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Pinnacle Premium Sub-Flooring from Norbord Available With FSC or SFI Chain of Custody Certification

Norbord Inc today announced the launch of its new Pinnacle Premium sub-flooring. Pinnacle is the first premium sub-flooring available in North America to offer the choice of either Forest Stewardship Council or Sustainable Forestry Initiative Chain of Custody Certified Wood

6 May 2009

Testing Indicates Environmentally Friendly Status of Bio-Tec EcoPure Biodegradable Plastic

ASTM testing shows EcoPure biodegrades normal plastic products in a short period of time, relative to regular plastic products. EcoPure transforms your products into biodegradable green products

6 May 2009

Land Degradation in Abu Dhabi Being Indicated by Wind, Salt and Water

Desert environments are characterized by poor vegetative cover, strong winds, dry, non-cohesive sandy soils, and hyper-arid conditions. In this context, the land resources of Abu Dhabi Emirate in the United Arab Emirates are subjected to various land degradation stresses

6 May 2009

Ford To Spend $550 Million to Build New Global Small Cars, Electric Vehicle at Michigan Plant

Ford Motor Company said today it is investing $550 million to transform its Michigan Assembly Plant into a lean, green and flexible manufacturing complex that will build Ford's next-generation Focus global small car along with a new battery-electric version of the Focus for the North American market

6 May 2009

New Powder Materials Released For Fuel Cells

fuelcellmaterials.com is introducing a new line of Premium Powders that will better meet the needs of manufacturers, developers and laboratories

6 May 2009

Energy Efficient, Sustainable Design for New SAP Building

A suburban office building with a grass roof, toilets that use rainwater for flushing and an air-conditioning system that makes its own ice for cooling? It's a reality at SAP AG's office expansion on its Newtown Square campus

6 May 2009

Space Shuttle Salmonella Helping Understand Disease Control on Earth

After Salmonella bacteria grown on board the space shuttle returned to Earth 3 to 7 times more virulent than Salmonella grown on the ground scientists have been figuring out why to safeguard astronauts from disease and lead to new treatments for food poisoning and other common ailments on Earth

6 May 2009

Plankton Blooms Do Not Take Carbon From The Atmosphere and Store it in The Deep Ocean

Oceanographers have measured the fate of carbon particles originating in plankton blooms in the Southern Ocean. Their study reveals that most of the carbon from lush plankton blooms never reaches the deep ocean

6 May 2009

More Science Needed For Renewable Fuel Standard

The UIC Energy Resources Center team has conducted several scientific studies on land use effects for corn ethanol and the results of that work lead us to conclude that the consideration of indirect land use effects today would be premature

6 May 2009

Swell Fuel Converting Ocean Energy To Electricity

With over 50 completed prototypes, Swell Fuel offers small ocean wave energy converters that can be linked together to provide a significant source of electricity for off-grid resorts, oil rigs and even small coastal towns. The company's Lever Operated Pivoting Float is patented in the US and pending in multiple countries

6 May 2009

DuPont Says Monsanto Is Restricting Access To Alternate Farming Technologies

DuPont says Monsanto is trying to deny farmers access to alternative technologies at a time when farmers are struggling with weeds that are increasingly resistant to current Monsanto products

6 May 2009

Environmental Excellence Award for Roanoke Cement Company

Yesterday was a day of celebration for Roanoke Cement Company -- the only cement manufacturing facility in the Commonwealth of Virginia -- as it took the top honor winning the Overall Environmental Excellence Award in the Portland Cement Association's 2008 Cement Industry Energy & Environment Awards

6 May 2009