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Toxic Chinese Drywall To BE The Subject of Interest at Conference and Two Teleconferences

Attorneys and experts will gather in New Orleans on June 18 to share information and network on the latest health and property damage controversy involving building materials: drywall imported from China. They also are gathering for two teleconferences dealing with the insurance implications on June 1 and the underlying litigation on June 2

12 May 2009

Grasslands Needed To Ensure Sustainable Agriculture

Authors of a new book explain why grassland should be a permanent component of our ecosystem for ensuring the future of sustainable agriculture

12 May 2009

Better BioFuels Is In the Genes

Acquiring cheap genome sequence data can improve the quality of feedstocks used to create biofuels, according to a new study published in The Plant Genome

12 May 2009

Climate Change Impacting Snowpack on Cascade Mountains

There has been recent disagreement about the snowpack decline in the Cascade Mountains of the Pacific Northwest, but new research leaves little doubt that a warmer climate has a significant effect on the snowpack, even if other factors keep year-to-year measurements close to normal for a period of years

12 May 2009

Climate Change To Destroy Coral and The Lives of 100 Million People Before the End of the Century

If the world does not take effective action on climate change, coral reefs will disappear from the Coral Triangle by the end of the century, the ability of the region’s coastal environments to feed people will decline by 80 per cent, and the livelihoods of around 100 million people will have been lost or severely impacted

12 May 2009

Solar Photovoltaics Market in Germany Enters New Era

Research Analysts’ new report on the German Solar Photovoltaic Market defines how recent changes in the global economic climate and national political support will see the dawn of a period of intense competition as the solar photovoltaic (PV) power industry nears grid parity

12 May 2009

Siemens Demonstrates Expertise in Energy Efficiency, Emission Protection, Waste Avoidance and Water Treatment

The Siemens appearance at Achema 2009 centers on sustainability. The exhibits show how the process industry can benefit from Siemens products, systems and solutions in such areas as energy efficiency, emission protection, waste avoidance and water treatment

12 May 2009

Rentech to Make Renewable Synthetic Diesel and Green Electric Power Using Urban Waste

Rentech, Inc. (NYSE AMEX: RTK) announced today a plan to build a plant in Rialto, California for the production of ultra-clean synthetic fuels and electric power from renewable waste biomass feedstocks

12 May 2009

Green Chemistry and How Will it Affect the Future of the Chemical Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Green chemistry: How will it affect the future of the chemical industry?" report to their offering

12 May 2009

Sacramento's Largest Privately Owned Solar Energy Array Installed and Activated by Perpetual Energy Systems and Siemens Transportation Systems

Perpetual Energy Systems (PES), comprehensive financier of solar-powered renewable energy systems, and Siemens Transportation Systems (STS), part of the Siemens Mobility Division, announces the activation of a 1.0 megawatt (MW) solar energy installation, the largest privately owned system of its size in the city of Sacramento

12 May 2009

Global Financial Crises Eclipse Solar Photovoltaic Market Fortunes

Despite early market growth predictions, the global financial crisis has cast a shadow over the solar power sector. Research Analysts’ new report, Global Market Review of Solar Photovoltaic Power Generation, predicts an eventful few years in this sector of the renewable energy industry

11 May 2009

Canadian Sustainability Framework Vital Key To Ensuring The Secure Future of Groundwater

A 15-member expert panel, appointed by the Council of Canadian Academies, has concluded that a Canada-wide sustainability framework is required to improve the management and understanding of Canada's groundwater

11 May 2009

China Based Company, Yingli Green Energy Joins PV CYCLE Photovoltaics Recycling Program

Yingli Green Energy, one of the world's leading vertically integrated photovoltaic product manufacturers, today announced that it has become the first China-based company and the 40th member to join PV CYCLE, an organization based in Brussels, Belgium that promotes voluntary take-back and recycling of end-of-life PV modules

11 May 2009

Thought Controlled Smart Home The Way of the Future

Light switches, TV remote controls and even house keys could become a thing of the past thanks to brain-computer interface (BCI) technology being developed in Europe that lets users perform everyday tasks with thoughts alone

11 May 2009

CEMEX Makes Sustainability Progress and Reduces Carbon Emissions by 15.8%

CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: CX) today announced that it continues to make substantial progress toward its goals as a sustainable building materials company with the achievement of three of its sustainability targets ahead of schedule, as well as with significant reductions in its carbon emissions

11 May 2009