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Carbon Capture Technology Research Deal For Coal Power Plants Signed by Siemens

Siemens Energy and TNO, the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, have signed an exclusive cooperation agreement aimed at the further advancement of amino-acid salt-based carbon capture technology

29 Jun 2009

Dow Releases Biodegradable Surfactants for Cleaning Products

Dow customers now have another reason to select Dow's new biodegradable surfactants for their cleaning formulations. A new surfactant product line from The Dow Chemical Company, ECOSURF EH specialty surfactants, has been successfully accepted and is now listed on the CleanGredients Database

29 Jun 2009

Ford Takes The Mystery Out of Cash For Clunkers Program and Offers to Recycle Your Car

Beginning Thursday, June 25, Ford will dedicate a section on its Web site to take out all the guesswork on the Cash for Clunkers program, as well as show consumers if their current vehicle qualifies as a clunker, through an interactive calculator

25 Jun 2009

Ford Releases Blueprint For Sustainability

Ford Motor Company’s Blueprint for Sustainability includes the introduction of a range of global environmental technologies to provide more fuel-efficient vehicles that emit fewer greenhouse gases without compromising customer expectations for safety, interior room or performance

25 Jun 2009

What's More Environmentally Friendly, Paper or Computers and Digital Devices?

More and more people are communicating with electronic media. But are electronic devices more environmentally friendly than paper?

25 Jun 2009

Zero Emissions, All-Electric Vehicles Are Now Commercially Available

Baltimore today became one of the nation's first cities to feature an electric car share and rental program using advanced lithium ion battery technology developed by ExxonMobil

25 Jun 2009

Nanotechnology That Concentrates the Power of the Sun to Make Solar Cells More Efficient Awarded Patent

QD Soleil, a division of Nanosys, Inc., announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has allowed the company patent claims based on the use of nanostructures for solar concentrators. Solar concentrators magnify the sun’s rays on a small area of highly efficient solar cells

25 Jun 2009

UN Climate Change Summit to be Held in New York This September

On Tuesday, UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon invited world leaders to an "unprecedented" Summit on Climate Change at UN Headquarters for Heads of State and Government from every country in the world

25 Jun 2009

Recycled Acid Being Used in Steel Production by ThyssenKrupp Nirosta

ThyssenKrupp Nirosta is now using an enhanced technology to recycle the spent mixed acid from the annealing and pickling lines at the Krefeld cold rolling mill

25 Jun 2009

AA President Promotes Green Vehicles, and Environmentally Friendly Car Fleets

Even if some drivers do not accept environmental arguments for reducing the impact of their vehicles then they should embrace the hard economic arguments, according to the AA President addressing the Fleet News Green Summit today

25 Jun 2009

Advanced Water Based Finishes Being Used as Car Paints by Shanghai General Motors

A new DuPont laboratory and manufacturing facilities in China are accelerating the adoption of coatings with improved environmental performance by Chinese automakers

25 Jun 2009

Solar Power Placed on the Agenda in Washington D.C.

Representatives of Dow Corning, a leading producer of silicon-based materials used in solar energy technologies, and representatives of America’s top solar energy companies visited Washington D.C. today to call for new federal policies to encourage the growth of a domestic solar energy industry that will promote economic growth, create jobs, and help meet greenhouse gas emissions goals

25 Jun 2009