Tucson, AZ-(ENEWSPF)- The International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) announce public release of the Model Lighting Ordinance (MLO), a valuable guide for environmentally responsible outdoor lighting in North America. The MLO is an outdoor lighting template designed to help municipalities develop outdoor lighting standards that reduce[Read More…]

BLYTHE, CA–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2011.  Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. today joined local officials and representatives from Solar Trust America at a ceremony launching the start of construction on what will be the world’s largest solar power facility. Located on public lands in[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2011.   Summary: The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday passed an amendment to the fiscal 2012 agriculture spending bill that would prohibit the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from implementing its new departmental regulation on climate change adaptation. The USDA is working to assist the nation’s farmers,[Read More…]

Transformational Technology Could Cut Production Costs of Silicon Wafers in Half  Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2011.  U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the offer of a conditional commitment for a $150 million loan guarantee to 1366 Technologies, Inc. for the development of a multicrystalline wafer manufacturing project.  The project will[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2011.  The globe experienced the 10th warmest May since record keeping began in 1880, as the climate phenomenon La Niña ended its 2011 cycle. The Arctic sea ice extent was the third smallest extent for May on record. The monthly analysis from NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center[Read More…]

Project to Create Significant Solar Manufacturing Efficiencies and is Expected to Generate Over 2,000 Jobs Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2011.  U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the offer of a conditional commitment for a $275 million loan guarantee to Calisolar Inc. to commercialize its innovative solar silicon manufacturing process.  Calisolar’s[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2011.  Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the availability of more than $30 million to train undergraduate- and graduate-level engineering students in manufacturing efficiency to help them become the nation’s next generation of industrial energy efficiency experts.  Through the Industrial Assessment Center program, university teams across the[Read More…]

Source: Hubblesite.org Baltimore, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Resembling looming rain clouds on a stormy day, dark lanes of dust crisscross the giant elliptical galaxy Centaurus A. Hubble’s panchromatic vision, stretching from ultraviolet through near-infrared wavelengths, reveals the vibrant glow of young, blue star clusters and a glimpse into regions normally obscured by the[Read More…]

This artist’s concept shows NASA’s two Voyager spacecraft exploring a turbulent region of space known as the heliosheath, the outer shell of the bubble of charged particles around our sun. After more than 33 years of travel, the two Voyager spacecraft will soon reach interstellar space, which is the space[Read More…]

Photo: NASA University of Hawaii-(ENEWSPF)- Using the most sensitive X-ray image ever taken, University of Hawaii astronomer Ezequiel Treister and colleagues have found the first direct evidence that black holes existed when the Universe was less than a tenth of its present age. Between 30 and 100 percent of the[Read More…]