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South African Wine Industry Teams With WWF To Go Green

South Africa's wine industry was ranked just one place down from US President Barack Obama when it comes to building public awareness of environmental issues thanks to a unique partnership with WWF

9 Feb 2009

Tool Shows Energy Use and Carbon Emissions Generated by Growing Crops in the United States

For the first time, farmers have data that tracks at the county level on-site and off-site energy use and carbon dioxide emissions associated with growing crops in the United States

9 Feb 2009

Study Shows Toxicity Levels of Particulate Matter From Wildfires

A study of coarse and fine particulate matter (PM) generated by the California wildfires of 2008 suggests a toxicity level greater than that of an equivalent dose of PM in ambient air, as reported in the January 2009 issue of Environmental Health Perspectives

9 Feb 2009

Coal Dewatering Technology Turns Sludge to Powder

A dewatering technology developed at Virginia Tech has succeeded in reducing the moisture content of ultrafine coal to less than 20 percent, transforming it to a salable product

9 Feb 2009

EPA "Champion" Award Presented to Barricade Fire Gel

Barricade Fire Gel has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its environmentally friendly formula through the use of safer surfactants and for its efforts in documenting a strategy for ensuring that only safer surfactants are used

9 Feb 2009

Copper Treated Wood Creating Dangers in the Backyard

Findings on 4x4 posts at residential locations reveal dramatic evidence that wood treated with micronized copper preservative(MCQ(TM)) is decaying more rapidly than anticipated

9 Feb 2009

CertainTeed Ceiling and Insulation Products Used In Comcast Center, United States' Tallest Green Office Building

Towering over the Philadelphia skyline at an amazing 58 stories (975 feet), the city's new Comcast Center is a high-performance sustainable building, with an abundance of features that will conserve energy and reduce impact on the environment

9 Feb 2009

Violence From Japanese Whaling Crew Forces Anti Whaling Demonstrators, Sea Shepherd, to Return to Port

The Sea Shepherd ship the Steve Irwin and her crew have withdrawn from the Japanese whaling fleet to begin preparations to return with a faster and longer range ship

9 Feb 2009

Picosun Oy and European Project Aims to Produce New Nanomaterials for Super Efficient Solar Cells

Leading Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) systems manufacturer Picosun Oy, Finland, takes part in an EU funded research project aiming at dramatically increasing the efficiency of solar cells

9 Feb 2009

Zenergy Power and RWE Power Consider Using Superconducting Generators In Hydro Power Plants

Zenergy Power PLC has been commissioned by RWE Power AG to evaluate the potential increase in electrical output that could be achieved from RWE's existing run-of-river hydro plants by the use of superconductor variable speed generators

9 Feb 2009

Environmental Toxin Eating Technology Successfully Trialled by Microbial Solutions

Microbial Solutions has developed an innovative, ecologically friendly bacterial treatment, known as Microcycle Technology, which turns toxic exhausted metal working fluids into grey water that is safe to dispose of in the sewerage system

9 Feb 2009

NYSERDA Helping New Yorkers Cut Power Use and Expense

NYSERDA is educating New Yorkers on new ways to save energy by using specific tools and implementing simple energy-saving actions in their homes through a new initiative called Power Management. Power Management uses technology combined with behavior changes to reduce energy consumption

8 Feb 2009

Renewable Energy Tax Credits Named as the Best Way to Fight Sea Level Rises

Proposed Renewable Energy 401(k) Tax Credit will fight rising sea levels and growing unemployment by creating 500,000 green collar jobs. Tax credit will double annual increase of renewable energy production within three years, according to the Renewable Energy Task Force of the South Denver Chamber of Commerce

8 Feb 2009

Overwhelming Vote Sees Turkey Ratify Kyoto Protocol

Turkey has this week ratified the Kyoto Protocol, following an overwhelming vote in the national parliament

8 Feb 2009

IBM Uses Red Hat to Reduce Datacenter Carbon Footprint

Red Hat, Inc. , the world's leading provider of open source solutions, and IBM have announced that Bank of New Zealand, a subsidiary of the National Australia Bank Group, has deployed Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 on IBM System z mainframes to solve environment, space and cost issues related to its datacenter

8 Feb 2009