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Interest Free Loans For UK Businesses to Improve Energy Efficiency and Reduce Their Carbon Footprint

The Carbon Trust is to improve access for small and medium businesses to over £100m in interest-free and unsecured loans, it was announced today. The move is intended to help more businesses survive the recession by cutting both their energy costs and their carbon footprints

30 Jun 2009

Abnormally Large Fish Ear Bones Being Caused by High Carbon Dioxide Levels

Rising carbon dioxide levels in the ocean have been shown to adversely affect shell-forming creatures and corals, and now a new study by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has shown for the first time that CO2 can impact a fundamental bodily structure in fish

30 Jun 2009

Demand For Food to Outstrip Production by 2050

With the caloric needs of the planet expected to soar by 50 percent in the next 40 years, planning and investment in global agriculture will become critically important, according a new report

30 Jun 2009

A Million Reasons to Study Nuclear Fuels For Florida State University

A Florida State University researcher has received a $1 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for a study that could lead to the design of better nuclear fuels and safer and more efficient reactors to generate nuclear power

30 Jun 2009

Retrofit for Plug In Hybrid Vehicles Could Save Millions of Gallons of Fuel Every Day

It’s called a Plug-in Hybrid Retrofit Kit. It could double the average mileage per gallon. If 50 percent of the automobiles in America used it, it could save 120 million gallons of fuel per day—globally, as much as 600 million gallons per day

30 Jun 2009

Soy Foam Seat Material Wins Ford Environmental Award

Ford’s innovative use of soy based renewable bio-material in their seats has earned several prestigious awards, including winning the “Environmental” category at the recent 2008 Innovation Awards competition sponsored by the Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE) Automotive Division

30 Jun 2009

Environmentally Friendly, Community Focussed Strategy For Revamped Starbucks

Inspired by Starbucks Shared Planet, the company’s ongoing commitment to ethical sourcing, environmental stewardship and community involvement, the new store designs will reflect the character of each store’s surrounding neighborhood and help to reduce environmental impacts

30 Jun 2009

Energy and Money Savings With Microsoft Hohm

Microsoft has announced Microsoft Hohm, a new online application that enables consumers to better understand their energy usage, get recommendations and start saving money

30 Jun 2009

Washing Machine Developed That Uses Almost No Water

Researchers at the University of Leeds have developed a new way of cleaning clothes using less than 2% of the water and energy of a conventional washing machine

30 Jun 2009

Simple Roof Addition Makes for More Environmentally Friendly Homes

Homeowners seeking energy efficiency and savings could soon be making an environmentally friendly addition to their roofs

30 Jun 2009

Electric Vehicles Set To Have Improved Performance and Battery Life Thanks to Oak Ridge Research

Electric vehicle technology is accelerating at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Researchers at the lab's Power Electronics and Electric Machinery Research Center have developed an innovative cooling concept that could improve vehicle performance, life expectancy and overall efficiency without increasing costs

30 Jun 2009

UNEP Welcomes Green Growth Program

Achim Steiner, the head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), today welcomed the 'Green Growth' Declaration by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) saying it underlined the way environment was rapidly being brought into the centre of economic discourse and policy-making

29 Jun 2009

Revolutionary Toilet Allows You To Cook Your Food With Your Own Poo

A new project under development in London is turning human waste into an environmentally friendly fuel for cooking

29 Jun 2009

Biofuels, Telecommunications and Bio-Related Nanotechnology The Hottest Research Fields on the Planet

Biofuels based on algae are among the hottest areas of R+D in the global intellectual property marketplace, according to an analysis of world patent activity published today

29 Jun 2009

Researchers on the Way to Creating an Artificial Leaf For Making Power From Sunlight

An international team of researchers has modified chlorophyll from an alga so that it resembles the extremely efficient light antennae of bacteria. The team was then able to determine the structure of these light antennae. This is the first step to converting sunlight into energy using an artificial leaf

29 Jun 2009