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Effects of Alternate Fuels To Be Evaulated For U.S. Air Force Aircraft by Goodrich

Goodrich Corporation has received a contract from Universal Technology Corporation to evaluate the effects of using alternate fuels in Goodrich fuel measurement and management systems on U.S. Air Force aircraft

15 Sep 2008

UK Government Launches Home Energy Saving Programme

The Home Energy Saving Programme provides assistance to householders to make their homes more energy efficient, and for households most vulnerable to fuel poverty, including all pensioner households, gives help with their bills this winter through the winter fuel payments and lower energy company tariffs

15 Sep 2008

UK Landcape Company, Marshalls, Now World Leader in Carbon Labelled Products

UK-based landscape company, Marshalls plc has today announced that from next month it will have the largest number of officially carbon labelled products, anywhere in the world

15 Sep 2008

Thames Valley Investment Network Invests in Energy Efficiency Monitor Company, Green Energy Options

Thames Valley Investment Network (TVIN) members have invested in energy-efficiency monitor developers Green Energy Options

15 Sep 2008

Hydrogen Powered Car Unveiled by Nissan and University of Sunderland

As the price of petrol soars, and concerns grow about the impact of car culture on the environment, a team of scientists from the University of Sunderland have come up with a hydrogen-powered car, which they believe is a significant step forward in creating a mass-produced green machine

15 Sep 2008

Scientists Use Light to Purify Parasites

Researchers have developed a clever method to purify parasitic organisms from their host cells, which will allow for more detailed proteomic studies and a deeper insight into the biology of organisms that cause millions of cases of disease each year

15 Sep 2008

Climate Change Danger May Be Averted by Simply Stopping Coal Emissions

An ongoing rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide from burning of fossil fuels might be kept below harmful levels if emissions from coal are phased out within the next few decades

15 Sep 2008

Space Based Solar Power Solutions for Earth Successfully Demonstrated

Space solar power could be a clean, renewable solution to
America's long-term energy needs

15 Sep 2008

New Porsche Offers More Power With Improved Fuel Economy and Lower Carbon Emissions

Four new Porsche 911 models -- the 911 Carrera Coupe, 911 Carrera Cabriolet, 911 Carrera S Coupe, and 911 Carrera S Cabriolet -- offer a higher level of performance, efficiency and driver comfort than their predecessors

15 Sep 2008

Most Car Buyers Considering Downsizing to a Smaller Car to Save Money

Even as gas prices drifted down during August, 44percent of the car shoppers on AutoTrader.com responded in a recent survey that they are still considering downsizing to a smaller car

15 Sep 2008

Hypermiling Fuel Efficient Drivers Well on the Way to Setting Low Fuel Consumption World Record

Two of the world's most fuel efficient drivers, John and Helen Taylor, are a third of the way through their attempt to break the current world record for lowest fuel consumption across the 48 contiguous United States

15 Sep 2008

Environmentally Friendly Weddings With Recycled Wedding Rings

The longstanding bridal tradition of wearing something old is being reinterpreted through wedding rings. Ecological jeweler greenKarat is using old family jewelry to make personalized wedding bands

15 Sep 2008

Facts and Figures on How The US Corn Crop is Used for Food and Ethanol

The American farmer and the American ethanol producer have been under attack, criticized for seeking to capitalize on the productivity and bounty of American agriculture to help solve this nation’s energy crisis

14 Sep 2008

OPEC May Dissolve as Saudi Arabia Walks Out of OPEC Meeting

Saudi Arabia, the world's largest exporter of crude oil, has walked out of an OPEC meeting, looks set to ignore the wishes of OPEC and go it alone, supplying oil as they see fit

11 Sep 2008

Owens Corning Releases Tool Kit to Promote Re-Insulation

Owens Corning, a world leader in building materials and glass fiber reinforcements, today launched a full set of business solutions to help its building materials customers easily, efficiently and profitably enter an emerging and growing market category -- re-insulation

11 Sep 2008