‘SOLAR TREES’ SERVE DOUBLE DUTY AS GREEN STREET LAMPS EMBED </>MORE NEWS VIDEOS A street in Mexico City is now lined with a local entrepreneur’s innovative creation: tree-inspired street lamps that are completely solar-powered. By Christine Dobbyn Thursday, August 04, 2016

The purposes of AABE are the following: To serve as a resource for policy discussion of the economic, social and political impact of environmental and energy policies on African Americans and other minorities. To ensure involvement of African Americans in

  Notice of Funding Availability – K-12 Energy and Environmental Education Program Grants Friday, December 9, 2016 DOEE seeks eligible entities to design a program that fills environmental education gaps within grades K-12 in the District of Columbia. The amount

National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Summer Student Internship Program   Overview The National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) is “Where America’s Climate and Weather Services Begin”. Virtually all the meteorological data collected over the globe arrives at NCEP, where

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Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EPA). Environmental Protection Agency announces funds to support Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training programs that recruit, train, and place local, unemployed and under-employed residents with the skills needed to secure full-time employment in

Friday, December 23, 2016 Notice of Funding Availability – Solar Works DC—the District’s Low Income Solar Photovoltaic Systems Installation and Job Training Program DOEE seeks eligible entities to propose a solution for how the District might increase the number of

The Minorities in Energy Initiative addresses the needs of underrepresented communities in the energy sector and aligns with President Obama’s agenda for engaging more Americans in energy and science, technology, engineering, and math fields. The Minorities in Energy Initiative, guided

Looking for a solar co-op in DC, MD, VA or WV? What is a solar bulk purchase or group purchase? A bulk purchase is when community members form a group and use their collective buying power to save on the

Solar has long been seen as a technology reserved only for hardcore environmentalists and the wealthy. And, historically, the high cost of solar and the emphasis on incentives in the form of tax credits has put solar out of reach

A MUST READ FOR BLACK AMERICAN DC RESIDENTS DC B21-0650 | 2015-2016 | 21st Council Summary As introduced, this bill adds waste heat from combined and sanitary sewage systems, and effluence from wastewater treatment to the list of Tier 1

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