This Poop!
The use of manure for energy, in both the power hungry society of North America and the energy starved country of China.
manure • biogas digesters • alternative energy • china • wisconsin

Top Alternative Energy Investments
Oil stocks have reaped the reward of record oil prices, but demand for other solutions has grown. Alternative energy companies are now a big investment opportunity.
alternative energy investing • nuclear power • hydro • solar stocks • clean energy sector

Alternative Fuel: Ethanol
The impact of the Energy Tax Act, the fuel crisis and how this corn-based fuel rose to popularity. But the increase in demand means that alternative fuels are also costly
ethanol fuel • alternative fuel ethanol • gas prices • e85 fuel • gas price per gallon

American Biomass
Why do we continue to rely on non-renewable and foreign oil? Is it complacency? Ignorance? Politics? Read about the alternatives here.
biomass • fuel • alternative • alternative energy • fossil fuels

Climate Protest Begins in Australian Coal Town
Hundreds of concerned citizens, students and environmental organisers are expected to converge on the east Australian coal port of Newcastle from July 10.
coal train blockade • climate action network • friends of the earth australia • newcastle • alternative energy

Coastal Oil Drilling
With gas prices (and oil company profits) at record levels, McCain proposes lifting the ban on coastal drilling.
2008 elections • republicans oil • big oil • john mccain • oil environment

How to Evaluate Solar Power Stocks
Solar power stocks aren't new, but only recently - thanks to record breaking oil prices - has the industry gotten investors' attention. Finding the right ones is the key.
investing in solar power • alternative energy stocks • solar power cost per kilowatt hour • publicly traded solar stocks • photovoltaic panels

Increased Use of Renewable Energies
Renewable energies, such as wind, solar and hydro, help curb carbon dioxide emissions. Increased use of these alternative energies bodes well for the environment.
increased use of renewable energies • alternative sources of energy • renewable energies • potential for renewable energy • carbon dioxide emissions

Lowering Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Nuclear Power has been ignored in the past in favor of alternative energy sources. Here are the pros and cons of the nuclear option in the fight against global warming.
nuclear power • fossil fuels • nuclear option • global warming • greenhouse gas

Nuclear Power Plants 101
Nuclear power plants provide about one-fifth of the world's electricity. How do they work? And why do they produce radioactive waste that will remain toxic for centuries?
introduction to nuclear power • nuclear power plants • splitting atoms • alternative energy source • toxic waste

Revisiting Renewable Energy
With all the focus on terrorism, we may be forgetting some important details about our energy policy. What can we do to stop our continuing dependence on oil?
green party • renewable energy • solar power • wind power • wave energy

Solar Antennae that Generate Power
A team at the Idaho National Laboratories has developed an innovative method to manufacture nanoscale antennae at the right size to capture energy from the sun.
solar antenna • solar power innovation • generating electricity from sunlight • nanoscale manufacturing • solar antenna design

The End of Fossil Energy
A review of John G. Howe's book about peak oil and its implications for modern society
green living • sustainability • peak oil • alternative energy sources • renewable energy

Visit the Oregon Country Fair
Join jugglers, musicians, artisans, and performers for unique fun at the annual Oregon Country Fair in Veneta this July. All ages welcome and don't forget your costume!
oregon country fair • eugene fair • three day festival oregon • alternative energy sources • culture music oregon

California in Crisis
California is catching a lot of heat for it's current energy crisis, and in a way that's a shame. The Golden State currently has some of the most progressive alternative energy programs in the U.S.
california • energy • electricity • crisis • alternative

The Energy It Takes to Do Laundry
What to do when your washer - full of a load of cloth diapers - finally craps out. Necessity is a mother.
laundry • washer • dryer • washing machine • energy efficien*

Multi-Family Sustainable Design
The future of sustainable residential design lies in multi-unit development. Two design firms demonstrate effective and sustainable approaches to green building.
multi-family unit sustainable development • residential architecture • alternative energy systems • solar panels on roof • bamboo shutters

Potential Growth of Wind Energy
Wind energy could supply up to 20% of world electricity generation. Despite problems, wind power has great potential as an alternative source of energy.
alternative energy • potential growth of wind energy • alternative sources of energy • low use of wind energy • china largest emitter of greenhouse gases

Solar Greenhouses
Resources for solar greenhouses, composting greenhouses, and animal-heated or bio-heated greenhouses. Gives principles involved and sources for plans, photos and how-to.
solar greenhouses • solar green house • greenhouse • greenhouse gardening • bio-heated greenhouses

The Price of the Presidency: Will Four Dollars a Gallon Affect the Election?
The relationship between gas prices and the presidential election. Will four dollars a gallon inspire cynical voters who stopped voting to make a comeback?
bush • kerry • 2004 • election • gas

Breaking News 7
Solar Power could make quite a difference in the lives of islanders living on remote atolls.
namdrik • marshall islands • majuro • tuvalu • solar energy

Traveling in Comfort to the Fair
Taking the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad from the coast to central Maine is a relaxing way to get to the fair, or to just tour the area in comfort.
belfast and moosehead lake railroad • belfast maine • unity maine • belfast maskers • common ground fair

Green Careers and Eco Jobs
For anyone who has considered how to have a career that offers a livable salary while it contributes to saving the environment, join the sustainability movement.
environmental careers • green careers • eco careers • sustainability management • eco jobs

Greener Home Construction
Steps are being taken to provide consumers of new homes that use more sustainable and renewable energy sources.
solar power • wind power • sustainable energy • renewable energy for homes • home energy

Open Letter to the President of the United States
An open letter to President Bush on the Middle East and energy policy.
energy • alternative • resources • arafat • yasir

Peace and the Environment
A famous saying in the peace movement is "War is unhealthy for children and other living things." This article focuses on those other living things.
peace • environment • war • children • conflict

What have we learned?
Y2k has come and gone will we, as a society, grow or continue in our wasteful ways.
y2k • solar • soalr energy • wind power • wind

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