There has been a great increase in the use of wind power in recent years, while solar has suffered slightly due to the economic downturn. However, a recent acquisition by a major company is looking to ensure the prominence of solar energy.

Areva SA, which is the world’s largest nuclear plant builder, recently acquired Ausra, a solar company. Ausra is based in Mountain View, California and specializes in solar thermal energy. Solar thermal energy uses the sun to heat water to create steam. This steam can then ...

Some time ago a number of environmental groups sued the government in order to get the American pika listed as an endangered species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced their decision to decline the listing of the pika from the Endangered Species Act. Those suing on behalf of the pika fear global warming will cause the disappearance of the species.

The American pika lives in Wyoming, Washington, Utah, Oregon, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico and Montana. ...

Many recent reports have come out declaring that despite the economic downturn wind energy advanced in 2009. The Global Wind Energy Council recently announced that wind energy capacity increased 31 percent in the year of 2009. Similar data was reported in individual countries such as China and the United States.

Further evidence of the growth of wind energy comes from Europe, ...

In Indonesia is the Gunung Halimun Salak National Park. The park is located in West Java, Indonesia. It is home to endangered gibbons and endangered Java eagles. The area is considered vital to the survival of these species and important for other species as well.

This is why many conservationists are concerned over the recent discovery of 180 villas having been built in the park. The luxury villas were ...

The International Whaling Commission has an exception in their ban on commercial whaling which allows killing of whales for scientific research. Japanese whalers, many feel, have used this loophole to outright hunt whales to sell their meat in markets in Japan. The studies the Japanese are backing their whaling with are being opposed by many, including a new group of researchers hoping to halt the IWC’s scientific whaling exception.

The project called Southern Ocean Research Partnership ...

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