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Property Assessed Clean Energy: PACE
A PACE bond is a bond where the proceeds are lent to commercial and residential property owners to finance energy retrofits (efficiency measures and small renewable energy systems)& who then repay their loans over 20 years via an annual assessment on thei
Quakefinder - Satellite based technology
QuakeFinder is division of a private company located in Palo Alto, CA. Its purpose is to conduct pioneering research in the area of earthquake forecasting
Saving the Earth while feeding the world
STANFORD (US)—Advances in high-yield agriculture over the latter part of the 20th century have not only helped feed the planet, but have also prevented massive amounts of greenhouse gases from entering the atmosphere—the equivalent of 590 billion metr
Oiled birds can—and should—be saved
UC DAVIS (US)—More oiled birds survive and reproduce than previously thought, so saving them is the appropriate action, according to a scientific review of all oiled-bird survival studies.
Could melting ice cause a cold snap?
TULANE (US)—Earth was just coming out of an ice age 9,300 years ago when a cataclysmic event occurred that plunged the planet into a cold “snap” that lasted for centuries.
How nature cleans up a big oily mess
What if cleaning up the oil in the Gulf of Mexico wasn’t a matter of choosing between harsh chemical dispersants, labor-intensive skimming, and potentially dangerous burns?
