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First Company to Start Packing Food Products Using Biodegradable Plastic Bag

The cult food company welovejam.com is the first company in the United States to start packing and labeling food products using a 100 percent biodegradable plastic bag.

18 Mar 2008

Using Local Resources for Biomass

The Northwest can have a sizeable biofuels industry based primarily on local resources -- if non-traditional feedstocks, such as municipal waste, and new conversion technologies are used, according to a report issued today by the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

18 Mar 2008

10 Ways to Reduce Water Use

This World Water Day, March 22nd, The Nature Conservancy is offering simple tips for saving water and helping to restore rivers and lakes around the world.

15 Mar 2008

Industry Leader Becomes First Carrier to Pursue Alternative Fuels Strategy

Continental Airlines, Boeing and GE Aviation today announced plans to conduct a biofuels demonstration flight in the first half of 2009 in an effort to identify sustainable fuel solutions for the aviation industry.

13 Mar 2008

Top Ten Green Things About Steel

St. Patrick's Day is known as the green holiday, when parades fill the streets, people fill the pubs, rivers are dyed green and shamrocks abound. Nowadays, however, the quest for sustainability has created a new implication for the word "green" and the North American steel industry is no exception.

13 Mar 2008

Demand for Process Heat Drives Industrial Boilers Markets

Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Southeast Asian Industrial Boilers Markets" to their offering.

12 Mar 2008

Production of Biodiesel Without Deforestation or Diversion of Agricultural Production

The Supreme Council of Datus Alimaong has reached agreement with Monterey, CA-based Abundant Biofuels Corporation to develop more than 1.2 million acres of ancestral domain for production of biodiesel from Jatropha curcas in underused Lumad lands on the island of Mindanao.

12 Mar 2008

Rentech Announces Initiative to Produce Synthetic Biofuels from Garbage

Rentech, Inc., announced today it is expanding its initiative to produce synthetic biofuels from garbage, often referred to as municipal solid waste (MSW).

12 Mar 2008

Detecting Potentially Hazardous Chemicals in the Environment with Revolutionary Device

The U.S. Patent Office has awarded Dr. George Radziszewski a U.S. Patent (No. 7,342,664) for his revolutionary ChemiD Mini Lab, a miniature device that will identify chemical compounds on demand.

12 Mar 2008

How Microorganisms in the Oceans Affect Rising Levels of Atmospheric CO2

A startling discovery by scientists at the Carnegie Institution puts a new twist on photosynthesis, arguably the most important biological process on Earth. Photosynthesis by plants, algae, and some bacteria supports nearly all living things by producing food from sunlight, and in the process these organisms release oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide.

11 Mar 2008