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Recipients Announced of the Global Plastics Environmental Conference (GPEC) 2009 Environmental Stewardship Awards

The Plastics Environmental Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) is pleased to announce the recipients of the Global Plastics Environmental Conference (GPEC) 2009 Environmental Stewardship Awards

26 Jan 2009

Climate Change to be Fought by Green Economy

New figures released today show that moving to a "green" global economy could not only protect the planet from the worst effects of climate change but is surprisingly affordable

26 Jan 2009

Health, Environment and Resale Problems Linked to Chinese Drywall Investigated

Americas Watchdog's Homeowners Consumer Center is launching a nationwide investigation
into U.S. homebuilders using Chinese made sheet rock or dry wall in new home
construction in 2005 and 2006

26 Jan 2009

Sustainable Coatings from Wacker Group Go On Show

At the European Coatings Show (ECS) in Nuremberg from March 31 to April 2, 2009, the Munichbased WACKER Group will be appearing under the slogan, Inspired by Excellence

26 Jan 2009

Catalyst Key to Making Ethanol Powered Fuel Cells

A team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has developed a new catalyst that could make ethanol-powered fuel cells feasible

26 Jan 2009

New Method of Making Biofuels Cuts Costs

Michigan State University process to pretreat corn-crop waste before conversion into ethanol means extra nutrients don't have to be added, cutting the cost of making biofuels from cellulose

22 Jan 2009

Green Building Consultant Releases Study on Profiting in the Green Building Market

An informative new study entitled "Green Goes Mainstream - How to Profit from Green Market Opportunities," details promising trends in the energy efficiency market and the closely related green building and renewable energy markets

22 Jan 2009

Sustainability and Luxury Go Hand in Hand With New $29 Million Mansion

Frank McKinney's highly anticipated $29 million green mansion in an illusionary and spectacular theatrical assault on the senses. The estate is the first home of its size to be certified green by the rigorous environmental standards of the U.S. Green Building Council and the Florida Green Building Council

22 Jan 2009

Best is Yet to Come for Biofuels

An American scientist says the best is yet to come for biofuels

22 Jan 2009

Top Ten Animals Battling to Survive in Australia

With Australia Day, the official national day of Australia, coming up on 26 January WWF-Australia has announced its own Australia Day Honours list - the top ten Aussie Battlers of 2008

22 Jan 2009

Scotland Set to Get One of the Biggest Wave Energy Stations in the World

One of the world's largest wave stations is to be constructed in the Western Isles of Scotland

22 Jan 2009

Making Hydrogen from Aluminium and Water

Scientists at Penn State University and the Virginia Commonwealth University have discovered a way to produce hydrogen by exposing selected clusters of aluminum atoms to water

22 Jan 2009

Could Laser Printers Be Causing Poor Office Worker Health

Could the humble laser printer be responsible for poor health among office workers

21 Jan 2009

Climate Change and the Global Impact on Biodiversity

When three undergraduates set off on an expedition in 1965 to trap moths on Mount Kinabalu in Borneo, little did they realise that they were establishing the groundwork for a study of the impacts of climate change

21 Jan 2009

Termite Insecticide Found to be Potent Greenhouse Gas

An insecticide used to fumigate termite-infested buildings is a strong greenhouse gas that lives in the atmosphere nearly 10 times longer than previously thought, UC Irvine research has found

21 Jan 2009