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EPA Audits Hyundai Vehicle over Inflated Mileage

Consumer Watchdog today praised the Environmental Protection Agency for auditing Hyundai and determining it overstated its sticker mileage estimates on various vehicles, including the Elantra.

5 Nov 2012

Untethered, Autonomous Flying Wind Power Plant

Solar powered aircraft are old news. From Solar Impulse supporting one person day and night with nothing but photovoltaics on the wings to the high altitude unmanned aircraft being developed by Boeing to stay aloft in the upper atmosphere for five years on nothing but sunshine, it is all very exciting.

5 Nov 2012

Alexandria Opens Sustainable Nautilus Life Science Campus

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE), the leading owner, operator, and developer of high-quality, sustainable real estate for the broad and diverse life science industry, will celebrate today the grand opening of Nautilus, a nearly fully leased, approximately 220,000 square-foot world-class life science campus located in the heart of the renowned Torrey Pines submarket.

5 Nov 2012

KLD, Cenntro Partner to Develop 4-Wheel Electric Vehicles

KLD Energy Technologies, Inc. (KLD), whose breakthrough motor propulsion system is redefining the performance of electric propulsion and generation systems in dozens of industries, and Cenntro Group Limited, a leading developer of diesel and LPG powertrains for industrial, agricultural, transportation and construction equipment worldwide, announced today that they have entered into a relationship to jointly develop 4-wheel electric vehicles which will incorporate KLD's innovative electric vehicle drive system technologies.

3 Nov 2012

North America to Add Over 400,000 MW of Renewable Energy Capacity

Renewable power sources – including hydrokinetic (which includes pumped storage), biomass, waste, geothermal, wind, solar photovoltaics (PV), and solar thermal – make up 10 percent of total electricity production in the United States.

3 Nov 2012

Second Edition of Road to Natural Gas Released by Clean Energy

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. today released the second edition of “The Road to Natural Gas,” an update of truck companies, refuse haulers, fleet operators, airports, municipalities and other organizations which are making the switch to natural gas with transportation fuel, station construction and services provided by Clean Energy.

3 Nov 2012

Enzyme Catalyses Formation and Conversion of Environmentally Friendly Hydrogen

Researchers from the RUB and MPI Mülheim report in “Angewandte Chemie”

3 Nov 2012

Environmentally Sustainable Operations Result in Significant Savings for Hospitals

Efforts by hospitals to develop "greener," or more environmentally sustainable operations result in significant savings rather than incur additional costs, according to a study of nine hospitals/health systems that underwent such changes in their operations over the last five years.

3 Nov 2012

Plants Themselves Degrade Fragile Dryland Ecosystems into Deserts

Research into how fragile dryland ecosystems degrade into deserts has revealed that the transition from grasslands to desert shrubs may be reinforced by the plants themselves.

3 Nov 2012

Geoscience Experts to Discuss the Impacts of Rapid Sea-Level Rise

In response to the devastation caused last week by Hurricane Sandy, organizers of the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting technical sessions on rapid sea-level rise and its impacts have created a break-out discussion panel consisting of geoscience experts.

3 Nov 2012

GlyEco Acquires Waste Automotive Coolant Recycling Company

GlyEco, Inc, the inventors of cutting-edge technology for cleaning waste glycol, today announced it has closed on its asset purchase of Antifreeze Recycling, Inc. Antifreeze Recycling, Inc. is an industry leader in the recycling of waste automotive coolant, and is based in Tea, SD. The transaction closed on October 26, 2012 and is expected to be immediately accretive.

2 Nov 2012

GrowLife Enters Distribution Agreement with Sustainable Agriculture Company

GrowLife Inc. (formerly known as Phototron Holdings, Inc.), an innovative leader in high end horticultural supply, today announced the signing of their first North American distribution deal with at-home gardening brand, Urban Cultivator earlier this week.

2 Nov 2012

New Research Report on the Recycled, Reusable and Degradable Packaging Market

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Green Packaging Market (Recycled, Reusable & Degradable) - Global Scenario, Trends, Industry Analysis, Size, Share And Forecast, 2011 - 2018.

2 Nov 2012

Solar Planet Utilizes ReneSola Solar PV Modules for Several School Projects

ReneSola Ltd ("ReneSola" or the "Company"), a leading global manufacturer of solar photovoltaic ("PV") modules and wafers, is proud to announce that its customer Solar Planet Power Inc. ("Solar Planet") this month commissioned several ground and rooftop projects composed entirely of ReneSola modules at elementary and high schools in West Jefferson and Blacklick, Ohio.

2 Nov 2012

New Emphasis on Renewable Aspects in the PVC Compounding Industry

The PVC compounding industry has been shaken up in recent years by changes in chemical regulations that have removed some traditional additives from the marketplace and put new emphasis on renewable aspects including bio-based plasticisers and recycling.

2 Nov 2012