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Discovery of Earth-sized planets boosts hope of finding alien life
… is also significant because it shows the existence of such exoplanets — planets outside of our solar system — around low-mass — smaller than the Sun — cool, red, dim stars, which are the most … will now want to use newer and more powerful telescopes to learn more about the TRAPPIST-1 solar system, such as the planets' atmospheres. "The aim is to look for signs of the presence of … (Sun Earth Connection Coronal and Heliospheric Investigation) instruments being used for solar research are named after Jesuit Father Angelo Secchi, one of the founding fathers of modern …
Who gets the tax cuts?
… that cuts taxes must be good. Democrats also love tax gimmicks for their favorite industries — solar power, ethanol, etc. When it comes to tax gimmicks, no one's hands are clean. But tax …
Planet Earth is next on Trump's target list
… and there is no sign of support for renewable energy. So much for encouraging, or subsidizing, solar and wind power. We are likely to see this come front and center as Trump's nominee, Scott … Protection Agency and Rick Perry is questioned about his views on fossil fuels vs. wind and solar in his post as secretary of energy. There is even fear that Trump might dismantle the EPA, … act in any way we can to block anti-environmental policies, and to promote renewable energy: solar, wind and geothermal. The future of Planet Earth depends on all this — on us. …
Speak loud, act local, environmental groups tell Catholics in Trump era
… and other developmental aid agencies, are positioned to make the connections of why installing solar panels in San Diego can positively impact Pacific islanders whose homes are being submerged …
Two painters, two styles, one city: Seville takes a lead in cosmopolitan 17th-century art
… building Hospital de los Venerables by Focus Foundation -- an arm of Spanish engineering and solar energy firm Abengoa. The juxtapositions compare and contrast the ways both artists …
Tax cuts and infrastructure spending: Timing is everything
… jobs for the buck by paying workers to improve public housing by adding insulation, installing solar panels, and replacing energy inefficient windows. Finally, when it comes to tax cuts, it …
Catholics petition Trump to uphold climate actions
… through a transition to clean energy and energy efficiency. A recent report showed the solar industry had its largest ever fiscal quarter in 2016’s third quarter, with a 191 percent increase in solar installation compared to the same time a year earlier. The nation’s first offshore wind …
Fidel Castro left Cuba a green legacy
… to renewable energy sources. There are now nearly 10,000 operating windmills and a growth in solar energy. Biomass generators now supply nearly 15 percent of the country's electricity. There … regions. Virtually all of the country's sugar mills are now powered by waste from the cane. Solar ovens and other appropriate technologies are now commonplace in rural areas. Significantly, …
Climate action gets smaller, one oasis at a time
… virtue of urban density that is actually, surprisingly, green. I can probably afford a solar water heater priced at 400 euros I saw for sale in the Green Zone here at COP22, the United …
Editorial: Raise your voice in defense of creation
… encouraging their members and other Catholics to take steps of their own — such as installing solar, divesting from fossil fuels, taking energy-efficiency measures, making lifestyle changes …
Parish provides rechargeable solar lamps to its Ugandan 'twin'
… George Goss … A $5 solar lamp that could help save the environment — and lives — all the while enabling school … , a nonprofit that partners with the Catholic church in Africa to distribute rechargeable solar lamps to families without electricity. 1.3 billion people worldwide live without electricity. The solar lamps reduce the use of kerosene lamps which emit toxic black carbon, the number two …