Energy Research Project for Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, and Green Energy Technologies

1. Better health through social networking
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... prevention might best be aimed at communities and groups that act as closely clustered networks. Studying communities, online and off Colleagues in the field find the study to be of both theoretical ...

2. Gulf Coast Communities Investigate Oily Sea Mist
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

With so many unanswered questions about the lingering effects of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, coastal communities are turning to independent scientists for answers. In Orange Beach, Ala., officials ...

3. From DC Microgrids to DC-Powered Network Communities: Using Smart Power Servers with Renewable Energy
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

4. Let Them Eat Cake: Administration Strident on Job-Killing Moratorium
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

... detailing the Administration’s misguided approach to the economic and employment impacts its drilling moratorium has had on Gulf Coast communities, Institute for [...] ...

5. Vampire killing spree in Peru
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

At least four children died after rabid vampire bats attacked Awajun indigenous communities in a remote part of Peru, reports the BBC. Peru's health ministry sent emergency teams ...

6. Gulf Oil Spill Still a Health Threat to Many, Researchers Report (HealthDay)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 16 (HealthDay News) -- The massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico still poses a health threat to clean-up workers, fishermen and members of coastal communities, according ...

7. Sewage-cleaning device produces electricity, too
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

Small units that purify household sewage could provide a source of electricity for urban and remote communities in the developing world, according to researchers. The units would be populated with Shewanella ...

8. American Solar Energy Society Issues Call for 15th Annual National Solar Tour
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

Online registration has begun for solar-savvy installers and grassroots organizations interested in showcasing their communities' solar-powered homes, businesses and public agencies during the non-profit ...

9. Culprit Of Prairie Dogs' Drama May Be Caught
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

A plague has been stalking prairie dog families for the past 60 years. Researchers say they may finally know how it spreads -- and the answer could help protect human communities. ...

10. Sewage-cleaning device produces electricity, too
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

Small units that purify household sewage could provide a source of electricity for urban and remote communities in the developing world, according to researchers. The units would be populated with Shewanella ...

11. Community-Centric Approach to Biomass Energy Necessary
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

A biomass energy approach that stresses multiple, smaller generation plants scaled to make use of local fuel supplies harvested sustainably would make biomass projects more appealing to communities and ...

12. In The World: Breath of life
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... the cutting edge — to help meet the needs of communities around the planet, especially those in the developing world. If you have suggestions for future columns, please e-mail newsoffice@mit.edu.  ...

13. Six lessons from the BP oil spill (The Christian Science Monitor)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

... will adopt more rigorous safeguards. New cleanup technologies will emerge from university and corporate laboratories. And spill drills could become a regular part of coastal communities' emergency pla ...

14. DOE Gives $60 Million To Expand Local Energy Efficiency Efforts
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

The U.S. Department of Energy announced that 20 communities have been selected for more than $60 million in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to implement local energy efficiency ...

15. In The World: Easy on the eyes
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... of the MIT community are developing technology — from the appropriately simple to the cutting edge — to help meet the needs of communities around the planet, especially those in the developing world. If ...

16. How Will The Gulf Oil Spill Affect Human Health?
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

... stress on individuals and communities is a primary problem, and can lead to physical disorders as well as PTSD and depression. ...

17. Painting a Wild Picture of North America
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

... campaigns across the country that have reached their tipping point and need public input to help call on political representatives to protect Canada’s wilderness. We connect communities to conservation ...

18. Greening Our Capital Cities
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

Greening America's Capitals is a project of the Partnership for Sustainable Communities between EPA, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the U.S. Department of Transportation ...

19. Haiti’s plight
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... administrative level,” James says. “There needs to be much more involvement by high-level decision-makers with people in local communities.” Colleagues applaud James’ ability to link the personal and ...

20. DOE Awards $60 Million in Recovery Act Funds to Local Clean Energy Efforts
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

DOE has awarded $60 million in Recovery Act funds to 20 communities in 18 states to boost local energy efficiency and renewable energy programs. ...

21. 3 Questions: Noelle Selin on curbing mercury
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... and local communities are exposed to some of the highest levels of mercury contamination in the world. Mercury also continues to be used in products, such as thermometers, thermostats, fluorescent light ...

22. Fallen bridges hamper Guatemala storm rescue
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

...  Dozens of people were still missing and rescue teams struggled to reach remote rural communities after the storm cut off roads and destroyed up to 18 major road bridges and dozens ...

23. Free Webcast: Creating Sustainable Communities
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

This Earthcast will present practical guidance for people who want to help make their communities more pleasant and sustainable places in which to live. ...

24. Slideshow: Mapping the oil spill
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... the project. Shannon Dosemagen, a member of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, says the mapping tool will be useful for local communities that find themselves confronting the crisis. “As the spill spreads ...

25. Extent Of Damage Under Ocean's Surface Unknown
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

Much of the worry about the effects of the oil spill has focused on the shoreline and the communities above the water line. But what havoc might the oil wreak on the diverse communities deep under the ...

26. Gulf residents ready "hairmats" to soak up oil
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

... more unlikely remedies -- hair and pantyhose. Shoreline communities threatened by the oil spewing from a ruptured Gulf of Mexico undersea well have started a grassroots campaign to fabricate homemade ...

27. Tackling cancer on a new front
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... amongst the medical and scientific communities engaged in the area of cancer.” Cancer cases in developing nations now make up more than 50 percent of the global total, compared to 15 percent in 1970, ...

28. U.S. presses BP to stop gushing Gulf Coast oil leak
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

...  President Barack Obama visited affected communities on Sunday, pledging a "relentless relief effort" but keeping the focus on the British oil giant BP.  ...

29. U.S. presses BP to stop gushing Gulf Coast oil leak
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

...  President Barack Obama visited affected communities on Sunday, pledging a "relentless relief effort" but keeping the focus on the British oil giant BP.  ...

30. POET, students plant 2,750 trees to celebrate Arbor Day
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

POET team members joined fifth graders in communities across the Midwest and planted 2,750 trees today in celebration of Arbor Day in a company-wide effort dubbed "POET Tree". ...