The United States today filed two major Clean Air Act settlements to reduce air emissions from container glass and Portland cement plants throughout the country, announced Cynthia Giles, assistant administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance and Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division.
Nova Scotia Power is planning to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in 2010, which will help to boost the provincial economy. The company has spent approximately $150 million on capital projects in recent years. Nova Scotia Power has spent in excess of $270 million during the year 2009. The company has allocated more than $400 million for capital projects for the year 2010 and expects to invest significant amounts in Nova Scotia during the next few years.
Hot on the heels of its Wheels magazine triumph, where the Santa Fe SX CRDi was recognised as the best medium SUV ownership proposition in Australia, the new Hyundai Santa Fe R diesel has outperformed the competition to claim the SUV class of the transcontinental Global Green Challenge.
Taiwan’s EPA Minister, Stephen Shu-hung Shen, said that the country is promoting four energy laws as part of its efforts to protect the environment. The Minister stated this in an interview with CNN. The four energy laws are: Energy Management Law, Recycled Energy Development Regulations, Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act (draft) and Energy Tax Regulations (draft). Of the four energy laws, two laws, Recycled Energy Development Regulations and Amendment of Energy Management Law are being implemented from 2009, after being passed.
The GeoExchange heat pump system, also known as geothermal heat pump system, lowers greenhouse emissions and provides alternative heating and cooling as per the Environmental Protection Agency. The GeoComfort GeoExchange heat pump system utilizes heat energy from earth as its primary source to heat and cool homes.
The Morso 3440 wood-burning stove utilizes wood, smokeless fuel and briquettes for burning. It can heat up to 105sqm of living space. This stove is equipped with a convection system and soot-free glass door. The 3440 convection stove incorporates a riddling grate and an ashpan for removing ash and cleaning the stove.
Grameen Foundation and Oxfam America have released a report that analyzes the role played by Microfinance institutions in controlling the impacts brought about by climate change on the poor people. The report titled “Climate Change and Microfinance” was written by Asif Dowla, a Professor of Economics and an expert in Microfinance from St. Mary’s College. This report highlights the most important poverty related issues that are to be discussed at the United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held in Copenhagen next week.
Research and Markets has added a new report entitled “Management, Recycling and Reuse of Waste Composites" to their catalogue.
American Community Property Trust (ACPT) has launched an initiative for a complete green development project at St. Charles, Maryland, which will help to develop 9,100 acre planned community in Charles County. The project will develop in the St. Charles planned community 4,000 undeveloped acres and also modify 12,000 existing homes, and 4 million square feet of commercial space.
Ontario, Canada is seeking for efficient and productive means of utilizing wood, namely, branches and logs, from Crown forests for various commercial and manufacturing purposes. These productive and efficient means of wood usage will initiate the creation of new investments and new jobs in the forest industry.
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