Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries and Clarkson University today announced they have been jointly awarded $1.4 million through the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) grant program, a prestigious national award that recognizes innovative teaching approaches that foster Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) skills among high school students.

By Brian Nearing, Albany Times Union, N.Y. Apr. 29--TROY -- The state will pay $10 million toward a $15 million research facility on the South Troy waterfront that experts say will be a global model for river conservation. As a lone fisherman cast his line from a wharf in the background, Gov.

Xethanol Corporation (AMEX: XNL), a renewable energy company, today announced that Tom Endres, Chief Operating Officer, joined the Board of Directors of The Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries.

By Anthony DePalma Environmentalists and big corporations often end up in open conflict because they do not see eye to eye on whether a natural resource like a river should be protected or exploited.

By Brian Nearing, Albany Times Union, N.Y. Aug. 17--BEACON -- The Hudson River may one day be filled with computerized sensors along its 315-mile length, giving scientists an up-to-the-minute picture of conditions, according to a plan announced Thursday by the The Beacon Institute and IBM.