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Boeing Hits Major Environmental Certification Goal

Boeing today announced that all of its major manufacturing facilities received the internationally recognized ISO 14001 environmental certification by the end of 2008, marking achievement of one of the company's most significant environmental goals

18 Feb 2009

Dow Corning Steps Up Efforts to Increase Vehicle Fuel Efficiency With Green Tires

Dow Corning scientists are stepping up their search for a technology solution that will help improve fuel efficiency for millions of drivers worldwide. Green tires are already in widespread use on cars, particularly in Europe, but Dow Corning is now working on them for trucks and road tankers

18 Feb 2009

Konarka Gets Additional Funding For Plastic Material That Turns Light into Electricity

Konarka Technologies an innovator in development and commercialization of Konarka Power Plastic a material that converts light to energy, today announced the company has received $5 million in financing in connection with its recently opened production facility
in the city of New Bedford

18 Feb 2009

Production Begins On World's Largest Solar Power Modules

T-Solar Global S.A. announced today that it has begun volume production of the world's largest solar photovoltaic (PV) modules using a SunFab Thin Film Line supplied by Applied Materials

18 Feb 2009

Schneider Electric and Philips Launch Building Control and Energy Management System

Schneider Electric and Philips have launched a new vision for interoperability in home automation and building control at the ZigBee Alliance’s European Smart Energy Forum in Dublin, Ireland

18 Feb 2009

Applied Materials Set to Continue to Lead The Solar Electricity Charge

Applied Materials executive team have discussed the company's plans for preserving its strong financial position while investing hundreds of millions of dollars to extend its leadership in semiconductors, LCD display, crystalline silicon and thin-film solar, and other energy and environmental products

18 Feb 2009

Fraunhofer Launches New Institute for Wind Energy

Fraunhofer launches new institute for research into renewable wind energy

17 Feb 2009

Solar Powered Touch Phone Launched by Samsung

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. today unveiled the innovative solar powered full-touch screen phone "Blue Earth" at Mobile World Congress 2009

17 Feb 2009

What Happens If New Mexico Ignores Climate Change Warnings

If nothing is done to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, New Mexico could experience some $3.2 billion in associated costs - led by wildfires and health-care. This could translate to a tab of 8 percent of annual household income by 2020

17 Feb 2009

What Is Likely to Happen If Washingtonians Don't Address Climate Change

If nothing is done to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Washington is likely to experience some $3.8 billion in associated annual costs - including $1.3 billion in health related costs alone, according to a report produced for the University of Oregon's Climate Leadership Initiative’s Program on Climate Economics by ECONorthwest

17 Feb 2009