Researchers have found that the Southeast, with the exception of Florida, does not have enough water capacity to meet its own needs.
The giant turbine blades also help corn and soybean crops stay cooler and dryer, help them fend off fungal infestations and improve their ability to extract growth-enhancing carbon dioxide from the air and soil.
High-speed trains consume 29-percent less energy than conventional trains per passenger transported, and reduce CO2 emissions by the same proportion.
Is hydraulic fracturing the holy grail of energy independence or a groundwater nightmare in the making?
Octolig, a commercially available material, removes certain dyes and amoxicillin from water samples.
The Brazilian state of Amazonas has taken research findings as the basis for its new logging legislation for the floodplain forests.
The team will design and construct an energy efficient Home Depot prototype store that will require up to 50 percent less energy.
Psychedelically colored wolves depicted by thermal imaging will shed light on how mange affects the survival, reproduction and social behavior of wolves in Yellowstone National Park.
EPA is recognizing Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity and Dallas Sustainable Skylines Initiative for building 40 energy-efficient homes.
To encourage drivers to buy environmentally friendly electric cars, the British government has launched state grants of up to 5,000 pounds for nine different electric car models.
The South could pay less for its electricity in 20 years than is currently projected if strong public policies are enacted to spur renewable energy production and use.
BP, Anadarko, MOEX, Triton, Transocean and QBE companies face Oil Pollution Act and Clean Water Act charges.
Sea-ice habitats essential to polar bears would likely respond positively should countries curb global greenhouse gas emissions.
QGC, an Australian coal seam gas-explorer and -producer, has signed a contract with a consortium of GE and Laing O’Rourke for the construction of a water treatment plant in southwest Queensland that will support the region’s rapidly growing coal seam gas industry.
Dai Haifei, 24, a newly graduated architect in Beijing, decided to make his own egg-style home after being unable to afford Beijing’s sky-high rental prices.
EPA has fined Monterey Park, Calif.-based Kinetic Solutions Inc. $82,400 for allegedly selling unregistered and misbranded pesticides and making unproven claims about their effectiveness.
The citation includes 14 alleged willful and one serious violation against WRR Environmental Services Co. of Eau Claire in connection with a June 29 explosion and fire at its plant, OSHA announced Tuesday.
Abound Solar, a manufacturer of next-generation, cadmium telluride, thin-film photovoltaic solar modules, announced that it has leased a 781,750-square-foot facility in Tipton, Ind., where it will be establishing a solar module manufacturing plant.
Researchers have learned that up to 90 percent of antibiotics consumed pass through an organism’s body without metabolizing, meaning the drugs can leave the body almost intact through normal bodily functions.
The two agencies will explore opportunities to collaborate on a wide range of environmental issues – including efforts to bring cleaner cookstoves to millions in the developing world – while engaging young people, expanding the conversation on environmentalism, and supporting local solutions for communities here at home and around the world.