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Air Travel Set For a Shake Up With Rigid Shelled, Amphibious, All Weather, Solar Powered Passenger Airships from Turtle Airships

A new way to fly! Turtle Airships company announces the beginning of construction iof a demonstration model of a new form for lighter-than-air airships. The airships are not blimps. They are solar powered and will reach speeds of 200 mph.

3 Jul 2008

Anaconda Rubber Snake Turns Wave Energy Into Electricity

A device consisting of a giant rubber tube may hold the key to producing affordable electricity from the energy in sea waves

3 Jul 2008

Roadside Plantings to be Improved by Search for Salt Tolerant Grasses

Researchers hope to identify a salt tolerance limit for native and ornamental turf grasses in hopes of finding a variety that can be used along highways without being killed when roadway salt – mixed with melting snow – is splashed onto the grass.

2 Jul 2008

Grad Student Invents Washing Up System That Saves Water Without Compromising Cleaning Quality

Graduating Product Design student Toby Fox has designed the perfect washing up system - dramatically reducing water waste without compromising cleaning efficiency

2 Jul 2008

Environmental Impact Study Released Into Plastic Plumbing Pipe

The Plastic Pipe and Fittings Association (PPFA) is releasing North America’s first Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) for the manufacture of plastic plumbing pipe

1 Jul 2008

Additive Boosts Milk Output and Helps Cows Go Green Reducing Carbon Emissions

Cows that receive recombinant Bovine Somatotropin (rbST) make more milk, all the while easing natural resource pressure and substantially reducing environmental impact, according to a Cornell University study

30 Jun 2008

Owens Corning Releases Sustainability Report

Owens Corning today released its 2007 Sustainability Report, which highlights the company's commitment to operating its business with three balanced outcomes of economic growth, environmental stewardship and social progress

30 Jun 2008

Hydrogenics Has Provided a Hydrogen Generation System to Shell Hydrogen for Los Angeles Hydrogen Fuelling Station

Hydrogenics Corporation, a leading designer and manufacturer of hydrogen electrolyzers and fuel cell systems, announced that it has provided an integrated hydrogen generation system to Shell Hydrogen

30 Jun 2008

Boral Bricks to Report Greenhouse Gas Emissions as Founding Member of Climate Registry

Boral Bricks, a leading manufacturer and distributor of building and construction materials, has become a Founding Reporter of The Climate Registry

29 Jun 2008

Napa Becomes Leader in Electronics Recycling

The City of Napa, Napa Recycling and Waste Services (NRWS) and local residents and businesses did their part for the environment by collecting over 65 tons of unwanted computer monitors, televisions, cell phones and other electronic junk for proper reuse and/or recycling this month at Napa’s eighth annual computer and electronics recycling drive

29 Jun 2008