http://www.greenharbor.org a blog devoted to improving the environment and all things green Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:25:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It may seem hard to believe that the state that led the way in oil is also leading the way in renewable energy, but that's exactly what's happening in Texas. Last week, wind turbines on the ERCOT energy grid produced 6,272 MW of energy. This is a record for Texas wind ... http://www.greenharbor.org/2010/03/everything-is-always-bigger-in-texas-even-when-it-come-to-wind-energy/ A new study released last week in Science magazine reports that new areas of methane gas emission release has been discovered around the margins of the Arctic Ocean. The new study was conducted by researchers from the University of Alaska that are trying to research the amount of methane gas emissions ... http://www.greenharbor.org/2010/03/new-expedition-to-the-arctic-ocean-discovers-new-methane-emissions-being-released-into-the-atmosphere/ For awhile now our choices for electric vehicles has been very limited but that is all about to change very soon with 6 new electric cars being debuted. Now, that doesn't mean these are your only other 6 new all electric vehicle options, but they are the most recent cars that ... http://www.greenharbor.org/2010/03/new-electric-vehicles-coming-soon-to-a-showroom-near-you/ The popularity of "Cash for Clunkers" has certainly died out (with questionable success) but that doesn't mean that the U.S. Federal government and local state governments aren't eager to apply this concept to other consumer products. Many government officials and experts really believe that the quickest and most economical way to ... http://www.greenharbor.org/2010/03/an-easy-way-to-find-your-local-cash-for-appliances-incentives/ Even though it seems as though Haiti has passed through many of our minds (especially now with Chile) there is still much work to be done. The biggest question is how to recycle the rubble in the capital city. However, the Chinese symbol for "destruction" is also made with the similar ... http://www.greenharbor.org/2010/03/haiti-still-raising-questions-of-how-to-deal-with-all-the-rubble/ Recycling is always better than just throwing away and when it comes to old rubber tires, recycling old tires is always the best option. Until recently, there were only a few uses for old tires so the majority of all tires were just ground into smaller rubber pellets and placed in ... http://www.greenharbor.org/2010/03/old-tires-finding-new-life-as-an-effective-building-material-for-earthquake-zones-and-erosion-control/ Very few people may ever think about the importance of the Great Lakes, but for a water system that holds 20% of the World's freshwater it should be on everybody's mind. The Obama Administration is finally taking action on its campaign pledge of $5 billion to help preserve and restore the ... http://www.greenharbor.org/2010/03/the-obama-administration-starting-to-make-good-on-great-lakes-promise/ Recently there was a lot of news about new U.S. nuclear power standards and loan guarantees that seem to be a curve ball from the current administration, but the U.S. announced a new loan guarantee for a new solar thermal power facility. It appears the American Investment and Recovery Act is ... http://www.greenharbor.org/2010/02/more-loan-guarantees-for-power-plants-but-this-time-its-a-solar-thermal-power-plant/ The airline industry has made a lot of progress in trying to Go Green recently and even the U.S. Air Force is making a lot of progress with algae-based biofuels. The latest announcement comes from British Airways and their new biofuel facility. British Airways has recently announced plans to develop a ... http://www.greenharbor.org/2010/02/british-airways-developing-waste-to-biofuel-production-facility-to-supply-jet-fuel/ There seems to be a wave of breakthroughs occurring within the solar power industry and the most recent announcement has come from scientists working on solar cell technology at the California Institute of Technology (CalTech). The latest solar cell from CalTech appears as if it will be setting the new standard ... http://www.greenharbor.org/2010/02/another-breakthrough-in-solar-cell-technology-california-institute-of-technology-scientists-have-developed-a-solar-cell-that-absorbs-96-of-incident-light/