Featured Green Groups Add Muscle in Texas, Gird for Uphill Battles (Nathanial Gronewold – The New York Times, 09/14/2011) The Green Movement is expanding in Texas as environmental organizations are spreading their influence across the state. Texas has been known for being a pro-development, pro-business state where oil is king. Now many companies are concentrating on the renewable energy industry,…
Featured Too wacky? Moving water from flood to drought (Seth Borenstein – Yahoo! News, 09/09/2011) The East has been inundated with rain, while Texas remains dangerously dry. This has brought up previous tempting visions of installing pipelines to carry water across the nation. This would help out both regions with their water problems. Unfortunately, moving vast quantities of water is…
Featured Reusing Air Conditioning Condensation To Save Water (Pat Hernandez – KUHF News, 09/01/2011) Rice University has found a new way to save water. The University’s Department of Facilities, Engineering and Planning is capturing the condensate that forms when warm air is cooled by an air conditioning system. On a nice humid day, one building on campus can collect about…