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$5.1 Billion Program to Reduce Emissions from Coal-Fueled Generating Facilities

American Electric Power's aggressive program to install emissions-reduction equipment on its existing plants and build new generation facilities has grown to become the largest in the utility industry and second largest in the nation.

17 Jan 2008

Using Bacteria and Sunlight to Produce Clean Biofuel

ASU intends to develop in a new program that uses bacteria and sunlight to generate hydrogen, a clean fuel that produces no greenhouse gases.

16 Jan 2008

FuelCell Energy Receives $4 Million Loan for Expansion of Manufacturing Facilities

FuelCell Energy, Inc., a leading manufacturer of high efficiency, ultra-clean power plants for commercial, industrial, municipal and utility customers, today announced that it has received a $4 million loan from the state of Connecticut.

16 Jan 2008

New Wastewater Treatment Technology Available to Automotive Manufacturer

PPG Industries announced it has signed an agreement with Plymouth Technology, Inc., to distribute Metals Removal System (MRS) wastewater treatment technology by Plymouth to the North American automotive original-equipment manufacturer (OEM) market. PPG will distribute this technology under the PPG brand name "Water Wise Solutions."

16 Jan 2008

Morgan Stanley's Commitment to Pursuing Market-Based Solutions to Environmental Challenges

Morgan Stanley announced today that it has agreed to acquire a minority equity stake in NGEN Partners, LLC, a leading venture capital firm which invests in companies that focus on clean technologies.

16 Jan 2008

Acquisition Creates New Growth Opportunities to Complement Solar Water Heater Business

China Solar + Clean Energy Solutions, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Shenzhen PengSangPu Solar Industrial Products Corporation.

16 Jan 2008

$202 Billion is Needed to Control Wastewater Pollution

A new report from the EPA estimates $202.5 billion is the nationwide capital investment needed to control wastewater pollution for up to a 20-year period.

16 Jan 2008

2007 Tied with 1998 as Earth's Second Warmest Year in a Century

Climatologists at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City have found that 2007 tied with 1998 for Earth's second warmest year in a century.

16 Jan 2008

Biomass Production Needs Careful Planning to Achieve Benefits

One way of supplying energy is to grow plant material and burn it. If managed well most of the carbon released by burning the material will be captured by the growing plants, and so have a low impact on overall levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide.

16 Jan 2008

Fast Growing Trees and Grasses Becoming Economically Viable as Source of Ethanol

Within five to seven years fast growing trees and grasses might become economically viable alternatives to corn as a source of renewable fuel ethanol, reducing the need for pollutants that now cause a massive "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico.

16 Jan 2008

Nano-Based Solar Cell 18% More Efficient than Conventional Solar Cells

GE Global Research, the centralized research organization of the General Electric Company, announced that scientists on their Nano Photovoltaics (PV) team have demonstrated a scalable silicon nanowire-based solar cell, which has the potential to achieve up to 18% efficiency and be produced at a dramatically lower cost than conventional solar cells. This demonstration represents a promising development in the effort to make PV systems more economically viable for consumers.

16 Jan 2008

Be Careful with the Accelerator Because Hybrid School Buses Like to Go

Two of the country's first 19 hybrid school buses are now running routes in two Iowa school districts.

16 Jan 2008

Old Wood Floor Finishes Overlooked as Source of Banned Environmental Pollutants

A case study to be published in the online open access journal Environmental Health suggests that old wood floor finishes in some homes may be an overlooked source of exposure to the now banned environmental pollutants polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).

16 Jan 2008

Rio Tinto Alcan Announces 2007 Recipient of Alcan Prize for Sustainability

Rio Tinto Alcan and the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) are pleased to announce the 2007 recipient of the US$1 million Alcan Prize for Sustainability is the Utthan Centre for Sustainable Development and Poverty Alleviation, based in India (Utthan).

16 Jan 2008

Royal Society Warns Government to Drive Biofuels in Right Direction

Biofuels risk failing to deliver significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from transport and could even be environmentally damaging unless the Government puts the right policies in place warns a new Royal Society report today.

16 Jan 2008