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Recycling is Key to Achieve a Sustainable Economy and Create Green Jobs

Recycling is Key to Achieve a Sustainable Economy and Create Green Jobs

Charles Johnson, Vice President for Environment, Health and Safety at The Aluminum Association, has testified in front of House of Representative's Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. [More]
Ygrene Energy Fund Welcomes President of Carbon War Room to Clean Energy San Diego

Ygrene Energy Fund Welcomes President of Carbon War Room to Clean Energy San Diego

Ygrene Energy Fund, a major developer and manager of energy finance programs across the United States, greets former Costa Rican President, Jose Maria Figueres, who is now the President of the Carbon War Room, a global nonprofit, to participate in the Clean Energy San Diego event at the Westin Gaslamp Quarter in San Diego. [More]
Three Startup Companies Join New York City’s Cleantech Business Incubator

Three Startup Companies Join New York City’s Cleantech Business Incubator

Three startup companies, HEVO, Enertiv, Energex Technologies, have joined the New York City Accelerator for a Clean and Renewable Economy (NYC ACRE), a key cleantech business incubator of the city. [More]

New Energy Harvesting Device From G24 Innovations wins 2012 IDTechEx award

G24 Innovations (G24i) the manufacturer of next-generation Dye Sensitized Photo Electric Cells has been awarded the prestigious IDTechEx prize for the 2012 Best Technical Development of an Energy Harvesting Device ... [More]
City Roof-Top Gardens For Sustainable Shopping

City Roof-Top Gardens For Sustainable Shopping

The new rooftop garden on the Rouses Market in downtown New Orleans doesn't look like your typical herb garden; but this isn't your typical grocery store. Parsley, basil and cilantro are among the herbs the company is growing to package and sell on the building's ground floor.
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Rio+20 Negotiations to Energize Sustainable Development Agenda Set to Resume Following Earth Day Celebrations

Rio+20 Negotiations to Energize Sustainable Development Agenda Set to Resume Following Earth Day Celebrations

Representatives from governments and civil society will start a new round of negotiations that will shape the outcome of Rio+20, a major global conference that will have a significant impact on how the world will a... [More]
Balfour Beatty launches first Groupwide Sustainability Month

Balfour Beatty launches first Groupwide Sustainability Month

Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today launches a groupwide Sustainability Month, entitled “Together for Tomorrow”, to showcase the Company’s progress against its 2020 sustainability vision. [More]

Siemens to provide long-term service to first hybrid solar power plant in Algeria

Siemens Energy has been awarded a contract to provide long-term maintenance services at Algeria's first solar-combined cycle hybrid power plant. The order was placed by Abengoa for its 150 megawatt (MW) solar hybri... [More]
LG Electronics USA Focuses on 50% Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

LG Electronics USA Focuses on 50% Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

LG Electronics USA, a subsidiary of LG Electronics in North America, has declared that about 50% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will be reduced voluntarily by the company at the end of 2020. [More]
Sorubin Becomes Hot Cleantech Startup in Sweden

Sorubin Becomes Hot Cleantech Startup in Sweden

Sorubin has been recognized as one of the three hottest cleantech startups of Sweden in the ‘Greentech Top 3’ annual competition for 2011. [More]
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