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Solar PV in India - About to Explode?

India formally launched its National Solar Mission in Jan 2010. This ambitious programme is expected to provide significant incentives to encourage large-scale investments for the production of solar energy. The goal of the mission is to increase the installed capacity of solar energy for electricit

6 Innovative Items Made From Recycled Goods

Recycling not only helps to preserve the environment, it is actually more cost efficient for manufacturing companies to use recycled stock. However, recycling needs to be done on a much more massive scale to truly be effective. Consumers can to do their part by purchasing more items made from recycl

Osmotic Treatment of Wastewater - How to Make Reverse Osmosis Work

The reverse osmotic treatment process is an accepted method for the treatment of wastewater. But before you consider applying this form of wastewater treatment, you must know certain points about osmosis and the right pressure that has to be maintained for the proper functioning of osmotic plants. I

Popular Alternative Electricity Sources

The need for alternative electricity sources is more important now than ever before, and the pressure is on each and every human being to do whatever it takes to conserve the precious natural resources of the Earth. There are a number of alternative electricity sources that can be used including win

How to Put Less in Your Landfill

The average American throws away about four and a half pounds of trash each day. Plastic packaging alone makes up 64 million tons by weight or 33% of all our garbage. Newspapers add another 14% and paper products in general, up to 40% of our landfill. Each person also discards about 2 to 3 pounds of

Types of Sacrificial Anodes for Boats

For boat owners, it is crucial to protect the metal parts of their boat that are immersed in seawater. These include aluminum propeller shafts, outboard motors, metal struts, stern drives, rudders, and rudders fittings. When the water current flows between 2 metals that are electrically or physicall

Climate Treaties Will Result in Massive Fraud and Trade Wars

The reason that the United States of America did not sign the Kyoto treaty was that it was fairly obvious that the treaty was using the environmental position to steal the economic manufacturing base away from the United States, and deliver that industrial output to Japan and other nations. Honestly

The Advantages of Recycling Copper

There is very little that meets the criteria of being a product that is fiscally conservative, promises a fairly solid stream of income and also ticks all the green boxes. Copper recycling does exactly that. By virtue of being a metal that can be re-used and recycled, copper provides respite to the

How to Be Greener, Save Energy and Save Money

With the increasing amount of news stories about living a "greener", more "eco-friendly" life, it is easy to get lost in all the information given about this topic. Fear not, it is easier than you think to become more "green", and at the same time, save some extra cash

Tips To Save the Earth

What can you do to save the earth? Saving the earth is everyone's duty. All of us can contribute some effort to make a better tomorrow. If you do not know how to begin, follow these tips.

Organic Clothing and Natural Feelings

If we take a decision to have fabrics which is devoid of any chemicals we will be one among many to be instrumental for avoiding many negative impacts which are having far reaching consequences. The notable among them is that we are taking the first step to remove the harmful chemicals from the fert

Prediction - Thoughts About An Overpopulated World

Considering the present state of our world, growing populations are creating many new problems. Namely we are using up basic resources such as fresh water and minerals, polluting our atmosphere and notwithstanding; the world's weather patterns are becoming more destructive with each passing dec

Legionella Risk Assessment and Issues

The Legionnaires disease is a potentially deadly form of pneumonia which can affect anybody, but which principally affects those who are susceptible because of age, illness, smoking and more. It was named like that after a severe outbreak of pneumonia that hit a meeting of the American Legion in the

The Biochar Opportunity

Biochar is the name given to charcoal when it is used as a soil amendment. A light, porous form of carbon that might just become part of the solution to more than one environmental challenge.

Tipping Point

When will we start behaving as if global warming was an emergency? What will be the tipping point?

The BP Oil Spill Blame Game and a Call For United Action

Recent news reports describe an escalating blame game involving oil industry officials, government representatives and politicians over responsibility for the massive BP oil spill and its developing aftermath. The touted "top kill" failed to work and experts are now struggling for another

Get Multiple Benefits From LED Lighting

There are so many wonderful benefits to be gained by transitioning to LED lighting. Light Emitting Diode uses a lot less energy to produce the equivalent amount of light. There are additional benefits that also include lower costs.

Perseids Meteor Shower

The annual Perseids Meteor Shower is happening tonight. Make sure that you don't miss it.