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UNSW Sets Solar Cell Efficiency Record at 25 Percent

UNSW's ARC Photovoltaic Centre of Excellence has again asserted its leadership in solar cell technology by reporting the first silicon solar cell to achieve the milestone of 25 per cent effiency

23 Oct 2008

High Schoolers Testing Water Quality in New York Area

Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries and Clarkson University have been awarded $1.4 million from the NSF to expand a program that will teach 9,000 New York high schoolers to design, build, test, deploy and interpret environmental sensors to monitor water quality in the Hudson and St. Lawrence

23 Oct 2008

Biofuels Research at Sandia Using Enzyme Engineering

Biofuels researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have been awarded $600,000 in funding for a two-year, Department of Energy-funded effort titled “Development of Saccharifying Enzymes for Commercial Use.”

23 Oct 2008

Green Heroes Program Launched to Recognize People Who are Making a Difference to the Environment

Go-Green.ae today announced the launch of the Green Heroes program to recognize people who are making a difference in greening the lives of local and global communities

23 Oct 2008

GE Makes Further Investment in Electric Vehicle Technology and Lithium Ion Batteries from A123Systems

GE is recharging the electrification of transportation by making its sixth equity investment in lithium-ion battery manufacturer A123Systems

22 Oct 2008

Environmental Gains of Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials May Be Offset by Nanotechnology Manufacturing Processes

Environmental gains derived from the use of nanomaterials may be offset in part by the process used to manufacture them

22 Oct 2008

Examining the Risks of not Going Green at Sustainable Real Estate Development Conference

The Wisconsin School of Business Graaskamp Center for Real Estate will host a conference on Sustainable Real Estate Development on Thursday, October 30

21 Oct 2008

Climate Change is Moving Faster Than Scientists Previously Expected

Global warming is accelerating at a faster rate than climate change experts had previously predicted, according to a new compendium of scientific research released today by WWF

21 Oct 2008

Sustainable Leadership Award Winners Announced by Portland Cement Association

The Portland Cement Association (PCA) has identified local leaders in eight cities across the nation who have enacted policies or completed projects that promote sustainable development through the use of concrete and other cement-based products

21 Oct 2008

Carbon Disclosure Project Recognises PPG as Environmental Leader

PPG Industries has been recognized by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) as one of the leading S and P 500 companies and as the No. 1 company in the chemicals and pharmaceuticals sector in the CDP’s 2008 Leadership Index

21 Oct 2008