Posted in Cornell, Energy, Events on March 31, 2008 | No Comments »
Credit to Abubakar Jalloh in the Cornell Daily Sun:
“Green is becoming everyone’s favorite color … green power, green building, green chemistry …”
Such was the comment made by Dr. Jeff Tester ’66, professor of chemical engineering at MIT’s Laboratory for Energy and the Environment, at the 25th Annual College of Engineering Alumni Association Conference held at the [...]
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Posted in Community, Energy on March 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Credit to Linda Stout in the Ithaca Journal:
ENFIELD — Meghan Murphy figures she’s one of the only people she knows who’s happy to see petroleum diesel jump in price. She’s a member of Ithaca Biodiesel, a cooperative that turns old French fry oil into fuel. “It makes it easier for us to compete in the [...]
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Posted in Cornell, Energy, Research on March 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Credit to Wendy Wang in the Cornell Daily Sun:
As corn becomes an increasingly popular ethanol source, the spotlight falls on the biofuels field as its researchers study how to convert crops like switchgrass and woody plants into energy. This is evident at Riley-Robb Hall, where the east wing is being converted into a new biofuels [...]
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Credit to Emily Cohn in the Cornell Daily Sun:
Yesterday at noon marked the end of a 40-hour fast for a group of local activists, including Fil Eden ’10, Carlos Rymer ’09, Stephanie Knight ’09 and Molly Bryson ’10, who participated in the event organized to advocate for local hotel workers’ rights. About 30 Ithaca residents [...]
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Credit to Wendy Wang in the Cornell Daily Sun:
McMansions may be eye-pleasing at first glance, but to an architect they can become design and sustainability eyesores. In an effort to steer green-conscious Ithaca citizens away from such quick-fix housing solutions for building comfortable homes, local architects Ernie Bayles and Megan Nedzinski gave a talk last [...]
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