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Story Archives of 'Energy'Renewable Energy Company Has Big Plans for Former Timco SawmillBy Amy Quinton on Monday, May 12, 2008.A new green energy company plans to buy the former Timco sawmill in Barnstead. listen:
  Smart FabricsBy Avishay Artsy on Wednesday, May 7, 2008.The fourth annual Smart Fabrics conference wraps up today, bringing together developers, designers and manufacturers of interactive textiles. Braking In Mid-FlightBy Avishay Artsy on Friday, May 2, 2008.The airline industry has been going through hard times, the worst since the 9/11 attacks. United Airlines, US Airways, Delta and Northwest have all reorganized under Chapter 11 filings in the past decade. But with default and bankruptcy risk on the rise, and jet fuel prices at over $3.50 a gallon this week, airlines are still scrambling to cut costs. Seabrook Whistleblower Says Power Plant UnsafeBy Roger Wood on Friday, May 2, 2008.A former Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant chemist says that he was forced out of his job for reporting an alleged problem with the plant's emergency water pumps. NHPR Correspondent Roger Wood reports. listen:
The Greening of Data CentersBy Amy Quinton on Tuesday, April 22, 2008.You may think telecommuting, online business meetings, or emails may be the more environmentally friendly way to save energy. listen:
Next Green Thing: Making a Greener Data CenterBy Virginia Prescott on Tuesday, April 22, 2008.
NHPR reporter Amy Quinton is working on a story about efforts to reduce the energy these data centers use, and she talks with Word of Mouth host Virginia Prescott about it. listen:
What Are You Doing To Make the World a Greener Place?By Avishay Artsy on Tuesday, April 22, 2008.
Polar Bears: Branding Global WarmingBy Virginia Prescott on Tuesday, April 22, 2008.
Reporter Nathanael Johnson went on a mission to find out more about the adopted poster-animal for the effects of global warming. He talked to some real live polar bears, a cute-ologist, and a Sierra Club rep about branding strategy. You can listen to Nathanael Johnson's story and post a review of it at the Public Radio Exchange (registration required) (Photo by Oxfam International) listen:
Keene Students in National Environmental Project CompetitionBy Amy Quinton on Monday, April 21, 2008.Students from Keene State College are now competing for the Environmental Protection Agency’s “People, Prosperity, and the Planet” award. listen:
Peak OilBy Laura Knoy on Friday, April 4, 2008.Most people believe we will eventually reach a “maximum rate of global petroleum production” after which the world’s supply will go into a terminal decline. This point is known at being at “peak oil”. Some say we’re close to that point already; others believe peak oil is still decades away despite more people than ever are consuming oil. We’ll explore the idea of peak oil; what it means, if we’re there yet and what we need to do if or when we get there. Guest
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Every time you submit a Google search or a Mapquest query, a data center somewhere processes your request. Data centers (or "server farms") are huge rooms filled with rows and rows of whirring machines. These massive computers keep us all connected, and it takes a huge amount of energy to keep them running and to keep them from overheating. 
Happy Earth Day! Our show today looks at efforts to make the world a greener place. NHPR reporter Amy Quinton tells us about the incredible amounts of energy used by data centers, and how engineers are trying to cut down the energy used to run them and keep them from overheating. We take a closer look at polar bears, who've become the poster-children of anti-global warming efforts. And we hear about an animated film that follows where our everyday products come from.
The polar bear has become one of the most captivating symbols of anti-global warming efforts. When Time Magazine published a special report on global warming, editors put a polar bear