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Penske Racing To Use PPG Industries Environmentally Responsible Coating System For Painting Racing Cars

PPG Industries' automotive refinish business announced today it is assisting Penske Racing in converting a state-of-the-art racecar painting facility to using the environmentally-responsible Envirobase High Performance waterborne coatings system by PPG

10 Mar 2009

Using Artificial Photosynthesis to Create Fuels From Air and Water

For millions of years, green plants have employed photosynthesis to capture energy from sunlight and convert it into electrochemical energy. A goal of scientists has been to develop an artificial version of photosynthesis that can be used to produce liquid fuels from carbon dioxide and water

10 Mar 2009

Southern California Edison Installs Zenergy Power Fault Current Limiter A Smart Device to Protect The Power Grid From Blackouts

Zenergy Power, the specialist manufacturer and developer of high efficiency industrial and renewable energy devices employing superconductor technologies, is pleased to announce that Southern California Edison has completed the installation of the Group's Fault Current Limiter into its electricity grid

10 Mar 2009

IBM Consulting Now Helping Government Departments to Reduce Energy and Water Use, Waste and Lessen Their Environmental Impact

IBM has introduced the first consulting service designed to help government organizations analyze energy and water use, assess waste management, evaluate overall environmental impact and develop improvement strategies

10 Mar 2009

Renewable Energy Being Developed for Ethanol Industry

Researchers from Iowa State University, Frontline BioEnergy and Hawkeye Energy Holdings are using a grant from the Iowa Power Fund to develop new burner and catalyst technologies to efficiently produce ethanol and provide clean, renewable power for heating and drying equipment

10 Mar 2009

New Book Presents Key Concepts Into Understanding Soil Carbon Sequestration

Soil Carbon Sequestration and the Greenhouse Effect: Second Edition, a new book published by the Soil Science Society of America, examines the role of soils as a carbon sink and provides new perspectives as the field of carbon sequestration advances

9 Mar 2009

Climate Clues From the Way Caves 'Breathe'

A University of Arkansas researcher studying the way caves "breathe" is providing new insights into the process by which scientists study paleoclimates

9 Mar 2009

Simple Sand Filter Could Bring Clean Water To Millions Around the World

A UNC Charlotte researcher is developing a "rapid sand" filter that could provide a simple means of providing fresh water to millions upon millions of people in developing countries

9 Mar 2009

Campus Renewable Bioenergy Initiative Turns University Rubbish Into Energy

Cornell University is turning its biotrash - vegetable oil from dining hall fryers, animal bedding from campus barns, farm waste from university research - into fuels for use on campus

9 Mar 2009

Toxic Chinese Made Drywall Can Be Identified Using New Indicators

Americas Watchdog and its Homeowners Consumer Center have been leading the national, and state by state investigation of imported toxic Chinese drywall and is now saying, we think charred or blackened electrical wires inside a new homes wall are the number one indicator of this potentially lethal building product

9 Mar 2009

Get Outside - Indoor Air May Be Up to 20 Times More Polluted Than Outdoors

In a recent report, the Florida Department of Health has received many complaints from homeowners throughout the state of Florida stating the drywall in their homes is causing serious health problems and damages

9 Mar 2009

Tax Credit Available for Insulated Garage Doors in the USA

Replacing a garage door in 2009 and 2010 can do more than generate curb appeal - it also can decrease energy costs and save homeowners up to $1500 off the bottom line of their income taxes

9 Mar 2009

Volvo Passes Environmental Milestone With Cleanest and Greenest Ever Trucks

The Volvo Group is passing an important milestone in its environmental efforts when Volvo Trucks now rolls out its most fuel-efficient and cleanest diesel engines ever. During the past 20 years, Volvo trucks in total have become one hundred times cleaner

9 Mar 2009

KFC and Taco Bell Operate First Green Restaurant

Yum! Brands the world's largest restaurant company and parent of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC, has opened an environmentally-friendly KFC-Taco Bell restaurant in Northampton, Massachusetts

9 Mar 2009