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Panelists discuss the challenges climate and anticipated climate change effects will have in the United States and internationally, including in vulnerable populations.

Plans and details about how to build a solar food dryer. Dry your garden, or organic vegetables and fruits so they can be stored all year round without loosing flavor or nutrients. The site includes details about how the solar dryer works and the book includes lots of great information on building and using your solar food dryer.

This new invention burns up to 25 watts of electricity per square foot by turning the glass into an electric heater . They say it is more energy efficient because it eliminates drafts, and the conventional heating system doesn't have to work as hard."

Heat from a datacentre built in a bunker is being collected and transferred to the nearby pool as part of an innovative energy efficiency project undertaken by GIB-Services, a Swiss IT co-location company.

The numbers are staggering -- C02 emissions are coming from the U.S. are an large portion of the overall C02 emissions. Additionally, about 70% of homes energy consumption is spent on heating and cooling. We need to solve this problem -- phenolic foam ductwork (Koolduct) may be the solution.

Apparently the US Military has a green tinge to it; a new case study/article:"The world's largest collection of solar air heated buildings; 50 SolarWall systems installed on 27 buildings, 110,000f2 of solar panels, Projected fuels savings of 44,000 million BTU/h (46,000GJ) per year, 4MW of thermal energy capacity, 2,000 tons of CO2 displaced/yr"

A coffee mug to remind us of the effect of the global warming.

When the liquid inside heats, the oceans invade the land...

State Energy Assistance Directors call for increased funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). They describe the struggles of low-income residents of their states facing sharply rising energy prices.

Unexpected ideas for staying green during the cold months. Materials required: shaving cream, sand, vertical carpeting.

A local authority on the edge of Greater Manchester has noted that one group of Britons are failing to do their bit to reduce Britain's Carbon emissions. Tameside Council  have suggested that heat from the burning bodies at Dukinfield Crematorium can be used to heat the building, which needs heating when mourners went to commit their oved one.

Look at all the parking lots and roads around you. Imagine if you could turn all that asphalt into energy. Well, now you can...

Representatives from states across the U.S. speak in a conference cosponsored by the National Association of State Energy Officials about their challenges facing a winter with rising heating and fuel costs, particularly trouble low-income Americans will have paying heating bills with diminishing grants available at the same time of rising heatingcosts.

Remember those old sci-fi movies in which future humans would “terraform” Mars (or some more distant planet) to make it more like the relative paradise of our blue-green Earth? Well, it turns out we’re already honing those terraforming skills, and they’re aimed at making our own planet more inhabitable.

Guy Caruso, Administrator at DOE's Energy Information Administration, said average household energy costs will increase 11% over the 2007-08 winter months. Speaking at an Energy Newsmaker hosted by the United States Energy Association and cosponsored by BP America and PricewaterhouseCoopers and available exclusively on Energypolicytv.com, Caruso said home heating oil prices will average $3.05 this winter, up significantly from last winter.

Toaster ovens use a fraction of the energy, and can be used for more than just bread.