Archive for March, 2008
« Previous Entries Next Entries »Students get $10,000 for solar car (Coppell Gazette)
Monday, March 31st, 2008now have the help of a $10,000 grant from Nissan. teacher at CHS. The team has raised about $5,000 from the Adopt-a-Cell program. The program allows donors Read More
Garage presents the worst oil picture (Los Angeles Times)
Monday, March 31st, 2008There is the fuel demand of three cars and the place is loaded with plastic, all made from oil. The garage is home to our most profligate petroleum users. No, we don’t have a set of gas-guzzling SUVs, but we do have three cars. Read More
Solar-powered devices that will keep you charged, connected (The Record)
Monday, March 31st, 2008Imagine a world where your cellphone or iPod never runs out of power, and you can leave all your clunky chargers at home. Read More
Bus to Run on Burger Grease as School Mulls Ban on Cars (Vineyard Gazette)
Monday, March 31st, 2008A ban on cars. A moratorium on fossil fuels. A bus that runs on cafeteria burger grease. These are among the many projects in discussion or already under way at Island schools seeking to lead environmental action on the Vineyard. Read More
Schwarzenegger announces rooftop solar project (People’s Daily)
Monday, March 31st, 2008California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday announced the nation’s Rooftop Solar Installation Project, describing it as key to achieving California’s renewable energy goals. Schwarzenegger joined Southern California electr … Read More
Green Tech news harvest: More-efficient solar cells and ‘biogasoline’ (CNET)
Monday, March 31st, 2008Paying for solar on commercial rooftops; more-efficient polysilicon and thin-film solar cells; JPMorgan buys into carbon trading; biogasoline; and GreenFuel Technologies’ progress could mean the first commercial-scale algae fuel plant. Read More
Solar-powered cars heat up Fitchburg State campus (Sentinel & Enterprise)
Monday, March 31st, 2008FITCHBURG — Fitchburg State College students walking through the quad Wednesday afternoon enjoyed fruit smoothies and miniature car races compliments of the sunshine. Read More
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