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Go green: Steps to a greener church community
… neutral.” A growing number of sources offer electricity from renewable energy products such as solar arrays or wind farms that generate electricity without carbon emissions or pollution. See …
Blessing prayers for solar panels and wind turbines
… Rich Heffern … Blessing of Solar Panels … O Source of Light, by Your light we see light. (Psalm 36:10) "And God made the two …
The solar-powered, inner-city parish
… from churches, I don’t know where it will come from. One of the first things we did is put in solar collectors on the St. Elizabeth rectory garage roof to provide hot water. In 1997 the … and low-flow showerheads were installed, and rain barrels added to supply the garden. A solar attic fan was installed in the rectory. The sun hits a small photovoltaic panel located on the roof that powers the large fan. On the roof of the rectory garage, 64 square feet of solar collectors provide for hot water needs, supplying 100 percent of the hot water in summer. …
The most efficient ways to curb climate change
… of carbon dioxide being hoisted into the upper atmosphere, while measures like an emphasis on solar energy or hybrid cars save only 35-40,000 tons apiece. …
Voters favor clean energy and climate legislation
… that would require utilities to generate more electricity from renewable sources, such as solar and wind, together with tougher energy efficiency standards. …
Scientists estimate tens of billions of Earth-like planets in our galaxy
… simple premise that the number of small but detectable exoplanets - planets outside Earth's solar system - is substantially larger than the number of big exoplanets in distant solar systems. In a paper released Oct. 28 by the journal Science, the two report that based on …
LA archdiocese launches Creation Sustainability Ministry
… we live in." At a practical level, Posada said, hanging energy efficient bulbs or installing solar panels help change the environment, but the ministry's perspective goes further, reminding …
Catholic-Orthodox seek common Easter date
… vernal equinox according to the Hebrew lunar calendar. The Julian, and later the Gregorian, solar calendars have come to be widely accepted globally as civilian solar calendars. Since the late 16th century, the difference between the longer Julian calendar – … observance and Jesus' last supper, death and resurrection; hence any attempt to set a fixed solar-year date for Easter, such as the second Sunday of April, ignores the Passover connection …
Emotions run high
… is having what could be a long-term impact on Bucks County by helping to make it a center for solar energy; for example, a brownfield is being converted into a solar power plant with help from stimulus funds. In another case, a $40 million tax credit is … helping establish AE Polysilicon Corporation, a four-year-old company that makes silicon for solar energy panels at an industrial park in Fairless Hills. It’s interesting to see the response …
The universe's communion of subjects
… Radio telescopes have revealed a powerful source of radio energy there; smaller even than our solar system. Astronomers suspect the existence of a massive black hole. In the headlines, …