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Fuel Cells, Hydrogen Energy Plus Other Nanotechnology and Alternate Fuel Markets Expected to Reach $14 Billion by 2014

According to a newly released report from iRAP, Fuel Cells, Hydrogen
Energy and Related Nanotechnology - A Global Industry and Market Analysis, the fuel cell and hydrogen energy industry is highly fragmented. Worldwide about 3870 organizations are involved in fuel cells, hydrogen energy and related nanotechnology and spent an estimated $8.4 billion in 2008

24 Jun 2009

ExxonMobil Introduces Electric Car Program

Today ExxonMobil took another important step in meeting the world’s
growing energy needs by announcing the sponsorship of an all-electric car-sharing and rental program, called AltCar

24 Jun 2009

Hydro Showcases Their Energy Efficient Building Technologies in Energy Neutral Building

Hydro, Europe's leading aluminium company and a global supplier of advanced building systems, opened an energy-neutral building in Ulm in southern Germany on Tuesday, showcasing its latest technologies for more energy-efficient buildings

24 Jun 2009

Bioplastics From Metabolix to be Used in Rubbermaid Products

Metabolix today announced that Newell Rubbermaid, a global marketer of consumer and commercial products whose brands include Rubbermaid, Calphalon and Paper Mate, is the customer that will purchase Mirel bioplastic injection molding grade under a previously announced supply agreement

24 Jun 2009

Next Generation OLED Materials From DuPont Can Last For Over 100 Years

DuPont today announced the development of its new, proprietary "Gen-3" solution-based organic light emitting diode (OLED) materials technology that can last a record lifetime of more than 1 million hours - equivalent to over 100 years of constant use

24 Jun 2009

Palm Oil Biodiesel to Be Produced by Vale S.A.

Vale announces a project to produce biodiesel to supply its operations in the Northern region of Brazil, from 2014 onwards

24 Jun 2009

Super Fast Shrinkage of Ice Sheets Can Occur In a "Geologic Instant"

Modern glaciers, such as those making up the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, are capable of undergoing periods of rapid shrinkage or retreat, according to new findings by paleoclimatologists at the University at Buff...

23 Jun 2009

Microbes Shown to Break Down Polluting Pthalates

Immobilized microbes can break down potentially harmful phthalates, according to researchers in China, writing in the International Journal of Environment and Pollution. The microbes might be used to treat industrial waste water and so prevent these materials from entering the environment

23 Jun 2009

Microbes Shown to Break Down Polluting Pthalates

23 Jun 2009

Stopping the Destruction of the Ozone Layer May Be Leading to Global Warming

Hydrofluorocarbons that are helping to avert the destruction of the ozone layer could increasingly contribute to climate warming, according to scientists from NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory and their colleagues in a new study published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

23 Jun 2009

Fourth of July Celebrations in the Future May Be Heralded by Environmentally Friendly Fireworks

Studies have shown that perchlorate from community fireworks displays conducted over lakes, for instance, can lead to perchlorate contamination of the water. Researchers, however, have developed new pyrotechnic formulas that replace perchlorate with nitrogen-rich materials or nitrocellulose that burn cleaner and produce less smoke

23 Jun 2009

Fluorescent Solution Detects Harmful Ozone in The Air and on The Body

Personal ozone detectors and biomedical indicators could result from a chemical probe that glows bright green when exposed to ozone, researchers report in Nature Chemistry

23 Jun 2009

Consumers Urged to Recycle Old Analog Televisions

Following a successful nationwide transition to digital television, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) today urges consumers to take advantage of the many ways to safely dispose of unused analog televisions

23 Jun 2009

Environmentally-Friendly KFC and Taco Bell Restaurant Earns LEED Gold Certification

Yum! Brands, the world’s largest restaurant company and parent of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC, has constructed the Company’s first building under the United States Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) program. Their KFC-Taco Bell restaurant in Northampton, Massachusetts has been awarded LEED Gold certification

23 Jun 2009

Recycled Plastic Used in World's First Carbon Neutral Device, the Motorola MOTO W233 Renew Mobile Phone

SABIC Innovative Plastics' Lexan* EXL 8414 polycarbonate (PC) resin made from recycled plastic bottles has been used in the new Motorola MOTOTM W233 Renew mobile phone, the world's first certified carbon neutral device

23 Jun 2009