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High Tech Wipe for Chemical Warfare and Toxic Chemical Decontamination

Texas Tech's newly-developed wipe earns highest marks from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories

7 Dec 2008

Compost Materials Being Used for Ethanol Means Loss of Carbon Nutrients from the Soil

The push for alternative energy has created a large demand for corn stover, a popular feedstock used to produce cellulosic ethanol, but utilizing these materials, rather than using it as compost, means a loss of soil organic carbon. Researchers have studied the effectiveness of alternative carbon augmentation practices and have reported positive results

7 Dec 2008

EcoTimber Launches Online "Eco Friendly Flooring Guide"

EcoTimber launched the online "Eco Friendly Flooring Guide" to explain the importance of supply chains, sources, and the manufacturing process of wood flooring in qualifying for "eco-friendly" status....

4 Dec 2008

Certification Comes as Two New Eco Stores Open in North Carolina and Louisiana

The SUBWAY(R) restaurant chain, which has made a commitment to make its restaurants and operations more environmentally accountable, is pleased to announce that the brand's first Eco-Store, located in Kissimmee, Florida, has received LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) silver certification.

4 Dec 2008

Using Manure and Other Farm Byproducts to Remove Toxic Hydrogen Sulfide from Biogas

Cornell plant scientists have invented a new method that uses manure and other farm byproducts to remove toxic hydrogen sulfide from biogas -- a renewable energy source derived from the breakdown of animal waste.

4 Dec 2008

Dry Winter Weather Matters to Particulate Pollution

Dry winter weather and low level mixing of pollutants from vehicle exhausts in cities leads to the highest concentrations of the tiny soot particles, known as PM10 particles, according to German scientists writing in the January issue of the International Journal of Environment and Pollution. Their findings suggest that traffic controls, other than an outright ban for several days at a time, would have little effect on levels.

4 Dec 2008

Shrinking Glaciers reveal Warmer Climate and Hidden Forests

Uniquely old tree remains have recently been uncovered by the thawing of the rapidly shrinking Karsa Glacier west of Abisko in Lapland, in northernmost Sweden. The finds show that in the last 7,000 years it has probably never been so warm as during the last century.

4 Dec 2008

New and Improved Tool to Monitor Deforestation and Degradation in Tropical Forests Get Huge Boost

A new and improved tool to monitor deforestation and degradation in tropical forests has just gotten a huge boost. The technology will rapidly advance deforestation and degradation mapping in Latin America, and will help rain forest nations better monitor their changing carbon budgets.

4 Dec 2008

"Gossip Girl" Actress and OSRAM SYLVANIA Light Up the City this Holiday Season

Today, lighting innovator OSRAM SYLVANIA debuted the newest products in its extensive lighting portfolio with the help of actress Kelly Rutherford, star of the hit TV-show, "Gossip Girl." Rutherford unveiled SY...

4 Dec 2008

Materials for Wind Turbines in Poor and Isolated Rural Areas

On 10 - 12 November, Risø DTU and Kathmandu Power and Energy Group brought together experts in Nepal from all parts of the world to discuss materials for wind turbines in poor and isolated rural areas. The workshop concluded that it is possible to use locally available wood for the blades instead of the more expensive composite materials which are normally used.

4 Dec 2008

Young People's Attitude Towards Transport in the Context of Climate Change

Young people find the prospect of driving cars more attractive than other modes of travel that are kinder to the environment, according to research conducted by a researcher at the University of the West of England.

4 Dec 2008

American Elements Establishes Department Exclusively to Support Customer Initiatives in Green Technology

American Elements announced it has established a department exclusively to support customer initiatives in the areas of Green Technology + Alternative Energy. A new webpage devoted to understanding the advanced materials essential to Green Technology can now be found at: http://www.americanelements.com/AEgreentechnology.html . Topics include solar power, fuel cells, recyclable materials and sustainable growth.

4 Dec 2008

All-New 2009 Honda Insight Hybrid Will Make World Debut in January at Motor Show

The all-new 2009 Honda Insight hybrid will make its world debut in January at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The five-passenger, five-door Insight is expected to be the most affordable hybrid car available when it goes on sale in the spring of 2009.

4 Dec 2008

NRG Energy Plans New 30 MW Biomass Project at its Montville Generating Station

NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) is developing a new biomass project at its Montville Generating Station in Uncasville, CT. NRG is enhancing one of the station's existing units to use biomass as a fuel source for 30 megawatts (MW) of the unit's 82-MW generating capacity.

4 Dec 2008

Ascent Solar CIGS Modules Achieves Significant Efficiency Milestone

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI), a developer of state of the art flexible thin-film solar modules, today announced that it has achieved greater than 9.5% efficiency for its flexible Copper, Indium, Gallium, Selenide (CIGS) monolithically integrated modules.

4 Dec 2008