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Energy, the Environment and Climate Change Research to Benefit From NIST Grants

NIST is looking for proposals that advance the state of knowledge and practice of measurement science in six identified research areas of critical national importance including energy, environment and climate change

3 Jun 2009

Nuclear Power Plants of the Future

Information exchange processes developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will be at the center of the effort to design and build the next generation of modern, highly efficient nuclear power plants

3 Jun 2009

Ethanol Production Could Lead to Soil Productivity Problems

Crop residues possess a critical role in sustaining soil organic matter, and as it is increasingly being used for the production of cellulosic-based ethanol, this removal may impact the long-term productivity of soils

3 Jun 2009

Materials Challenges for Clean Energy to be Focus of NIST Symposium

For the materials research community, all roads will lead to the headquarters of the National Institute of Standards and Technology during the week of June 21, 2009, when the agency hosts two major international meetings. First up is the Symposium on Materials Challenges for Clean Energy

3 Jun 2009

Symantec Releases Green IT Report

Symantec Corp today announced the findings of its 2009 Green IT Report, a follow up to the Green Data Center report released in late 2007

3 Jun 2009

Tree Planting Campaign Passes the 4 Billion Tree Mark, Closing in on Seven Billion By Year End

The Billion Tree Campaign has just passed the four billion mark, in a crucial step towards its target of seven billion trees planted by the end of 2009

3 Jun 2009

UK Campaign To Show How Scientists Are Solving World Challenges

A national campaign to demonstrate how UK scientists and engineers are solving some of the biggest challenges facing society is launched today at the Cheltenham Science Festival by Britain's largest funding body for science, the EPSRC

3 Jun 2009

Rapid Growth For The Private Equity Cleantech Market

Over the course of 2009 Preqin has been building up the data and information that it holds on the cleantech private equity market and is today releasing a research report outlining some of the key findings

2 Jun 2009

Intertek Creates Fast Way For Solar Panel Makers to Get Their Products to Market

Intertek, a global leader in testing, inspection and certification services, has created a way to minimize the time it takes for solar panel manufacturers to have their products approved for sale

2 Jun 2009

Bamboo Living Makes Sustainable American School From Bamboo

Bamboo Living, the global leader in sustainable bamboo building helped build the first American school building made of sustainable bamboo

2 Jun 2009

WWF Launches Podcasts Designed to Inspire People to Save the Natural World

“The Wild Things” is a biweekly audio podcast that will feature first-hand stories about innovative efforts to conserve endangered species and places. It will also feature news and eyewitness accounts of the damage done by threats like climate change, illegal logging and the multi-billion-dollar black market for rare plants and animals

2 Jun 2009

Renewable Energy From The Ocean At A Critical Point

The earth’s largest water source, the ocean that covers three-quarters of the planet, has yet to be tapped in any major way for electricity generation. However, dozens of technology companies and project developers are now striving to change that, working to make hydrokinetic power the next hot renewable energy sector

2 Jun 2009

Harvard "Green Bootcamp" Sets Officials on The Path To Energy Efficient Building Refits

Living Cities offers city and state officials an unprecedented opportunity to learn new strategies and share best practices on creating green jobs and reducing greenhouse gas emissions through city-wide retrofitting

2 Jun 2009

Kyocera Wireless Awarded For Recycling Program

Kyocera Wireless, a leading global manufacturer of wireless handsets and devices, announced today it has earned its ninth consecutive recycling award from the City of San Diego's Environmental Services Department

2 Jun 2009

Patent Awarded For Technology That Generates Electricity From Moving Cars

New Energy Technologies, a next-generation alternative and renewable energy developer, today announced that the Company has now filed nine new patent applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in order protect novel features of its recently prototyped MotionPower technology for generating electricity from the kinetic energy of moving vehicles

2 Jun 2009