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Big and Small Businesses Shifting Focus to Include Mainstream Consumers in Environemtal Push

Perceptions of the green marketplace and green consumers are changing. The LOHAS 12 Forum, which took place June 18-21, opened the door for some lively discussions and eye opening realizations about the evolving trends and the progression of the "green purchaser"

3 Jul 2008

First Flight For Worlds Cleanest and Greenest Jet Engine

New engine targets double-digit improvements in fuel burn, environmental emissions and engine noise making it the greenest jet engine available today

3 Jul 2008

Companies Using Green Words in Novel Ways

Organisations with an ambition to appear environmentally conscious are adopting the language of the environmental movement. But businesses are using 'green' words in their own way

3 Jul 2008

Heavy Industry Embracing the Environment as Caterpillar Goes to Green Power

In support of strategic initiatives to use alternative or renewable sources to meet 20 percent of its energy needs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing facilities by 25 percent by 2020, Caterpillar Inc. recently transitioned the power for its Northern Ireland facilities to "green" electricity

3 Jul 2008

Hybrid Solar Cell Researchers Set to Prepare Nanowires Using Sputtering Tool

Ludwig-Maximilians University has ordered an advanced sputtering tool from Surrey NanoSystems, to support fundamental research into the fabrication of hybrid solar cells

3 Jul 2008

Anaconda Rubber Snake Turns Wave Energy Into Electricity

A device consisting of a giant rubber tube may hold the key to producing affordable electricity from the energy in sea waves

3 Jul 2008

German Researchers to Develop Nanowires for Hybrid Solar Cells Using New Sputtering Tool

Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU) has ordered an advanced sputtering tool from Surrey NanoSystems, to support fundamental research into the fabrication of hybrid solar cells. The tool will be used to develop pr...

3 Jul 2008

Environmentally Friendly Structural Panels That Produce No Harmful Pollutants or Greenhouse Gases

The New Energy Efficient ‘Green’ Panels from kama-EEBS Are Designed for Peak Energy Efficiency

2 Jul 2008

Roadside Plantings to be Improved by Search for Salt Tolerant Grasses

Researchers hope to identify a salt tolerance limit for native and ornamental turf grasses in hopes of finding a variety that can be used along highways without being killed when roadway salt – mixed with melting snow – is splashed onto the grass.

2 Jul 2008

Carbon Emissions Linked to Goods and Services Consumption

Researchers have discovered that carbon dioxide emissions associated with UK consumption increased by 115 million tonnes (18 per cent), between 1992 and 2004

2 Jul 2008

Grad Student Invents Washing Up System That Saves Water Without Compromising Cleaning Quality

Graduating Product Design student Toby Fox has designed the perfect washing up system - dramatically reducing water waste without compromising cleaning efficiency

2 Jul 2008

Dow Using NASA Technology To Power Carpet Backing Plant With Methane

If it works for NASA, it’s certainly good enough for a manufacturing facility in Dalton, Ga. Methane gas, a renewable energy source, is plentiful in outer space and in earthly landfills. While NASA tests rocket engines powered by methane, a Dow Chemical Company plant in Dalton, Ga. started using this renewable energy to manufacture carpet latex this month

2 Jul 2008