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Green Alternative Product Offering Energy Savings of 40 to 50 Percent

Alluma Tech announced that it has received a Gold Award for its Crown Royal LED sign at the recent Popai, 2008 OMA Awards. It was the first Gold award for Alluma Tech's new line of energy efficient Lite Tech products.

7 May 2008

Reducing Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollutant Emissions in the Freight Sector

Viterra Inc. will reduce emissions and traffic delays at its Pacific grain terminal in Vancouver with the acquisition of an N-ViroMotive(TM) GenSet locomotive from National Railway Equipment Co. (NREC).

7 May 2008

Tests Confirm International ProStar Saves Customers $5,800 in Fuel Annually Over Leading Competitor

Record diesel prices are driving on-highway trucking customers to look for every edge to curb fuel costs, beginning with their choice of truck. Navistar today released definitive results of extensive testing confirming that the International® ProStar(TM) is the most aerodynamic and fuel-efficient Class 8 truck on the road.

7 May 2008

Early Stage Technology Companies to Present at Clean Technology Ventures 2008

Overall, more than 150 early stage technology companies submitted to present at the 2008 Early Stage Venture Reviews, and fifty percent have been selected to present at the Clean Technology 2008 conference.

7 May 2008

Some Hybrid Vehicles Now Make Financial Sense According to Study

Car buyers who want to save money at the gas pump are increasingly looking to more fuel-efficient vehicles such as hybrids to meet their needs. But hybrids command a price premium that often outweighs any potential fuel savings.

7 May 2008

First Acceptable Alternative to Petrolatum for Personal Care Applications

A new soy wax and soy wax blend offer innovative formulating alternatives for structure and sensory characteristics, while providing a naturally-derived substitute for petrolatum. These versatile ingredients were developed for use in skin care, color cosmetics, hair care and underarm products.

7 May 2008

Vehicle Fuel Use Expected to Rise to 765 Billion Liters Per Year by 2035

It is possible to slash fuel use by all vehicles on U.S. roads to pre-2000 levels within a few decades, but doing so would require immediate action on several challenging fronts, according to a new analysis by MIT researchers.

7 May 2008

Value of Trading in Carbon Market More Than Doubled in 2007

The value of trading in the carbon market more than doubled in 2007 to $64 billion (euro 47 billion), according to the World Bank's annual report, "State and Trends of the Carbon Market."

7 May 2008

Frost + Sullivan Recognizes Panduit Corp with 2008 North American Green Excellence Award

Based on its recent analysis of the data center facilities infrastructure solutions, Frost + Sullivan recognizes Panduit Corp with the 2008 North American Green Excellence Award in Service Proposition for its determined efforts in offering a flexible yet dynamic turnkey solution towards enabling an efficient infrastructure within the data center environment.

7 May 2008

MTI Micro Gaining Momentum in Commercialization of its Mobion Technology

MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc., the developer of Mobion® off-the-grid portable power solutions and a subsidiary of Mechanical Technology, Incorporated, announced today that it entered into a development agreement with a global Japanese developer of products utilizing advanced optical and digital technologies, including digital cameras, to evaluate the feasibility, development and production of Mobion® products.

7 May 2008

Innovative Way to Improve Global Climate Change Predictions

Three researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have proposed an innovative way to improve global climate change predictions by using a supercomputer with low-power embedded microprocessors, an approach that would overcome limitations posed by today's conventional supercomputers.

7 May 2008

Ford Doubling Number of Vehicles Equipped with Fuel-Efficient Automatic Transmissions

The big shift is on at Ford Motor Company, as the automaker plans to more than double the number -- to 1.4 million -- of fuel-efficient, 6-speed automatic transmissions in its North American cars and trucks by the end of 2009.

7 May 2008

No-Tillage Farming Offers Plenty of Benefits Regarding Soil and Environmental Health

The potential of no-tillage (NT) soils for increasing the soil organic carbon (SOC) pool must be critically and objectively assessed. Most of the previous studies about SOC accrual in NT soils have primarily focused on the surface layer (<20-cm soil depth), and not for the whole soil profile.

7 May 2008

Large Amounts of Seaweed in Coastal Areas Can Influence the Climate

Scientists at The University of Manchester have helped to identify that the presence of large amounts of seaweed in coastal areas can influence the climate.

7 May 2008

Development of Environmentally Friendly Next Generation Ethanol Production

The investment, which is part of $61 million raised in Mascoma's third round of funding, reflects Marathon's commitment to collaboration on the development, adoption and deployment of efficient, environmentally friendly and cost-effective next generation ethanol production.

7 May 2008