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Using an Energy Source That Comes Directly From Mother Earth

Earth Day is a time to appreciate the natural world and explore ways we can reduce our impact on the Earth. A great way to celebrate Earth Day is by using an energy source that comes directly from "Mother Earth" -- geothermal energy.

18 Apr 2008

Global Market for Bioplastics Expected to Continue to Grow

BASF SE has announced plans for a significant expansion of its production plant for the biodegradable plastic Ecoflex® at the company's Ludwigshafen site. The move will raise Ecoflex production capacities from the current 14,000 by 60,000 metric tons per year. Production at the expanded plant will commence in the third quarter of 2010.

18 Apr 2008

Simple Structure and Selective Materials Create Functional and Attractive Green Home

When Darren Brinkley, owner of REAL building, created the miniature model of the concept home he wanted to build, his focus was not entirely on building a green structure.

18 Apr 2008

Recent Investment Will Help GE Transportation Meet Wind Industry Demands

Broadwind Energy , Inc. announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary Brad Foote Gear Works Inc. has signed a three year, evergreen supply agreement with GE Transportation to provide gear sets for use in wind turbine gearboxes, which GE Transportation builds in Erie, PA for the North American market.

18 Apr 2008

Verizon Wireless Reaffirming its Commitment to Reduce Energy Consumption

This Earth Day and every day, Verizon Wireless is reaffirming its commitment to reduce energy consumption. Verizon Wireless has rolled-out energy-saving solutions on employee desktops across the country, resulting in reductions in operating costs, emissions and energy usage.

18 Apr 2008

Alternative Fuels Playing Significant Role in Reducing Emissions

The rising price of gasoline and concern about greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) are bringing fuel efficiency to the forefront in Germany. Fuel efficiency and alternative fuels will be topics of an expert panel at the Clean Moves Exposition during the Hannover Messe on April 23, 2008 at 10:30am.

18 Apr 2008

Saving Energy While Reducing Carbon Emissions

eps corp, a national provider of energy and carbon emissions solutions that help businesses address environmental and financial risks of climate change, announces the achievement of its milestone goal to implement 25 megawatts of Demand Response for industrial customers in California.

18 Apr 2008

Environmentally Sustainable Options for Recycling or Refurbishing Old Computers

During the April 19 event in St. Charles, Missouri, Blancco and EPC hope to draw attention to the over 50 million computers that become obsolete each year and the fact that there are secure, environmentally sustainable options for destroying sensitive data and recycling or refurbishing old equipment.

18 Apr 2008

Illinois Biodiesel Refinery Begins Commissioning of First Train

Nova Biosource Fuels, Inc., a refiner and marketer of ASTM quality biodiesel, announced today its progress at commissioning and completing two biodiesel refineries. Commissioning of the first train of its 60 million gallon per year biodiesel refinery in Seneca, Illinois began on March 31, 2008.

18 Apr 2008

Providing Readers an Extensive List of Chemicals to Avoid

Many common household cleaners on the market may clean your home, but they also contain carcinogenic chemicals that can cause a variety of health and environmental problems. Among the most dangerous chemicals in everyday household cleaners, glycol-containing ethers are perhaps the most prevalent.

18 Apr 2008

Calcification by Phytoplankton Could Double by the End of Century

Increased carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere is causing microscopic ocean plants to produce greater amounts of calcium carbonate (chalk) - with potentially wide ranging implications for predicting the cycling of carbon in the oceans and climate modelling.

18 Apr 2008

Aerodynamic Shape for Truck Trailers Can Lead to Reduction in Fuel Consumption and Emissions

Creating an improved aerodynamic shape for truck trailers by mounting sideskirts can lead to a cut in fuel consumption and emissions of up to as much as 15%.

17 Apr 2008

Unintended Environmental and Social Consequences of Food-to-Fuel Mandates

Today, three top environmental experts addressed reporters, calling attention to the serious consequences of Congressional food-to-fuel mandates on the environment, world hunger, and American consumers. The experts also urged Congress to revisit these policies.

17 Apr 2008

Unique Way to Track Storm Intensities Across Seasons

Data from faint earth tremors caused by wind-driven ocean waves-often dismissed as "background noise" at seismographic stations around the world-suggest extreme ocean storms have become more frequent over the past three decades, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the Seismological Society of America.

17 Apr 2008

First Observations of Surface Meltwater Cutting Through Ice Sheet

Researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the University of Washington (UW) have for the first time documented the sudden and complete drainage of a lake of meltwater from the top of the Greenland ice sheet to its base.

17 Apr 2008