http://www.glrppr.org/news http://www.glrppr.org/news/newsItem.cfm?id=12096 Source: Illinois DCEO.

The Illinois Recycling Grants Program has opened another grant cycle and is actively soliciting projects. Two separate grant opportunities are available. One is for projects that address the collection or processing of traditional recyclables (paper, plastic, glass, and metal). The other is for projects that address the collection or processing of electronic scrap.]]> 2008-08-27T14:34:20-05:00 http://www.glrppr.org/news/newsItem.cfm?id=12095 Source: Chronicle of Higher Education News Blog, 8/21/08.

Ben Shneiderman, a professor of computer science at the University of Maryland at College Park, says he was happy to give a guest lecture at Stanford University this past spring, but he was concerned about the environmental impact of his flight across the country to get there. So when he submitted his receipts for reimbursement by Stanford's Symbolic Systems Program, the group that had invited him, he included a charge for a small donation to the Carbonfund.org Foundation to offset the trip's impact.]]> 2008-08-27T13:39:32-05:00 http://www.glrppr.org/news/newsItem.cfm?id=12094 Source: The Capital Times, 8/25/08.

The Department of Natural Resources is accepting applications for the Landowner Incentive Program, which gives assistance to landowners who agree to manage their property to benefit rare and threatened plants and animals.]]> 2008-08-27T13:06:27-05:00 http://www.glrppr.org/news/newsItem.cfm?id=12093 Source: The Bulletin, 8/25/08.

A new initiative from the Ministry of the Environment and local conservation authorities is aimed at protecting drinking water in Ontario for years to come.]]> 2008-08-27T13:05:04-05:00 http://www.glrppr.org/news/newsItem.cfm?id=12092 Source: Chicago Tribune, 8/27/08.

There are plenty of ways to cut your carbon footprint, whether it's driving less or buying an energy-efficient refrigerator. But the British Medical Journal, in an editorial last month, urged a more controversial one: having fewer children.]]> 2008-08-27T09:46:44-05:00 http://www.glrppr.org/news/newsItem.cfm?id=12091 Source: Renewable Energy World, 8/25/08.

Although there is already a demand for cellulosic ethanol, there are no commercial, second generation ethanol plants currently in operation. There are projections that the first commercial cellulosic ethanol plant could be operational in a matter of two to three years; however, there are significant challenges the industry must undertake before a successful evolution to second generation ethanol can occur.]]> 2008-08-27T09:33:53-05:00 http://www.glrppr.org/news/newsItem.cfm?id=12090 Source: Renewable Energy World, 8/25/08.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy John Mizroch announced recently that the DOE will invest up to US $24 million -- subject to the availability of funds -- to develop solar energy products that will hopefully accelerate the penetration of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in the United States.]]> 2008-08-27T09:33:00-05:00 http://www.glrppr.org/news/newsItem.cfm?id=12089 Source: Renewable Energy World, 8/26/08.

Research at WPI explores turning highways and parking lots into solar collectors.]]> 2008-08-27T09:32:12-05:00 http://www.glrppr.org/news/newsItem.cfm?id=12088 Source: Environment News Service, 8/25/08.

Federal government and Wisconsin state funds will be pooled to underwrite a $22 million project that will clean up contaminated sediment in the Kinnickinnic River that runs through Milwaukee.]]> 2008-08-26T10:06:48-05:00 http://www.glrppr.org/news/newsItem.cfm?id=12087 Source: Bay City Times, 8/25/08.

A long-awaited report from a state Department of Environmental Quality panel supports a ban on "deca-BDE," the only remaining commercial type of the flame retardant, which has been linked to cancer and other health problems in humans and laboratory animals.]]> 2008-08-26T10:05:41-05:00