Eco-Briefs
Solar energy program creates opportunity for low-income families in Lafayette
Energy bills are no small matter for families with low income. According to a study by the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, these families have gone from spending 12 percent of their after-tax income on energy costs in 2001 to 21 percent in 2012. ...
Saving bison; Free trade palm oil
Wild ‘N Free event focuses on saving bison
Hundreds of bison are removed every year from the Yellowstone area in what land managers say is...
Eurasian watermilfoil fragment found in Boulder Reservoir
Colorado Parks and Wildlife recently found a new invasive plant in Boulder Reservoir: Eurasian watermilfoil (EWM).
EWM is a highly transmissible invasive aquatic plant that...
Low-cost solar observatory; New Superfund sites
Test flight of low-cost miniature solar observatory
The Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) tested its Solar Instrument Pointing Platform (SSIPP) on Aug. 29, in San Antonio,...
Eco-briefs | Mars on the mind
NASA has announced that a recent rock sample taken from Mars indicates the planet could have once supported living micro-organisms — just as the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado announced it has crossed another milestone in ...
Eco-briefs | Fuel scandal sends Texas man to prison
Jeffrey David Gunselman of Texas has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after admitting to defrauding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by acting as a business owner of a bio-diesel fuel production company in order to generate renewable fuel credits...
