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Transportation Fuels Using Algae

Chevron Corporation and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced today that they have entered into a collaborative research and development agreement to study and advance technology to produce liquid transportation fuels using algae.

31 Oct 2007

Innovations in Soilless Growing Methods Can Aid Greenhouse Growers

A recent study of an ancient growing medium has implications for advancing growth and yield of greenhouse crops grown in soilless conditions.

31 Oct 2007

Using Only Soybeans and Water, Scientists Discover a Clean Process for Making Nanoparticles

In 2002, U.S. farmers harvested 2.7 billion bushels of soybeans. Last year in Missouri, farmers harvested 194 million bushels of soybeans worth about $1.2 billion. Now, a team of researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia is turning those soybeans into gold, with nothing more than a little water.

31 Oct 2007

Forest Fires Drive Carbon Levels in Northern Forests

Far removed from streams of gas-thirsty cars and pollution-belching factories lies another key player in global climate change. Circling the northern hemisphere, the conifer-dominated boreal forests - one of the largest ecosystems on earth - act as a vast natural regulator of atmospheric carbon levels.

31 Oct 2007

Cleantech Group, Credit Suisse and Consensus Business Group Announce Strategic Business Relationship

The Cleantech Group, Credit Suisse and the Consensus Business Group today announced a strategic business relationship to accelerate global investment in clean technologies.

31 Oct 2007

White Energy Company Limited Retains Porter, LeVay & Rose, Inc. as Investor Relations Counsel

White Energy Company Limited, a Sydney-based company specializing in cleaner coal technologies (ASX: WEC), announced today that it has retained the New York City firm of Porter, LeVay & Rose, Inc. as its investor relations and financial communications agency.

31 Oct 2007

DuPont and Evogene Collaborate to Increase Drought Tolerance in Corn and Soybeans

DuPont and Evogene Ltd. today announced a research collaboration to improve drought stress tolerance primarily in corn and soybeans. Under the agreement, DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred has exclusive rights to several genes discovered by Evogene for improving these traits.

30 Oct 2007

Could Nanotechnology Revolutionize Natural Gas Industry?

Nanotechnology could revolutionize the natural gas industry across the whole lifecycle from extraction to pollution reduction or be an enormous missed opportunity, claim two industry experts writing in Inderscience's International Journal of Nanotechnology.

30 Oct 2007

UC Berkeley to Focus on Sustainable Products, Solutions

With an initial $2 million gift announced today (Tuesday, Oct. 30), the University of California, Berkeley, will move forward to establish a new program aimed at providing students educational and research opportunities in the area of sustainable products and solutions.

30 Oct 2007

JCPenney First Retail Buildings Earn the Energy Star Label

Four JCPenney stores are the first retail buildings in the country to earn the Energy Star label for superior energy efficiency and environmental performance.

30 Oct 2007

AMSC China Established to Serve Asia-Pacific Wind Energy, Power Grid and Industrial Markets

American Superconductor Corporation, a leading energy technologies company, announced today that it has formed a new division known as "AMSC China" to serve the growing wind energy, power grid and industrial markets in China.

30 Oct 2007

Smart Acoustic Insulation in Cars Lowers Emissions

Reducing the engine noise in cars to an environmentally-acceptable standard consists in layering or stacking heavy materials, such as asphalt, on the floor of the car to absorb the sound.

30 Oct 2007

China Grants Patent for ThermoEnergy's Clean Coal Process

ThermoEnergy Corporation announced today that the Chinese Patent Office recently granted the patent for the Company's new zero air emission, carbon capture technology known as the ThermoEnergy Integrated Power System, or "TIPS" process.

29 Oct 2007

Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Kaiser Permanente Collaborate on Major Energy Efficiency Project

Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Kaiser Permanente, the nation's largest not-for-profit health plan, will today celebrate significant energy efficiency upgrades and solar installations the healthcare provider has implemented across Northern and Central California to reduce its energy use at a check presentation event in Redwood City.

29 Oct 2007

Gas Plus Iron Ore Equals New Industry

The Arctic has huge resources of natural gas and iron ore. Material-producing industrial clusters in this region could be worth a great deal.

28 Oct 2007

Cleantech News

Transportation Fuels Using Algae

Innovations in Soilless Growing Methods Can Aid Greenhouse Growers

Using Only Soybeans and Water, Scientists Discover a Clean Process for Making Nanoparticles

Forest Fires Drive Carbon Levels in Northern Forests

Cleantech Group, Credit Suisse and Consensus Business Group Announce Strategic Business Relationship

White Energy Company Limited Retains Porter, LeVay & Rose, Inc. as Investor Relations Counsel

DuPont and Evogene Collaborate to Increase Drought Tolerance in Corn and Soybeans

Could Nanotechnology Revolutionize Natural Gas Industry?

UC Berkeley to Focus on Sustainable Products, Solutions

JCPenney First Retail Buildings Earn the Energy Star Label

AMSC China Established to Serve Asia-Pacific Wind Energy, Power Grid and Industrial Markets

Smart Acoustic Insulation in Cars Lowers Emissions

China Grants Patent for ThermoEnergy's Clean Coal Process

Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Kaiser Permanente Collaborate on Major Energy Efficiency Project

Gas Plus Iron Ore Equals New Industry

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