Every Earth Day, students’ minds are turned to environmental issues. Those students across the U.S. enrolled in the Lincoln Interactive Cutting Edge Science (CES) program had the opportunity to participate in a discussion on alternative energy technology in a videoconference with Dr. Cynthia Welch, a polymer scientist with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
First Choice Power today announced that it will award more than $50,000 in Reduce Your Use Grants™ to nonprofits, schools and chambers of commerce to fund energy-efficient programs and upgrades. The recipients applied for grants in the winter grant cycle which ran from February to March.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) today announced a grant awarded by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the Department’s Pollution Prevention Education and Outreach Section for assistance in its campaign to promote green chemistry in New York schools.
Two wind turbines were erected yesterday at Hodgson Vo-Tech School in Delaware as part of its Renewable Energy training program for constructions trades students.
East Side Union High School District and Chevron Energy Solutions announced today the completion of construction for the largest K-12 solar and energy efficiency program in the United States. The program is expected to generate $43 million in savings through a 7.1 MW solar and energy efficiency project on 13 sites.
Boats from Savanna High School, Oak Park High School Earn Top Spots at Metropolitan’s 2011 Solar Cup Solar-powered boats built and raced by students from Savanna High School in Anaheim and Oak Park High School in Oak Park today captured the top awards at the ninth annual Solar Cup competition sponsored by the Metropolitan Water [...]
The U.S. Department of Education announced today the creation of the Green Ribbon Schools program to recognize schools that are creating healthy and sustainable learning environments and teaching environmental literacy. The new awards program will be run by the Education Department with the support of the White House Council on Environmental Quality and the U.S. [...]
Sunny Delight Beverages Co. (SDBC) and Keep Cincinnati Beautiful (KCB) announced the winners of the six-month recycling contest “Bin It 2 Win It” with the help of defensive end for the Cincinnati Bengals, Michael Johnson, and Councilwoman Amy Murray.
Duke Energy Renewables now owns a 1-megawatt solar farm on the grounds of an elementary school in the southwestern corner of North Carolina.