Guide to Developing a Wind Farm

Article by James Mardian of Environmental News Online Wind farms don’t go up overnight. With an average development cost ranging between $1.8 and $2.2 million dollars per megawatt, projects are never taken lightly. Years of careful planning, research, negotiation and approvals go into getting a wind farm off the ground – and that’s often just [...]

Making a Green House

I’m talking here about building a green house, not a greenhouse. It’s about making a house that is friendly to the environment from the get go, so you don’t need to upgrade it later. You might need to spend more in the beginning, but in time those costs will be recovered and your finances will [...]

Going Green at Work

Wherever you are, at work, on the road or at home, it would be a good idea to go green. This is especially true for those that have a business or an office. Home isn’t the only place where people are vulnerable. Below are a few tips that you can follow if you want to [...]

Can you get Solar Panels Installed for Free?

Article Submitted by Top Solar Energy Companies One of the primary disadvantages of solar panels used to be that it was expensive to install and maintain. Not anymore. While you can not only finance the solar panels yourself there are a couple of options provided by companies such as SolarCity or SunRun that require you [...]

Survey finds energy efficiency needs to be increased

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of ABB. All opinions are 100% mine. A recent survey sponsored by ABB, which is a power and automation technology company, has shed some light on the need to increase energy efficiency. The survey results show that we need to do much more to become [...]

Installing a synthetic lawn

The thought of putting in a synthetic lawn is not a palatable one at first. But when you see one that has been set up properly, you will soon change your mind. Synthetic lawns are no longer the fake looking bits of plastic that you may remember from a long time ago. They have come [...]

Guide to Developing a Wind Farm

Article by James Mardian of Environmental News Online Wind farms don’t go up overnight. With an average development cost ranging between $1.8 and $2.2 million dollars per megawatt, projects are never taken lightly. Years of careful planning, research, negotiation and approvals go into getting a wind farm off the ground – and that’s often just [...]

The Benefits of Artificial Grass

So why is there so much fuss made about artificial grass these days? The only reason why is because it’s even better than the real thing, so to speak. Consider the sports surfaces of professional football and field hockey that are seriously competitive, that reduced the number of injuries of players in resorting to artificial [...]

Environment minister faces four-hour grilling from opposition MPs

Environment Canada scientists are allowed to give interviews when journalists make “reasonable” requests, the department's minister, Peter Kent, said Wednesday morning near the end of a four-hour session in the House of Commons. See the rest here:  Environment minister faces four-hour grilling from opposition MPs  Read More →

Merkel ditches environment minister after poll rout

BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel fired her environment minister on Wednesday after he led her party to a regional election defeat, replacing him with a loyal conservative ally to push through her plans to take German energy into the post-nuclear era. Norbert Roettgen, a Merkel protege once see as a possible successor, was removed after his campaign to be premier of the most populous... [Read more]

PENSRUS Pens World Environment Day Sale With Eco-Friendly Promotional Products

NEW YORK, NY– – PENSRUS, a mainstay in the promotional products industry, specializing in custom logo pens and pencils, specialty advertising products, and bargain and discount pens, is celebrating World … Continued here: PENSRUS Pens World Environment Day Sale With Eco-Friendly Promotional Products  Read More →

Environment trumps genes in testosterone levels, study finds

Boys will be boys, as the adage goes, with their rough-and-tumble boisterous play so stereotypically male. See original here:  Environment trumps genes in testosterone levels, study finds  Read More →

Environment finds its way into economics

New system presents data in physical and monetary terms, writes Gareth Hutchens. Originally posted here:  Environment finds its way into economics  Read More →