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How to Make the Most of Residential Energy Efficiency Federal Tax Credits Included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

The newly reinstated federal tax credits for residential energy efficiency makes 2009 the perfect time for American homeowners to evaluate their homes

23 Feb 2009

Adding Methanol Can Help With Bioremediation of Uranium

Uranium contamination is a devastating legacy of nuclear weapon and energy development, but new testing has shown that adding organic molecules can positively affect the bioremediation of this uranium, converting it to a solid mineral and sequestering it within the sediment

23 Feb 2009

Ark Contracting Named The Best in Green Remodeling Company Four Years Running

The National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) Metro DC Chapter awarded Ark Contracting of Chevy Chase the 2008 Capital COTY (Contractor of the Year) the Grand Prize for Green Remodeling

23 Feb 2009

Lockheed Martin Looks For Partners to Develop Clean Technology and Nanotechnology Solutions

TechConnect World, in association with the Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI), and the Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organization (CTSI), today announced that Lockheed Martin will hold a Special Innovation Symposia at TechConnect World

23 Feb 2009

Low Carbon Clothes on the Catwalk at London Fashion Show

A new WWF standard for low carbon clothing manufacturing features prominently at the London Fashion Show today, as the UK government releases its Sustainable Clothing Action Plan

23 Feb 2009

New Research Report Looks At the Amount of Corn Used for Food and For Ethanol Fuel

About 60 percent of South Dakota’s corn went into ethanol production by 2007-08, the highest proportion of any state. In Iowa the figure was 50 percent, in Nebraska, 40 percent, and in Minnesota and Illinois, 30 percent. The increasing rate of corn for ethanol use has affected the availability of corn for feed and exports

23 Feb 2009

Expert Advises Congress to Jump Start Economy By Building a Better Battery

"Lighter, more efficient batteries could hold the key to a more economically and environmentally sound future," says William Robinson, Chairman and CEO of Bellingham-based Integral Technologies, Inc., a development-stage company that may have created a new building block for a better Detroit

22 Feb 2009

The Solution to the United States Ageing Nuclear Arsenal

In the March 2009 issue of IEEE Spectrum, Francis Slakey and Benn Tannenbaum argue that the current program of "stockpile stewardship," with some modifications, will be sufficient to preserve the U.S. arsenal for the foreseeable future

22 Feb 2009

Norway Commits 35 Million Euros to Green Buildings

Earlier this month, the Norwegian government asked the Norwegian University of Science and Technology to host one out of eight new national Centers for Environment-friendly Energy Research. Over the next 8 years, The Research Centre on Zero Emission Buildings (ZEB) are granted an annual budget of 4,5 million euros

22 Feb 2009