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Renewable Energy Grants Go To Community Groups

CSEP is an open grants scheme designed to help community based organisations in England reduce their energy bills and environmental impact through renewable energy generation

6 Jan 2009

Green Building Industry Set to Grow Despite Recession

Projections by green building consultant Jerry Yudelson say that the green building industry will grow substantially in 2009 despite the global economic recession

6 Jan 2009

North American Sustainability and Clean Energy Practice Launched by Environics Communications

Environics Communications, a full-service North American public relations agency, announced today that it has launched a Sustainability and Clean Energy practice

6 Jan 2009

President Bush Names Three New Pacific Ocean Marine Reserves

President Bush has designated three large new marine reserves in the Pacific Ocean. The protected areas will cover 195,280 square miles and protect some of the most ecologically important areas of the world's oceans

6 Jan 2009

Orion Energy Efficiency Award Goes to Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (NYSE: CCE) will receive an Environmental Stewardship Award on Jan. 9 from Orion Energy Systems Inc. to acknowledge the beverage company’s relentless commitment to corporate responsibility and sustainability

6 Jan 2009

Amtech Gets $5 Million in Solar Orders

Amtech Systems, Inc. announced that its solar subsidiary, Tempress Systems, Inc., has received approximately $5 million in solar orders for its diffusion processing systems from two new customers, one in Asia and the other in Europe

6 Jan 2009

Heath and Sustainability of Olive Orchards Shown by Ladybugs

Present concern for the negative environmental impacts and growing demand for organic olive oil, arise the need to develop useful indicators of agroecosystem health in olive-growing regions

6 Jan 2009

Space Weather Can Cause Havoc For Electronics and Other Technologies on Earth

A NASA-funded study describes how extreme solar eruptions could have severe consequences for communications, power grids and other technology on Earth

6 Jan 2009

George Washington University Names Meghan Chapple-Brown First Director of GW's Office of Sustainability

George Washington University President Steven Knapp has announced that Meghan Chapple-Brown will serve as the University’s first director of the recently established Office of Sustainability

6 Jan 2009

400,000 Jobs Could Be Created by INvestment in Drinking Water Infrastructure

The American Water Works Association (AWWA), the authoritative resource on safe water, is urging Congress to include funding for drinking water infrastructure projects in the stimulus legislation now being considered

6 Jan 2009

Surf Sweets Launches Natural, Organic Candy Line

Surf Sweets today announced the introduction of its organic, natural candy line in more than 250 Toys"R"Us stores across the country

6 Jan 2009

Shade Trees Reduce the Use of Electricity in Summer

A recent study shows that shade trees on the west and south sides of a house in California can reduce a homeowner's summertime electric bill by about $25.00 a year

6 Jan 2009

Innnovative Passive House Constructed Using BASF Neopor

One of the first passive houses with a load-bearing wood construction of stacked board elements and facade insulation using BASF Neopor has now been finished

6 Jan 2009

Bioplastics Award Goes to DuPont for High Performance Materials From Renewable Sources

DuPont recently received the 2008 European Bioplastics Product Line Strategy Award from Frost and Sullivan - a leading market consulting company - for its accomplishments in rapidly developing an extremely diverse range of high-performance materials based on renewable sources

6 Jan 2009

Victory for Green America as Plans Are Dropped For Building Five New Coal Fired Power Plants

The decision by U.S. power company Dynegy to pull out of planned power plant projects means that "coal-fired power is one big step closer to being mothballed once and for all," according to Green America, formerly known as "Co-op America."

5 Jan 2009