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University of Greenwich Installs Glycerol Boiler for Biofuel Study

The initiative, which is led by Medway Council, is being backed by a €4,261,405 grant from the European Development Fund. It’s part of ‘Ecotec 21’, an Anglo-French consortium set up to study Combined Heat and Power (CHP) technology, which captures the waste heat created by power plants and uses it for heating or hot water.

31 Oct 2012

Carbon Disclosure Project Recognizes Newmont for Climate Change Disclosure Practices

Newmont Mining Corporation announced that it was recognized for transparent climate change disclosure practices by the Carbon Disclosure Project's (CDP) Leadership Index for the third consecutive year.

30 Oct 2012

Cost Sacrificed for Sustainability in Future Packaging Solutions

While today’s packaging professional is focused on cost, performance and food safety/security, sustainability will replace cost as a dominant trend in 10 years, according to a study done by Packaging World and DuPont. Food safety/security is and will remain a top trend, respondents say.

26 Oct 2012

Syngenta to Commercialize Novozymes’ Taegro Fermented Biological Fungicide

Syngenta and Novozymes today announced an exclusive global marketing and distribution agreement to commercialize Taegro®, a fermented biological fungicide based on a naturally occurring bacterium Bacillus subtilis.

26 Oct 2012

Newsweek Ranks Citi as Greenest U.S. Bank

Citigroup today announced that it has been ranked the greenest bank in the United States by Newsweek magazine. The annual Newsweek Green Rankings® comprehensively assess the environmental performance of the largest publicly traded companies in the U.S. and around the world. Citi was ranked the 17th greenest company in the United States, the highest ranking of any U.S.-based bank for the second year in a row.

26 Oct 2012

Scientists Improve Process to Recycle Rare-Earth Magnets

Recycling keeps paper, plastics, and even jeans out of landfills. Could recycling rare-earth magnets do the same? Perhaps, if the recycling process can be improved.

26 Oct 2012

Plausible Way to Manipulate Beneficial Microbes in Purified Drinking Water

The latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS') award-winning Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series reports that scientists have discovered a plausible way to manipulate the populations of mostly beneficial microbes in "purified" drinking water to potentially benefit consumers.

26 Oct 2012

GE’s FlexEfficiency Can Help Chicago Build Cleaner and Sustainable Energy Infrastructure

GE’s FlexEfficiency Truck Tour, which is showcasing the power generation technology of tomorrow and is making stops in 25 North American cities over the next four months, will be rolling into Chicago on Thursday, Oct. 25.

From GE Renewable Energy 25 Oct 2012

BYD, greentomatocars Create London’s First Fleet of All-Electric Minicabs

BYD and greentomatocars have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create London’s first fleet of all-electric minicabs.

25 Oct 2012

Engineered Bacterium Increases Butanol Production

Fuels including gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel are derived from fossil oil thorough the petroleum refinery processes. Increased concerns over environmental problems and limited fossil resources drive scientists and researchers to turn their attention to developing fossil-free, bio-based processes for the production of fuels from renewable non-food biomass.

24 Oct 2012