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Environmental Excellence Award for Roanoke Cement Company

Yesterday was a day of celebration for Roanoke Cement Company -- the only cement manufacturing facility in the Commonwealth of Virginia -- as it took the top honor winning the Overall Environmental Excellence Award in the Portland Cement Association's 2008 Cement Industry Energy & Environment Awards

6 May 2009

Senior EPA Official Speaks At DuPont Seminar

DuPont Automotive invited U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Deputy Director Christopher Grundler, of EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality, to speak at a recent seminar. Grundler reviewed recent policy changes from the new Obama administration and updated industry leaders on EPA regulatory activities

5 May 2009

Bio-Based Hybrid Race Car to Compete in Shell Eco-Marathon

A student project team at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in
Stockholm, Sweden built a racing car incorporating the one-component resin system Tribest. This environmentally sound product is part of the body of the bio-based urban hybrid concept car that is entering in the Shell Eco-marathon

5 May 2009

Combustion Science to be Studied at Princeton University Energy Frontier Research Centers

Princeton University will be home to a new $20 million energy research center for combustion science, as part of a federal initiative to spur discoveries that lay the groundwork for an economy based on clean replacements for fossil fuels

5 May 2009

Coca-Cola Moves Forward With Positive Environmental Steps in Washington D.C.

Coca-Cola will demonstrate their environmental leadership through a series of innovations designed to reduce the Coca-Cola system’s environmental footprint at each step in the manufacturing, distribution and sales processes

29 Apr 2009

Sustainable Building Award Comes In Part Due to Rockwool Rockfloor Insulation

Rockwool’s Rockfloor mineral wool insulation helped Wolseley,
a leading supplier of construction products and materials, secure the Edie Award for Best Sustainable Construction Project

28 Apr 2009

Los Angeles Community College District to Host Sustainability Conference

The Los Angeles Community College District will become the first community college system ever to host the UC/CSU/CCC Annual Sustainability Conference

28 Apr 2009

L.A. Metro and Chevron Energy Solutions Lift The Veil On The Largest Solar Panel Installation at a Transit Facility in The USA

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) today unveiled a groundbreaking energy efficiency and renewable power project with the installation of the nation's largest solar panel system at a transit facility. It is also the largest solar panel installation within the City of Los Angeles

28 Apr 2009

Sustainable Living Off The Grid In A Modern Yurt

Everett Boutilett and Louis Johnson always had the intention of building a small, energy efficient dwelling. Although their original plans were to build an earth sheltered home, a close friend convinced them that a yurt might be the way to go

27 Apr 2009