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Top Ten Green Things About Steel

St. Patrick's Day is known as the green holiday, when parades fill the streets, people fill the pubs, rivers are dyed green and shamrocks abound. Nowadays, however, the quest for sustainability has created a new implication for the word "green" and the North American steel industry is no exception.

13 Mar 2008

Long Lasting, Energy Saving LED Lights Can Be Found in a Variety of Styles

We've likely all experienced the bothersome inconvenience of having to change a light bulb located in a hard-to-reach place. Maybe a lofty porch light burns out, or a chandelier bulb dies. These can be difficult to get to, and many times they are lights that are left on for many hours throughout the day, so they burn out frequently.

13 Mar 2008

The Hybrid Effect on Power Distribution

A growing number of plug-in hybrid electric cars and trucks could require major new power generation resources or none at all- depending on when people recharge their automobiles.

13 Mar 2008

Commercial Inverters Selected for Largest Solar-Power Installation in Spain

Power-One, Inc. today announced that Aurora PVI-Central inverters have been selected by the Energy Division of Isolux Corsan for use in what will be Spain's largest photovoltaic-power installation, and the second largest renewable-energy facility in the world.

13 Mar 2008

Nation's First Vehicular-Based Greenhouse Gas Reduction Initiative

Enviance, the leading provider of Internet-based, on-demand systems for the management, automation and reporting of environmental compliance information, today announced that it has combined its Enviance System with vehicle diagnostic and telemetric capabilities to power the nation's first vehicular-based greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction initiative.

13 Mar 2008

Advantage IQ Earns Award for Protecting the Environment Through Energy Efficiency

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded Advantage IQ, Inc. a 2008 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award in recognition of its continued leadership in protecting our environment through energy efficiency. Advantage IQ's accomplishments will be recognized at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 2008.

13 Mar 2008

Printing and Toner Recycling Program Aimed at Protecting the Environment

Samsung Electronics America, Inc., a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Corporation, the world's second largest manufacturer of laser printers, today announced the launch of PrintCycleTM at the spring Press and Reseller Summit in New York City.

13 Mar 2008

Hybrid Wheel Loader Offers Significant Fuel and Cost Saving Benefits

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) will use the CONEXPO-CON/AGG exhibition March 11 – 15, 2008, in Las Vegas to unveil a pre-production prototype of its L220F Hybrid wheel loader.

13 Mar 2008

EnviroMedia Announces Green Canary as Subsidiary Company

Tuerff-Davis EnviroMedia Inc. today launched Green Canary Sustainability Consulting, a new subsidiary company that will help businesses craft practical strategies that ensure they remain credible, minimize risk and reach goals in the booming green marketing world.

12 Mar 2008

Rejected Standards Recommended by Health Advocates Would Have Saved 5,650 Lives

"A failure in EPA leadership has again demonstrated that protecting the public's health is not first on its agenda," said Dr. Jane L. Delgado, President and CEO of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, the nation's leading Hispanic health advocacy group.

12 Mar 2008

New National Health Standard for Smog

The non-profit Clean Air Watch today assailed a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency decision to ignore the agency's science advisers in setting a new national health standard for smog.

12 Mar 2008

Demand for Process Heat Drives Industrial Boilers Markets

Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Southeast Asian Industrial Boilers Markets" to their offering.

12 Mar 2008

Pepco Energy Awarded Contract to Supply Green Energy to American Psychological Association

Pepco Energy Services, a subsidiary of Pepco Holdings, Inc. and a leader in supplying renewable electricity, announced today that it has been awarded a contract to supply green energy to the headquarters of the American Psychological Association in Washington, D.C.

12 Mar 2008

Production of Biodiesel Without Deforestation or Diversion of Agricultural Production

The Supreme Council of Datus Alimaong has reached agreement with Monterey, CA-based Abundant Biofuels Corporation to develop more than 1.2 million acres of ancestral domain for production of biodiesel from Jatropha curcas in underused Lumad lands on the island of Mindanao.

12 Mar 2008

Residents Urged to Recycle Old Cell Phones

Sanitation Commissioner John J. Doherty today announced that the New York City Department of Sanitation's Bureau of Waste Prevention, Reuse and Recycling is teaming up with Verizon Wireless to collect old cell phones at its annual Electronics Recycling and Clothing Donation events this spring.

12 Mar 2008