Read the full story from Reuters. “Among the many things I learned as a President,” Nelson Mandela once said, “was the centrality of water in
Day: August 6, 2015
Solar farm construction begins on UI campus
Read the full story in the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette. After several years of design and delay, construction has finally begun on a new “solar farm” at
Mimicking Butterfly Wings Can Improve Efficiency of Solar Energy Systems
Via Yale’s e360 Digest. Solar-concentrating photovoltaic systems can produce nearly 50 percent more power by mimicking the V-shaped wing formation certain butterflies exhibit before take-off,
Job announcements: Two EPA internships available
GIS Analyses of Wetlands and Streams–Research Participation Program (Post-MS internship) A postgraduate participant project is available at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA), Region 4
Four things to know about global warming
Read the full story at CNN. On Monday the Obama administration will make its first public pitch for an elaborate long-range plan to reduce greenhouse
Webinar: Life Cycle Assessment as a Green Chemistry Tool
Tue, Sep 1, 2015 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CDT Register at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5271469229705640194 Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), is a complex tool that is becoming increasingly
