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Phoenix, Arizona to Get Carbon Neutral Taxi Cab Service

Clean Air Cab, Arizona’s most environmentally friendly taxicab service, today announced the launch of the very first carbon neutral taxicab service in the state of Arizona

21 Oct 2009

EarthRenew Organic Matter Giving 40 Percent Increases in Crop Yields

Early stage research field trials conducted by the University of Arizona’s Maricopa County and Yuma County Cooperative Extension, have demonstrated that organic farmers using EarthRenew Organic Matter in a Granule products can achieve substantially higher yields than farmers using conventional chemical fertilizer applications, the company announced here today

21 Oct 2009

Bioplastics to be Made From Algae by Cereplast

Cereplast, manufacturer of proprietary bio-based sustainable plastics, announced that it has been developing a breakthrough technology to transform algae into bioplastics and intends to launch a new family of algae-based resins that will complement the company’s existing line of Compostables and Hybrid resins

21 Oct 2009

Air Liquide Lauches Hydrogen Unit for Cleaner Fuels

Air Liquide continues to grow its hydrogen business in the U.S. to reliably supply refiners with this essential gas used to convert heavy crude oil into diesel, jet fuel and gasoline and to further remove sulphur from these products. These low sulphur transportation fuels meet the most stringent worldwide environmental regulations

21 Oct 2009

Two Billion Hits For Climate Satellite Laser

An Earth observing satellite that provides new insight into the role that clouds and atmospheric aerosols play in regulating weather, climate, and air quality has hit its target two billion times

21 Oct 2009

Communityand the Environment Lose as Long Beach Port Caves into Polluting Truckers

A sustainable trucking fleet and long-term clean air gains supported by local environmentalists, community groups, harbor residents and workers could be jeopardized thanks to a settlement between the Port of Long Beach and the American Trucking Association announced late yesterday

21 Oct 2009

BASF Agrees to Ozone Protecting Clean Air Act Upgrades

BASF Corporation has agreed, under a Clean Air Act settlement filed today in federal court in Beaumont, Texas, to reduce the use of refrigerant chemicals that destroy the earth's stratospheric ozone layer

21 Oct 2009

Applied Materials Contributes Printing Line to Motech Solar Manufacturing Plant

Applied Materials, Inc. announced today that Motech Solar, one of the world's leading producers of crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells, has installed and qualified an Applied Baccini back-end line for double printing applications at its volume production facility in Tainan, Taiwan

20 Oct 2009

North American Environmental Report Issued by Honda

American Honda Motor Co., Inc., today released its fifth annual report on the company’s environmental performance in North America. To help reduce the environmental impact of its environmental reporting activities, the company is releasing this year’s report in electronic format only

20 Oct 2009

UK Cleantech Gets £18m Investment Boost

The Carbon Trust is to inject up to £18m in additional funding into the UK clean energy sector, providing a much needed ‘shot in the arm’ for clean tech start-ups and Britain’s move to a low carbon economy. The additional money has been provided by the Department of Energy and Climate Change

20 Oct 2009

Toyota Becomes the First Automotive Manufacturer to Participate in SmartGridCity Project

Toyota announced today that it will place ten Prius plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHV) with Xcel Energy's SmartGridCity project in Boulder, Colorado

20 Oct 2009

MIT Told Going Green and Fighting Global Waming Can Be Easy

At last Friday's Energy Night at the MIT Museum, Dr. Keith Collins described his approach to fighting global warming with all the gusto of a really good insurance salesman. But Collins, who graduated from MIT in 1970 with a degree in political science, wasn't actually selling anything. He was just proclaiming to anyone who would listen just how easy it is to go green

20 Oct 2009