Archive for 'Pollution'

Styrofoam Trays

August 5th, 2010 – 10:00 am Posted by Bea

Styrofoam trays have been quite the debate in many school districts over the past few years. Most schools choose to keep Styrofoam as the material for the trays because of the costs. Some students eat off of these trays three times a day. In other words, students eat off of these trays three times a day, [...]

Cape Wind: Energy for Life

July 15th, 2010 – 10:00 am Posted by Bea

Cape Wind is a very exciting project that will be America’s first offshore wind farm. The site of this offshore wind farm will be on the Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound. There has been a ton of opposition to the placement of the wind farm and there are plenty of efforts that are trying to [...]

Green Paint

April 15th, 2010 – 9:11 am Posted by Louise

Situation: It’s spring. The weather’s getting nicer, and the sun is finally starting to bounce off  the walls in your home. While you couldn’t be happier with the light, you could be happier about the color of your walls. It’s time for a change. You head to the hardware store and buy the first bucket [...]

Using Sludge for Energy

November 17th, 2009 – 10:26 am Posted by Bea

Did you know that sewage contains 10 times the energy needed to treat it? If you think about it that way, you would wonder why we have not been actively reusing what is available in order to produce energy. With all of the talk about finding new sources of energy, such as hydrogen fuel cells [...]

Breeding Cows That Burp Less

September 9th, 2009 – 6:19 am Posted by Bea

According to scientists, cows are responsible for about 75% of the world’s methane gas emissions. This methane is a  a greenhouse gas that is said to be contributing to climate change. How do cows emit all of this methane? Well, it is thought most of it is released in the form of potent burps. These potent burps are [...]