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Environmentally Friendly Surfactant-Enhanced In Situ Chemical Oxidation Method Remediates Contaminated Site

VeruTEK Technologies, an international environmental technologies company, announced today that it has successfully completed an in-place remediation of contaminated soils and groundwater using its proprietary Surfactant-Enhanced In Situ Chemical Oxidation

8 Jan 2009

Polarized Light Pollution Sending Animals Astray

Human-made light sources can alter natural light cycles, causing animals that rely on light cues to make mistakes when moving through their environment

8 Jan 2009

Sustainable Energy Technologies Makes Greg Nelson Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd. is pleased to announce that Greg Nelson has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company effective January 5, 2009

8 Jan 2009

Green Building Industry Set to Grow Despite Recession

Projections by green building consultant Jerry Yudelson say that the green building industry will grow substantially in 2009 despite the global economic recession

6 Jan 2009

400,000 Jobs Could Be Created by INvestment in Drinking Water Infrastructure

The American Water Works Association (AWWA), the authoritative resource on safe water, is urging Congress to include funding for drinking water infrastructure projects in the stimulus legislation now being considered

6 Jan 2009

Innnovative Passive House Constructed Using BASF Neopor

One of the first passive houses with a load-bearing wood construction of stacked board elements and facade insulation using BASF Neopor has now been finished

6 Jan 2009

New Research Gives Better Understanding of Nitrate Flows in Waterways

The over-enrichment of fresh, transitional, and marine waters with nitrogen (N) can lead to problems associated with eutrophication, such as a change in species composition of aquatic plants and nuisance algal blooms

5 Jan 2009

GreenShift Algae Bioreactor Technology Receives Grant

GreenShift Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: GERS) today announced that it has received a grant award of $375,000 to further the development of GreenShift's patented and patent-pending algae bioreactor

5 Jan 2009

Successful Installation of First Commercial Hydrokinetic Power Turbine

Hydro Green Energy, LLC has successfully completed the installation of one of two turbines at the nation's first-ever commercial hydrokinetic power project

5 Jan 2009

Can Natural Indicators in the Environment Be Used to Predict Environmental Disasters

Economists use leading indicators — the drivers of economic performance – to take the temperature of the economy and predict the future. Now, in a new study, scientists take a page from the social science handbook and use leading indicators of the environment to presage the potential collapse of ecosystems

5 Jan 2009