Worldwide coastal ecosystems and habitats will continue to decline unless economists and ecologists work together to improve current methods to assess coastal ecosystem benefits, according to an article today in the global scientific journal, Science.
On Jan. 31, more than 1100 colleges and universities from all 50 states will participate in Focus the Nation – an unprecedented teach-in on solutions to global warming that will simultaneously educate and energize close to 1 million young adults. A live web cast produced by the National Wildlife Federation from the University of Central Florida on Jan. 30 will launch Focus the Nation as the largest teach-in in U.S. history, galvanizing an inter-generational partnership for the first time since the civil rights movement of the 1960’s.
The Epwin Group, the specialist low maintenance building materials group, will be showcasing its new generation of advanced sustainable and energy efficient PVC-U products at Eco-Build this coming February.
Scientific studies on climate change, energy and alternative fuels are among the 30 projects awarded more than 145 million processing hours on supercomputers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory through the Department of Energy's Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program.
American Electric Power's aggressive program to install emissions-reduction equipment on its existing plants and build new generation facilities has grown to become the largest in the utility industry and second largest in the nation.
ASU intends to develop in a new program that uses bacteria and sunlight to generate hydrogen, a clean fuel that produces no greenhouse gases.
FuelCell Energy, Inc., a leading manufacturer of high efficiency, ultra-clean power plants for commercial, industrial, municipal and utility customers, today announced that it has received a $4 million loan from the state of Connecticut.
PPG Industries announced it has signed an agreement with Plymouth Technology, Inc., to distribute Metals Removal System (MRS) wastewater treatment technology by Plymouth to the North American automotive original-equipment manufacturer (OEM) market. PPG will distribute this technology under the PPG brand name "Water Wise Solutions."
Morgan Stanley announced today that it has agreed to acquire a minority equity stake in NGEN Partners, LLC, a leading venture capital firm which invests in companies that focus on clean technologies.
China Solar + Clean Energy Solutions, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Shenzhen PengSangPu Solar Industrial Products Corporation.
A new report from the EPA estimates $202.5 billion is the nationwide capital investment needed to control wastewater pollution for up to a 20-year period.
Climatologists at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City have found that 2007 tied with 1998 for Earth's second warmest year in a century.
One way of supplying energy is to grow plant material and burn it. If managed well most of the carbon released by burning the material will be captured by the growing plants, and so have a low impact on overall levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Within five to seven years fast growing trees and grasses might become economically viable alternatives to corn as a source of renewable fuel ethanol, reducing the need for pollutants that now cause a massive "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico.
GE Global Research, the centralized research organization of the General Electric Company, announced that scientists on their Nano Photovoltaics (PV) team have demonstrated a scalable silicon nanowire-based solar cell, which has the potential to achieve up to 18% efficiency and be produced at a dramatically lower cost than conventional solar cells. This demonstration represents a promising development in the effort to make PV systems more economically viable for consumers.
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