Shutterstock1.) In Texas, Exxon battles family over oil wells.2.) Could water scarcity cause international conflict?3.) On farms, 20-somethings make a fresh start.4.) The White House ramps up pressure for a climate bill.5.) A short list of behavioral changes that may limit greenhouse gases.

Countries that provide robust incentives for the renewable energy industry create a more attractive environment for investors, a new study suggests. Countries that adopt policies obliging utilities to purchase a percentage of their power from renewable sources at above-market prices — also known as a “feed-in tariff” — represent the safest harbors for investors looking to finance clean-energy ventures, according to a broad-ranging risk analysis released Monday by Deutsche Bank’s global asset man

Kathryn Seagle is immediate past president of the University of Florida Medical Guild, Inc. and the current president of the Gift Stop board. As the University of Florida Medical Guild celebrates its 50th anniversary, its foundation strengthens for the next 50 years of friendship and service. We serve by awarding scholarships, grants and special project funding to health-related projects. To help support these projects, the guild now partners with The Gift Stop, including the new shop in the S

If you are Noynoy and win the presidency in 2010, what will you do for the first 100 days? Here’s my own list: All appointments for primary positions in the government, not only clean and honest, but should come from the names submitted by the Academe, NGOs, Civic and Religious groups, and should be screened strictly for past work history and credentials. Strengthen the Ombudsman by appointing more honest, clean and incorruptible prosecutors recommended by the Academe, NGOs, Civic and Rel

  Tokai university’s ‘Tokai Challenger’ is a solar race car and is equipped with a total of 2176 solar cells, which collectively cover up to 6-square-meters of area. The solar cells, which are developed by Sharp Corp , are made up of triple-junction compound that use indium gallium phosphide, indium gallium arsenide and germanium. These Sharp solar cells boasting the highest level of conversion efficiency (35.8%) in the world and generates an output of 1.8KW. The solar energy harvested i

Column by Kimberly Hoffmeister UK’s Administration and Athletics Department have geared themselves in the wrong direction—where do I even begin? In the past few weeks, UK has hosted events sponsored by Friends of Coal, T-shirts reading “COAL CATS CALIPARI Power Kentucky,” and a plan to rebuild Wildcat Lodge and rename it, “Wildcat Coal Lodge.” Where do I even begin? As a passionate Wildcat fan and supporter of UK head coach John Calipari, I find these events to be completely contrary to ev

TORRANCE, Calif. – Toyota and Lexus are proud to be presenting sponsors of the 20th anniversary Environmental Media Awards. This star-studded gala salutes the creative teams behind music, film and television productions that raise public awareness of environmental issues by incorporating environmental messages in their work and “greening” their operations. This year’s nominees include feature films such as The Day the Earth Stood Still and TV programs such as Grey’s Anatomy and The Simpsons.

Think about how hot your car gets on a sunny day. Dell decided to harvest all that wasted energy by installing these solar panels in their parking lot . Now they’re keeping cars cool and putting that sunlight to good use. The structure generates 130 kilowatts of solar power , enough to offset 145,000 lbs of greenhouse gas emissions annually. There are even charging terminals available for electric cars, but only two can be charged at a time. Seems like a pretty smart way to keep drivers comf

Looking at the future of the energy-efficient home at the 2009 Solar Decathlon Mother Nature didn’t make it easy for the teams that took part in 2009 Solar Decathlon, hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The homes designed and built by 20 college and university teams were put through the weather wringer during the final days of the event last weekend, with cold, rainy, overcast weather prevailing—not exactly ideal conditions for solar-

Since its founding in 1917, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (the JTA), has been a leading international journalistic source for communicating news and projects dealing with the world-wide Jewish community. Many JTA news articles have dealt with various developments in Israel and the Middle East, including those which are beneficial to the cause of peace.A recent JTA article on clean technology, published on October 1 by Dina Kraft (also a New York Times reporter), takes a good look at a number