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Construction Supply Companies Commit To Halving Landfill Waste

In just six months, 100 leading organisations from across the construction supply chain have committed to WRAP’s Halving Waste
to Landfill voluntary agreement

6 May 2009

Mobile Testing of Electrostatic Precipitators For Cleaning Exhaust Gases From Industrial Plants

Siemens Industry Solutions Division offers operators of
electrostatic precipitators (ESPs) for cleaning exhaust gases in industrial plants, power plants and refuse incineration plants, a mobile installation for testing and optimizing the collecting efficiency

6 May 2009

DuPont Working With Obama Administration on Biofuels

DuPont says they look forward to working with the EPA, DOE, USDA, and other stakeholders to further develop a sustainable biofuels industry that fuels America while helping us combat climate change

6 May 2009

Save Energy With Shade Trees

Trees positioned to shade the west and south sides of a house may decrease summertime electric bills by 5 percent on average, according to a recent study of California homes by researchers from NIST and the U.S. Department of Agriculture

6 May 2009

Efficient LED Street Lights Come To Portugal

The streets of Pombal, Portugal, are brighter - and more eco-friendly - thanks to a patent-pending optical street-lighting solution developed by Fraen Corporation in partnership
with Philips Lumileds

6 May 2009

BASF Opens Fuel Cell Production Facility in New Jersey

Furthering its leadership position in the development of energy management solutions, BASF today announced it has officially opened its BASF Fuel Cell production facility in Somerset, New Jersey

6 May 2009

Pinnacle Premium Sub-Flooring from Norbord Available With FSC or SFI Chain of Custody Certification

Norbord Inc today announced the launch of its new Pinnacle Premium sub-flooring. Pinnacle is the first premium sub-flooring available in North America to offer the choice of either Forest Stewardship Council or Sustainable Forestry Initiative Chain of Custody Certified Wood

6 May 2009

Testing Indicates Environmentally Friendly Status of Bio-Tec EcoPure Biodegradable Plastic

ASTM testing shows EcoPure biodegrades normal plastic products in a short period of time, relative to regular plastic products. EcoPure transforms your products into biodegradable green products

6 May 2009

Land Degradation in Abu Dhabi Being Indicated by Wind, Salt and Water

Desert environments are characterized by poor vegetative cover, strong winds, dry, non-cohesive sandy soils, and hyper-arid conditions. In this context, the land resources of Abu Dhabi Emirate in the United Arab Emirates are subjected to various land degradation stresses

6 May 2009

Ford To Spend $550 Million to Build New Global Small Cars, Electric Vehicle at Michigan Plant

Ford Motor Company said today it is investing $550 million to transform its Michigan Assembly Plant into a lean, green and flexible manufacturing complex that will build Ford's next-generation Focus global small car along with a new battery-electric version of the Focus for the North American market

6 May 2009

New Powder Materials Released For Fuel Cells

fuelcellmaterials.com is introducing a new line of Premium Powders that will better meet the needs of manufacturers, developers and laboratories

6 May 2009

Energy Efficient, Sustainable Design for New SAP Building

A suburban office building with a grass roof, toilets that use rainwater for flushing and an air-conditioning system that makes its own ice for cooling? It's a reality at SAP AG's office expansion on its Newtown Square campus

6 May 2009

Space Shuttle Salmonella Helping Understand Disease Control on Earth

After Salmonella bacteria grown on board the space shuttle returned to Earth 3 to 7 times more virulent than Salmonella grown on the ground scientists have been figuring out why to safeguard astronauts from disease and lead to new treatments for food poisoning and other common ailments on Earth

6 May 2009

Plankton Blooms Do Not Take Carbon From The Atmosphere and Store it in The Deep Ocean

Oceanographers have measured the fate of carbon particles originating in plankton blooms in the Southern Ocean. Their study reveals that most of the carbon from lush plankton blooms never reaches the deep ocean

6 May 2009

More Science Needed For Renewable Fuel Standard

The UIC Energy Resources Center team has conducted several scientific studies on land use effects for corn ethanol and the results of that work lead us to conclude that the consideration of indirect land use effects today would be premature

6 May 2009