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SPI Solar Gets Approval to Build Solar Project in Shandong Province, China

SPI Solar (“SPI”), a vertically-integrated photovoltaic solar developer, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Xinyu Xinwei New Energy Co., Ltd. (“Xinwei”), has received preliminary approval from the local government of LiaoCheng City to develop a PV project totaling approximately 10 megawatts (MW), in Shandong Province, China.

28 Aug 2014

Banco Interacciones, Envision Partner to Jointly Explore, Develop Wind-Power Projects in Mexico

Banco Interacciones (Interacciones), a subsidiary of Grupo Financiero Interacciones and Envision Energy (Envision), the Shanghai-based world leader in smart wind power and renewable energy, have signed a memorandum of understanding ("MOU") to jointly carry out exploration, structuring and the pursuit and/ or installation of renewable energy projects in Mexico.

27 Aug 2014

Modified Ames Test Helps Assess Toxicological Impact of Cigarette Smoke, Other Complex Aerosols

The Ames test, a widely used method to determine whether a chemical has the potential to cause cancer, has been successfully adapted for use with cigarette smoke and other complex aerosols.

27 Aug 2014

World’s Existing Power Plants to Spew over 300 Billion Tons of Carbon Dioxide into Atmosphere, Study Says

The world's accounting system for carbon emissions, run by the United Nations, disregards capital investments in future coal-fired and natural-gas power plants that will commit the world to several decades and billions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study from Princeton University and the University of California-Irvine published Aug. 26 in the journal Environmental Research Letters.

27 Aug 2014

Unregulated Trash Burning Worsens Air Pollution Worldwide

Unregulated trash burning around the globe is pumping far more pollution into the atmosphere than shown by official records. A new study led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research estimates that more than 40 percent of the world’s garbage is burned in such fires, emitting gases and particles that can substantially affect human health and climate change.

27 Aug 2014

MSU Geologist Discovers Methane Seeps in Unlikely Spots in the U.S. Atlantic Margin

New questions about geology, oceanography and seafloor ecosystems are being raised because of research by a Mississippi State University geologist.

27 Aug 2014

Canada Announces $3.4 Million in Additional Support to Protect Wetlands, Restore Wetland Habitats

Parliamentary Secretary Colin Carrie, on behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and Minister for the Arctic Council announced today $3.4 million in additional support of 16 new North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) projects across Canada.

27 Aug 2014

Prairie Plant Systems Completes Acquisition of White Pine Power Plant and Refinery

Prairie Plant Systems Inc. (PPS) announced today it has completed its purchase of Traxys Power Group Inc. (TPG), which will be renamed P.M. Power Group Inc., owner of the following assets in White Pine, Michigan:

26 Aug 2014

Verizon to Invest $40 Million in On-site Green Energy, Install New Solar Power Systems in Five States

Verizon announced today that it will invest nearly $40 million to expand the on-site green energy program that it launched in 2013. This year, Verizon will install 10.2 megawatts of new solar power systems at eight Verizon network facilities in five states – California, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York. This investment nearly doubles the amount of renewable power generated by solar energy systems installed at six Verizon facilities last year.

26 Aug 2014

SunWize Completes 546 kW Solar Electric System for the Independent State of Samoa

SunWize Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of sustainable energy solutions, today announced that it completed the installation of a 546 kW solar electric system for the Independent State of Samoa. The project with Samoa's power utility, Electric Power Corporation (EPC), is the country's largest, reducing Samoa's reliance on imported fossil fuels.

26 Aug 2014

Kyocera Meets "Performance Leader" Rating in GTM Research’s July 2014 PV Module Reliability Scorecard

Kyocera Corporation announced today that Kyocera is the only solar module manufacturer to rank as a Performance Leader in all six categories in independent testing by PV Evolution Labs, as reported in GTM Research’s July 2014 PV Module Reliability Scorecard.

From KYOCERA Global 26 Aug 2014

EcoVerde Removes Odor and Other Pollutants from Wastewater Using Bacteria

EcoVerde removes odor and other contaminants through a biological process based on bacteria that feed on hydrogen sulfide

26 Aug 2014

Black Carbon Pollutants from Wood Smoke Increase Women's Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

Black carbon pollutants from wood smoke are known to trap heat near the earth’s surface and warm the climate. A new study led by McGill Professor Jill Baumgartner suggests that black carbon may also increase women’s risk of cardiovascular disease.

26 Aug 2014

Water Replenishment District Board Unanimously Supports California Proposition 1 – the $7.5 Billion Water Bond

At Thursday's meeting of the Water Replenishment District, the Board of Directors voted unanimously to support California Proposition 1 – the $7.5 billion water bond approved by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Aug. 13 which voters will be asked to approve on California's November ballot.

25 Aug 2014

Jinko Power Enters Agreements with Hengfeng County Government to Develop 100MW of PV Projects

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ("JinkoSolar" or the "Company"), a global leader in the solar PV industry, today announced that JinkoSolar Power Co., Ltd.("Jinko Power"), a subsidiary of the Company has signed project investment agreements with the local government of Hengfeng county in Jiangxi Province to develop totally 100 MW PV projects.

25 Aug 2014

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SPI Solar Gets Approval to Build Solar Project in Shandong Province, China

Banco Interacciones, Envision Partner to Jointly Explore, Develop Wind-Power Projects in Mexico

Modified Ames Test Helps Assess Toxicological Impact of Cigarette Smoke, Other Complex Aerosols

World’s Existing Power Plants to Spew over 300 Billion Tons of Carbon Dioxide into Atmosphere, Study Says

Unregulated Trash Burning Worsens Air Pollution Worldwide

MSU Geologist Discovers Methane Seeps in Unlikely Spots in the U.S. Atlantic Margin

Canada Announces $3.4 Million in Additional Support to Protect Wetlands, Restore Wetland Habitats

Prairie Plant Systems Completes Acquisition of White Pine Power Plant and Refinery

Verizon to Invest $40 Million in On-site Green Energy, Install New Solar Power Systems in Five States

SunWize Completes 546 kW Solar Electric System for the Independent State of Samoa

Kyocera Meets "Performance Leader" Rating in GTM Research’s July 2014 PV Module Reliability Scorecard

EcoVerde Removes Odor and Other Pollutants from Wastewater Using Bacteria

Black Carbon Pollutants from Wood Smoke Increase Women's Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

Water Replenishment District Board Unanimously Supports California Proposition 1 – the $7.5 Billion Water Bond

Jinko Power Enters Agreements with Hengfeng County Government to Develop 100MW of PV Projects

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