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Inadequate Infrastructure Investment has Economic and Environmental Impacts

Traffic congestion in the United States wastes three billion gallons of fuel and contributes 27.2 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year, according to a report from the Portland Cement Association (PCA), a Skokie-Ill.-based trade group. The overall economic impact of traffic delays adds up to $80 billion per year.

8 May 2008

EPA Awarded Grant to Manitowoc Public School District to Cut Diesel Emissions from School Buses

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has awarded a $37,271 grant to the Manitowoc Public School District in Manitowoc, Wis., for a project to cut diesel emissions from the district's school buses.

8 May 2008

Finding Reliable Biodiesel When Driving Through Western U.S.

No longer do drivers need to worry about finding reliable biodiesel when driving through the Western U.S. From Santa Fe, New Mexico to Wenatchee, Washington, drivers can get peace of mind with increasingly available Blue Sun Fusion B20 fuel.

8 May 2008

Ricardo to Actively Participate in Three Major Low-Carbon Vehicle-Development Programs

The UK government's Technology Strategy Board today announced funding of $45 million for 16 innovative low-carbon vehicle-development projects. Including partner contributions, these projects collectively represent a total value of $102 million.

8 May 2008

Tips for Creating a Green and Healthy Bedroom

Simmons partnered with eco-friendly living expert Danny Seo to offer a "green" bedding collection, which features natural, biodegradable and renewable components such as natural rubber tree based latex and a layer of base foam enhanced with soy.

8 May 2008

Spire Solar Showcases Solar Cell Testing Equipment

Spire Corporation, a global solar company providing turnkey solar factories and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic modules worldwide, today announced it will attend the 33rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference from May 11 to May 16, 2008 in San Diego, California.

8 May 2008

Ball Corp. Receives Sustainable Packaging Leadership Awards for PET Wine Bottles

Ball Corporation has received two Sustainable Packaging Leadership Awards for its 750mL PET wine bottles for Painted Turtle wines from Artisan Wine Company of British Columbia.

8 May 2008

Lighting Company Announces Environmentally-Friendly Initiative

Bentley Meeker and his highly skilled design team are considered among the top special event lighting experts in the world.

8 May 2008

Asia's Most Important Freshwater Source Under Threat

The Tibetan Plateau's vast reserves of glacial freshwater, which supply Asia's most populous regions, are both at risk and are emerging as an issue in the increasingly tense political and cultural strife between China and Tibet, scientists and experts say, according to a new report by Circle of Blue published today.

8 May 2008

CES Selected to Supply CO2 to a Large-Scale Carbon Capture and Storage Project

Clean Energy Systems' (CES) zero emissions power plant technology has been selected to supply carbon dioxide to a large-scale carbon capture and storage project under the leadership of the West Coast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (WESTCARB).

8 May 2008

Technology Expected to Alter Gasoline Dependence and Greatly Reduce CO2 Emissions

The revolutionary EFuel100 MicroFueler(TM) is the first product that allows anyone to reduce their dependency on oil, greatly diminish their carbon footprint and produce fuel for under $1.00 per gallon.

8 May 2008

Minimizing the Carbon Footprint of the Trucking Industry

Schneider National, Inc., a premier provider of transportation, intermodal and logistics services and the nation's largest truckload carrier, announced today its plans to operate the most energy-efficient fleet in the industry.

8 May 2008

Company Created an Eco-Friendly Water Vending Machine

Many schools in the US and Canada are boycotting bottled water in hopes of making a point about green living. To them, there's no reason to sacrifice the Earth's health for something that can be acquired through a faucet.

8 May 2008

Company Opens First LEED Certified Building

Chevron Corp. today announced the opening of the company's first LEED certified building and the first gold certified LEED building in the state of Louisiana. LEED is an acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, a certification program of the United States Green Building Council.

8 May 2008

Developing High-Efficiency Solar Cells with High Power Conversion Efficiency

Magnolia Optical Technologies, Inc. announced today that it is part of the Kopin Corporation team that has been selected for the award of a solar cell development contract from NASA. The Phase II STTR program will develop indium nitride (InN)-based quantum dot solar cell technology.

8 May 2008