Green

Energy, the Environment and the Bottom Line

• — Federal Agency Sues LED Bulb Maker

     (Wednesday, 08 September 2010 17:40)

  The Federal Trade Commission says that in many instances, Lights of America's LED bulbs produce significantly less light and have far less longevity than the company says in its marketing.

• — Panel Urges Tougher Offshore Regulation

     (Wednesday, 08 September 2010 16:37)

  A review board suggests hiring dozens of new oil and gas drilling inspectors, giving additional training to those already on the job and investing regulators with more authority to cite violations and impose fines.

• — To Go Where Compact Fluorescents Cannot

     (Wednesday, 08 September 2010 12:09)

  The area in which LED's will best replace compact fluorescent bulbs, an executive suggests, is in directional lighting.

• — A Regenerative Feat for Solar Cells

     (Wednesday, 08 September 2010 10:17)

  A discovery could help extend the life of experimental high-efficiency solar cells, which often suffer from short lifespans when tested outside the laboratory, researchers say.

• — On the Migratory Trail, Leaders and Followers

     (Wednesday, 08 September 2010 08:09)

  In any herd, some animals have an acute ability to take in environmental cues like temperature and geomagnetic fields and lead the way. But there also is an advantage to being less sensitive to such cues and more attuned to other members of the herd, a study suggests.

• — Street Cred vs. Green Cred

     (Tuesday, 07 September 2010 15:28)

  Arizona's Green Party is not amused by a Republican operative's effort to recruit people from the streets to run as Green candidates on the November ballot.

• — Is BPA Safe? Europe Also Seeks Answers

     (Tuesday, 07 September 2010 13:58)

  Like federal and state entities in the United States, the European Food Safety Authority is now re-evaluating BPA, in this case by analyzing the data from more than 800 studies.

• — Food Crisis Worsens in West Africa

     (Tuesday, 07 September 2010 10:31)

  Floods that destroyed crops and livestock only worsened a crisis that was already under way as a result of successive years of drought and failed harvests in the region.

• — Fresh Capital in the Uranium Fuel Race

     (Tuesday, 07 September 2010 08:26)

  Fresh investments in USEC, formerly the the United States Enrichment Company, reflect optimism on two fronts: that the worldwide market for enrichment will grow because of new plant construction and extended operation of old plants, and that a new type of centrifuge will prove practical.

• — When It Comes to Car Batteries, Moore's Law Does Not Compute

     (Monday, 06 September 2010 10:24)

  A team at the Almaden Research Center of I.B.M. in California is trying to develop a new battery technology called lithium air that could allow a car to go 500 miles on a single charge. But a top researcher says that it will take many years, if it ever happens at all, to make the technology useful.