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Researchers at Purdue University have further developed a technology that could represent a pollution-free energy source for a range of potential applications, from golf carts to submarines and cars to emergency portable generators. Purdue researchers demonstrate their method for producing hydrogen by adding water to an alloy of aluminum and gallium. The hydrogen could then be used to run an internal combustion engine or a fuel cell. The reaction was discovered by Jerry Woodall, center, a distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering. Charles Allen, holding test tube, and Jeffrey Ziebarth, both doctoral students in the School of Electrical and...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use.Washington, DC — The Department of Interior (DOI) is launching a new initiative to address the water crisis growing in the West. The program is called "Water 2025: Preventing Crises and Conflict in the West." It calls for concentrating financial and technical resources in the West, in areas where explosive population growth is certain to spawn more water conflicts. "Crisis management is not an effective solution for addressing long-term, systematic water supply problems," said Norton. "Water 2025 recognizes that states, tribes, and local gov-ernments should have a leading role in meeting these...

Norton Calls for Local Solutions to Water Crises DENVER, Colorado, June 6, 2003 (ENS) - Preventing conflict over chronic water shortages must be addressed by local communities in long range, cooperative planning efforts with state and federal agencies, Interior Department Secretary Gale Norton told Western officials today. Speaking at a conference called "Water 2025: Preventing Crises and Conflict in the West," Norton told attendees that "long lasting solutions will come from the people who must live with or learn to live without the water they need." Today's meeting is the first of nine consulting sessions in Western cities aimed...