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More Efficiency, More Challenges?

In 2007, Congress passed the Energy Independence and Security Act, which among other things phased out the manufacture of most standard incandescent light bulbs. Traditional…

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Arnold Schwarznegger at Green California Schools Summit

Green California Schools and Community Colleges Summit Comes to Pasadena in October 29-30

By Barry Scott “Green Technology” is a non-profit initiative designed to inform government efforts toward sustainability, providing a forum in which government officials can communicate…

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NRG Opens its Doors to NEED Teachers

Ninety-four hard hats filed eagerly through the hallways of NRG’s Long Beach generation station last month, cameras poised and questions ready. “How much electricity is…

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Attendees of the National Energy Conference on tour

National Conference 2015: A Lively Week in Long Beach

What better time to host NEED’s annual National Energy Conference for Educators than following on the heels of downtown Long Beach’s 3-day electrical black-out? Glad…

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NEED's NGSS curriculum correlations

NGSS Correlations are Complete!

That’s right, the document many of you have been waiting for, just in time for your summer lesson planning, is finally complete! NEED is proud…

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Calling all NEED energy educators!

Calling all NEED energy educators! Do you include topics of climate change in your energy education efforts? Climate change and energy are connected, from our…

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Over 45 Years of Putting Energy into Education!

“The biggest liquid hydrogen tank in the world, a sphere 83 feet in diameter, sits at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, at the historic Launch Complex 39B, where it was completed in 2022. The previous record-holder is just a few hundred feet away. That tank, which has about two-thirds the capacity of the new addition, was built in the 1960s to support the Apollo launches.”

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Snapshots captured at the ACE-celerate STEM Summer Camp!

This free two-week summer camp is available to 9-12th grade Cumberland County High School students and is hosted at Rowan College of South Jersey Cumberland Campus.

Accepted students engage in hands‑on learning experiences and exposure to careers in energy, engineering and other STEM‑related fields.
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