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North Carolina could see at least 28,000 high-quality new jobs along with a cleaner environment by achieving an ambitious, but attainable, benchmark for solar power, according to a new Environment North Carolina Research & Policy Center analysis. “Everyone knows solar energy is clean. There has never been a solar spill,” said Elizabeth Ouzts, State Director of [...] The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today awarded its prized Clean Air Excellence Award to America’s Greenest Campus, the nation’s largest and most successful on-campus energy efficiency campaign. America’s Greenest Campus is a partnership between SmartPower, the nation’s leading non-profit marketers of clean, renewable energy and energy efficiency, and Efficiency 2.0, the premier online energy efficiency software [...] The Texas Tech University System, the Innovate Texas Foundation, and The Wind Alliance, announced today the formation of the National Institute for Renewable Energy (NIRE), an independent public-private collaboration that will work to solve key scientific and technology challenges facing the wind power industry. The announcement came during the American Wind Energy Association’s (AWEA) Windpower [...] The Perryman Group has released an economic study showing the wind energy industry is currently responsible for 10,000 jobs in Texas. The report also estimates the building of new transmission lines under the Competitive Renewable Energy Zones (CREZ) proposal approved by the Public Utility Commission (PUC) will lead to $30.6 billion in economic output and [...] UC Irvine Extension is offering a two-week seminar focused on energy, sustainability, planning and environmental management at its campus July 19-30. The program, which was approved by the U.S. Green Building Council, is geared toward professionals who are expanding their training or adapting to new careers in the field. The accelerated seminar offers “an opportunity [...] BALTIMORE, /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Job creation and reducing energy usage are key concerns not only in the United States, but also throughout the world. In Baltimore these two issues have come together to create an innovative green career workforce development program operated through Civic Works, Baltimore’s urban service corps. Funded by a $532,319 grant from the Foundation for [...] The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) offers several funding opportunities to students and researchers. Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program awards graduate education fellowships for master’s and doctoral level students in environmentally related fields of study. The purpose of the fellowship program is to encourage promising students to obtain advanced degrees and pursue careers in environmental fields. [...] The latest issue of Campus Ecology spotlights the growing trend of colleges and universities partnering with their wider communities to protect the ecosystems that sustain them both, as historic town and gown considerations grow to include counties, valleys, mountains, and watersheds. Schools and communities are coming up with cooperative, creative solutions to their shared concerns, as in [...] The National Science Foundation has awarded Salisbury University $996,303 to increase the number of graduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The grant is the largest NSF award in SU history, and includes initial funding of $637,695 for three years and $358,608 for two additional years based on project progress. The grant will [...] |
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