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Biofuel Development To Benefit From Lignocellulose Development Grant

Cutting edge approaches and methodology employed by plant and molecular biologists, chemists, physicists, material scientists, computational modelers and engineers will be applied to plant cells in the newly funded Center for Lignocellulose Structure and Formation, a Department of Energy, Energy Frontier Research Center at Penn State

29 Apr 2009

Greenhouse Gas Storage and Revolutionary Solar Cells to be Developed With New Grants

With two $15 million grants, scientists and engineers aim to revolutionize solar cells and provide the fundamental science for geological storage of greenhouse gases as part of two Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) established at The University of Texas at Austin by the U.S. Department of Energy

29 Apr 2009

Coca-Cola Moves Forward With Positive Environmental Steps in Washington D.C.

Coca-Cola will demonstrate their environmental leadership through a series of innovations designed to reduce the Coca-Cola system’s environmental footprint at each step in the manufacturing, distribution and sales processes

29 Apr 2009

High Performance Green Buildings Gain Recognition For Kohl

Kohl’s Department Stores (NYSE:KSS) announced today that 110 additional Kohl’s stores earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) ENERGY STAR label, a nationally recognized symbol for superior energy efficiency and environmental protection

29 Apr 2009

Guilty Plea For Former Oklahoma Water Treatment Supervisor Who Falsified Drinking Water Safety Reports

Christopher Neil Gauntt, the former supervisor of the Fort Gibson Water Treatment Plant in Fort Gibson, Okla., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Muskogee, Okla., to falsifying a monthly operating report that certified the safety of drinking water from the facilit

29 Apr 2009

Salmon of the America's Responds to Pharmaceutical Contamination Claims by PEW Environmental Group

In a press release issued by the PEW Environmental Group, the group announced that they have issued a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warning the acting commissioner of the potential environmental threats related to the discharge of banned drugs into the marine environment as well as the human health risk allegedly resulting from the medical treatment of farmed salmon

29 Apr 2009

Siemens to Expand EcoFriendly Product Range

Siemens intends to rigorously expand its world-leading position as a supplier of ecofriendly products and solutions

29 Apr 2009

The Future of Solar Technology in Buildings Will Be Fast and Strong Growth After The Recession

The solar building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) and the solar thermal heating systems (STS) markets have been hit hard by the current economic situation. However, as soon as the recession shows signs of recovery, both sectors will start booming again

29 Apr 2009

Green Building on the Agenda for Affordable Housing Conference

Council for Energy Friendly Affordable Housing (CEFAH), an affiliate of the National Housing & Rehabilitation Association, is convening a Green Housing Symposium on May 11 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles, California

29 Apr 2009

Energy Frontier Research Center To Be Established At Brookhaven Lab

Brookhaven National Laboratory will be home to one of 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) announced on Monday by the White House in conjunction with a speech delivered by President Barack Obama at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences

29 Apr 2009

Ethanol Biofuel Production Has Become a Drink Or Drive Issue

Federal requirements to increase the production of ethanol has developed into a “drink-or-drive issue” in the Midwest as a result of biofuel production’s impact on water supplies and water quality, says an environmental engineering researcher at Missouri University of Science and Technology

29 Apr 2009

World's Largest Solar Power Tower Energy Plant Begins Operation for Abengoa Solar

Following the conclusion of the successful three-day production and operational testing period, Abengoa Solar has begun commercial operation of the new PS20 solar power tower plant located at the Solúcar Platform, near Seville (Spain)

29 Apr 2009

Community Groups Benefit From Renewable Energy Grants

Forty two community groups have benefited from £815k of funding for renewable energy technologies in the fourth round of the Community Sustainable Energy Programme capital grants scheme

28 Apr 2009

San Diego Backs Algal Biofuel Development Partnership

San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders today joined UC San Diego Chancellor Marye Anne Fox, local scientists and industry leaders to announce their support for a regional partnership designed to develop innovative ways to turn algae into biofuels

28 Apr 2009

Building Trades Unions Encourage Congress To Develop Clean Energy Plan

America's Building Trades Unions have launched a major new paid media campaign to urge the U.S. Congress to enact a clean energy plan that will make America a global leader in energy, while also developing the domestic energy technologies that will create American jobs and strengthen our economy for years to come

28 Apr 2009