Current News   sustainable communities online more Graduate Automotive Technology Education (GATE) Initiative Awards DOE’s Graduate Automotive Technology Education (GATE) initiative will award $6.4 million over the course of five years to support seven Centers of Excellence at American colleges, universities, and university-affiliated research institutions. The awardees will focus on three critical automotive technology areas: hybrid propulsion, energy storage, and lightweight materials. By funding curriculum development and expansion as well as laboratory work, GATE allows higher education institutions to develop multidisciplinary training. As a result, GATE promotes the development of a skilled workforce of engineering professionals who will overcome technical barriers and help commercialize the next generation of advanced automotive technologies. more   GreenMotion Your voice for sustainable environmental and economic development. more   Green Entrepreneurship and Green Business Opportunities more   Green Entrepreneurship Categories: Wind Business Entrepreneurship Solar Business Entrepreneurship Environmental Science Business Entrepreneurship Carbon/ CO2 Emissions Business Entrepreneurship Conservation/ Sustainability Business Entrepreneurship Cellulosic Biofuels Business Entrepreneurship Green Engineering Business Entrepreneurship Geothermal Power Business Entrepreneurship Holistic/ Alternative Medicine Business Entrepreneurship Hydropower Business Entrepreneurship Mass Transit Business Entrepreneurship Building Retrofitting Business Entrepreneurship Energy Efficient Automobiles Business Entrepreneurship Organic Farming Business Entrepreneurship Natural Building Business Entrepreneurship Additional Careers Business Entrepreneurship   Solar Energy more US Solar Jobs Map   U.S. Dept. of the Interior The U.S. Department of the Interior manages one-fifth of the land of the United States and offers unparalleled recreational opportunities throughout the nation. more   Ethanol Lowers Food Costs more   Half of all vehicles to run on flex-fuel by 2012?   Ethanol Blender Pump Locations more   E85 Prices:  The first and only site dedicated to covering the price of   Why Should I use E85? It’s what Mother Nature would put in her sports car.more History of Ethanol Ethanol has been used by humans since prehistory as the intoxicating ingredient in alcoholic beverages. more   E85 Refueling Locations by State 10 Ethanol Facts That Will Impress Your Friends From Yale Q&A: Can I use ethanol, biodiesel? Ethanol Indicative of Potential of Green Economy Ethanol Myths   Monthly Gasoline/ Ethanol Usage by State Ethanol Fact Sheet: 18 Things To Know So What Are The Facts About Ethanol? Due to the price of gasoline, world tensions, and environmental issues here has been a lot in the news atelyregarding alternative-fuels. One of the more talked about alternative-fuels is ethanol, what follows is a basic fact sheet on this popular biofuel. more   South Dakota blender pump program is a success more   Science proves ethanol’s benefits more   U.S. Daily Ethanol Production Tagged at 8 Million Gallons More than Last Year   Renewable Fuels Standard more EcoBusinessLinks - Green Directory! Flex Fuel Mazda to Cut Vehicle Emissions 30% by 2015 more   California adopts renewable fuels program more   Alternative Fueling Station Total Counts by State and Fuel Type   Energy Information Official Energy Statistics from the U.S. Government more U.S. Dept. of Energy more How much biofuel does the United States use   Geothermal Energy more Western U.S. Entities Move Quickly on Geothermal Mapping Ethanol Information more E85 Fueling Location Search more   EPA Proposes to Cut Power-Plant Emissions in 31 States  more, more   Putting an End to Oil Dependency more   more   Big Land, Big Opportunity America has great advantages as it faces an urgent need to accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy and a lower carbon future, including enormous renewable energy resources and a vast public and private land base to develop and deliver that clean, inexhaustible energy. This transformation will mean greater energy security and a more sustainable and prosperous economic future. Yet getting to that future will test our resolve and ingenuity. And getting there while treating our land resources in ways that sustain rather than deplete and degrade them will test our wisdom. more   Colorado Parks Mull over Oil, Gas Drilling more   America’s Great Outdoors – the adverse impacts of off-highway vehicles on our public lands more   Sustainable mobility for Tourism and Recreation Nature and Recreation Areas Beach Tourism   Goldhagen: “Democracies Need Physical Spaces” more

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