A graduate student from Hebrew University of Jerusalem has found out a method to convert wastes from paper mills into environment friendly industrial foam. Shaul Lapidot, a Ph.D., student under Prof. Oded Shoseyov, and his lab friends at the Rehovot-located Hebrew University have developed a method to generate nano-crystalline cellulose (NCC) from paper mill wastes.
Brookhaven, a municipality in the State of New York has announced the commencement of a new rewards-for-recycling program. The program announcement was done along with environmentalists, officials from Brookhaven, spokesmen from Recyclebank, town supervisor, councilmen and the occupants in Blue Point, N.Y.
The Gillard government has set a price on carbon emissions at AUD$23 a tonne, with increases of 5% a year before moving to a market dictated price in three years.
Global Green Growth Institute, a Seoul Korea headquartered establishment, after contracting a memorandum of understanding with the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has formally opened its Middle East and North Africa (MENA) office in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi in July 2011.
Ecotricity a green energy company has won planning permission to build a solar park adjacent to one of its wind farms in Lincolnshire, thus becoming the latest player to enter the UK solar power market.
A recent survey of US green industry leaders was conducted by law firm Cooley LLP. The subject of the survey was to gather and analyse the varied perspectives and opinions on the Chinese presence in the international market.
Ski Resorts are hoping to reduce their carbon footprints. Traditionally ski resorts are large consumers of energy. By using solar energy they hope to offset the costs and also contribute to the fight against global warming.
The University of Delaware already has the distinction of housing the oldest solar laboratory in the nation. Now it is starting a new initiative to install solar panels on the rooftops of the buildings on the campus.
David Kappos, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) said that the deadline for filing petitions under the Green Technology Pilot Program has been extended from December 8, 2010 to December 31, 2011.
Deutsche Bank takes clean tech seriously. A fact that was driven home by the appointment of Adam Bergman as a director in the firm’s global clean technology corporate coverage group.
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