Chevron Corp. today announced the opening of the company's first LEED certified building and the first gold certified LEED building in the state of Louisiana. LEED is an acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, a certification program of the United States Green Building Council.
For a project that could be on the very cutting edge of renewable energy, this one is actually decidedly low tech--and that's the point.
Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry has created a functioning, three-story modular and sustainable "green" home in its own backyard to showcase the ways that people can make eco-friendly living a part of their lives.
Research led by Iowa State University limnologist, or lake scientist, John Downing finds that ponds around the globe could absorb as much carbon as the world's oceans.
Five area environmental programs have been named as the winners of the 2008 Western Pennsylvania Environmental Awards, announced today by Dominion and the Pennsylvania Environmental Council.
Dominion today dedicated a new pollution-control system at its Chesterfield Power Station that will help continue Virginia's move toward cleaner air. The equipment, called a "scrubber," removes more than 95 percent of sulfur dioxide emissions and more than 90 percent of mercury emissions from the company's largest coal- fired generating unit.
Millipore Corporation, a Life Science leader providing technologies, tools and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, today announced a global Sustainability Initiative - an ambitious effort aimed at reducing the company's environmental impacts and carbon footprint by 20 percent over five years.
Terrabon, L.L.C. announced today that it has broken ground on a biofuels conversion facility in Bryan, Texas, that will test the scaled-up, commercial feasibility of its MixAlco(TM) technology, which converts readily-available, low-cost, non-food biomass into chemicals that can be processed into ethanol and renewable gasoline fuels.
On May 13, 2008, the 5th World Water Forum, the largest water-related event in the world, will be presented during the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-16) in New York, with a special emphasis on its political dimension.
Calgon Carbon Corporation announced today that it has been selected by the City of Montreal to supply Sentinel(R) UV Disinfection Systems at three of its drinking water production plants. The contract is valued at approximately $8.8-million CAD.
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