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Thin Film Solar Boost as DuPont and US Department of Energy Make a Deal

DuPont today announced plans with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a $9 million solar research program - part of the company's overall effort in providing more mainstream solar photovoltaic (PV) products for commercial and residential applications

2 Jul 2009

Whaling Commission Closes Early and Fails To Secure a Future For Whales

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting finished a day early today, having failed to achieve its core objective – modernising the Commission and securing a future for whales, said Greenpeace

1 Jul 2009

Benefits of Low Carbon Buildings Shown in New Research

Research recently conducted by BRE social scientists demonstrates the business benefits experienced by companies and organisations who operate from low carbon buildings

1 Jul 2009

Clean Energy the Focus of New Energy Symposium

The expanding clean energy sector in New York State - including research supporting renewable energy technologies and the resulting business and economic development opportunities and impact - will take center stage at the fourth annual New Energy Symposium

1 Jul 2009

Applied Materials Praises US Government For Climate Change Progress

Applied Materials, Inc. expressed strong support for the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of the American Climate and Energy Security Act (ACES)

1 Jul 2009

Green Building Survey Results Published

The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) shared its initial Green Building Survey results at the AAMA National Summer Conference in Minneapolis

1 Jul 2009

Alcoa Introduces New Window Range For Increasing Energy Efficiency of Buildings

Alcoa announced today that its Kawneer business, the leading manufacturer of architectural aluminum building products and systems for commercial construction, introduced its new AA3350 ISOPORT Window, designed to enhance the views and energy efficiency of commercial and institutional applications

1 Jul 2009

DuPont Releases 124 New Environmentally Friendly Coating Colours

Say hello to color. That's 124 new colors from DuPont to be exact. And most of them are shades of "green" -- not literally, but environmentally

1 Jul 2009

World's Largest LNG/CNG Truck Fueling Station Opened at At Long Beach/Los Angeles Ports Complex to Support Clean Air Goals

The world’s largest natural gas truck fueling station, designed and built by Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE), is now open for business on a 2.9-acre site adjacent to the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles

1 Jul 2009

All New Cars and Trucks in California to Have Fuel-Saving, Emissions-Reducing Infrared Reflective Glass

As a result of yesterday’s unanimous vote by the California Air Resources Board to enact California Assembly bill AB-32’s Cool Car Standards and Test Procedures, auto manufacturers will increase the use of IR reflective glass to improve fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions for vehicles sold in California starting in model year 2012

1 Jul 2009

Scientists Make Plastic From Corn

Some call it corn. Others say maize. It originally came from Mesoamerica (now Mexico) and is now the most widely grown crop in the Americas. At Battelle, it’s being converted into plastic by a team of innovative materials scientists

1 Jul 2009

'Net Zero Energy Consumption' Compressors Now Offerred by Atlas Copco in the 'Carbon Zero' Range

Atlas Copco’s Oil-free Air division has announced that the company’s ZR series of water-cooled oil-free air compressors with built-in energy recovery systems is the first in the world to be certified for ‘net zero energy consumption’ at specific design conditions

1 Jul 2009

Ultra Green Recycling Comes to Oregon

Waste Management of Oregon today christened an expansive and ultra-green recycling center that will dramatically increase recycling and reduce landfill waste across Washington County

1 Jul 2009

Forest Biotechnology With Positive Environmental Benefits Being 'Strangled at Birth' by Anti-Biotech Activists

The potential of forest biotechnology to help address significant social and environmental issues is being "strangled at birth" by the rigid opposition of some groups and regulations that effectively preclude even the testing of genetically modified trees, scientists argue in a new report

1 Jul 2009

US EPA Gives Go Ahead to Clean Car Standards

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's decision today to grant California's long-standing request to carry out Clean Car standards immediately clears the way for emission standards in California and 13 additional states to cut global warming pollution

1 Jul 2009