Standard Solar to bring solar energy to UD
UD's initial solar array will include more than 2,000 panels to yield an 850-kilowatt solar electric system. Once completed, UD's system is expected to generate approximately 1,035 kilowatt hours of electricity each year and result in 1,810,000 fewer pounds of carbon dioxide being emitted annually....
Farm Aid: 25 years of great music, supporting farmers
Farm Aid announced an expanded lineup today that crosses genres for its 25th anniversary music and food festival on Saturday, October 2, at...
Turning shipping containers into living space
A playhouse, a garden retreat and a guesthouse for visitors are the roles that this stunning structure developed by Texas architect Jim Poteet will...
14-Year-Old Turns a ’72 VW Beetle into an Electric Car
According to the Argus Observer, the high school sophomore from Oregon spent nearly a year making the old car more fitting...
Rare Zebra/Donkey Hybrid Born
It turns out, the zebra/donkey romance has been many years in the making, but somehow the duo managed to keep it a secret....
Katrina Nights: A scientific hypothesis
Why is the brightest species on the planet in crisis? Why do our present actions threaten our very future? Before he was an author, Fouad...
Oh, there you are Perry
Hey, where's Perry? My family loves the show Phineas & Ferb on the Disney Channel. Adults and children, we each appreciate the wit, creativity, silliness...
BP Caught Photoshopping Its Press Images
Shame, shame...I know your name! BP faked yet another oil crisis response photo on its Web site. A blogger has noticed that the oil giant altered...
Google signs 20-year deal to power data centers with wind energy
"We are thrilled to welcome Google Energy to our growing list of customers and appreciate their support of emission-free, renewable energy," said...
Save tuna with Adrian Grenier and Oceana
[caption id="attachment_6206" align="alignleft" width="272" caption="Photo from Adrian\'s dive (credit: Tim Calver)"][/caption]Yesterday marked the launch of the new ad with Adrian Grenier, star of the...
Where do your scrambled eggs come from?
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a historic bill on July 6 that will extend protection to egg-laying hens that live in other states, if the...
Buckcherry helps Gulf Oil Spill victims
Last week rockers Buckcherry announced that a new version of the track "Our World," from the forthcoming album ALL NIGHT LONG, would be...
My Favorite Things: children inspire design gives back.
Rebecca over at Children Inspire Design has created a signed, limited addition print to sell where 50% of the proceeds will be...
Bigger ‘Dead Zone’ projected for Gulf, even without oil’s effects
The Dead Zone refers to an annual oxygen-depleting algae bloom in the waters off the Gulf Coast. Krista Hozyash recently described its origin...
Beached dolphins in the oil slick
[caption id="attachment_5640" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photo credit: Ben Gruber"][/caption]Over the past two months, 47 dolphins have beached themselves on Gulf shores. In the Pensacola area,...
Wise words won’t stop the leaking
The BP Oil Disaster and the ecological devastation it has caused present America with a moment of blinding and tragic clarity: We must break our...
Boycotting BP and other ways to help
Reports of media blackouts, and less-than-accurate estimates about spill size and impact continue. Oceana board member and renowned fisheries biologist Daniel Pauly spoke to OnEarth...
