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Report Highlights Business Solutions that are Environmentally Efficient

News - 20 May 2008

With the support of Governor Schwarzenegger and distinguished CEOs, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) today launched its inaugural report "Innovations Review 2008: Making Green the New Business as...

Research Leads to Creation of Eco-friendly Biosurfactants and Polymers

News - 19 May 2008

Glycerine-derived, eco-friendly biosurfactants and polymers - produced from renewable resources and quickly biodegradable - are getting their moment in the sun. Researchers from the U.S....

Sustainability Education Initiative Specifically Tailored to Meet the Needs of Foodservice Industry

News - 19 May 2008

Kendall College's School of Culinary Arts has announced an ecological sustainability education initiative, specifically tailored to meet the needs of the foodservice industry. Announced today at...

Predicting the Evolution of Greenhouse Gases

News - 19 May 2008

In order to predict the evolution of greenhouse gases, it is essential to retrace their past evolution as far back in time as possible. By analyzing ice cores extracted from Antartica through the...

Making Low-Carbon Biofuels a Reality in the Very Near Future

News - 15 May 2008

The Farm Bill passed yesterday by the U.S. House and today by the U.S. Senate will encourage biofuel producers to move more rapidly to commercialize advanced biofuels and help farmers transition to...

The Link Between Humans, Climate and Earth

News - 14 May 2008

A new NASA-led study shows human-caused climate change has made an impact on a wide range of Earth's natural systems, including permafrost thawing, plants blooming earlier across Europe, and lakes...

Farmland Dust Cloud From the Ukraine Detected in Germany for the First Time

News - 6 May 2008

Fallow agricultural land and steppe-formation processes are evidently capable of having a much greater effect on global air quality than was previously assumed. This is the conclusion drawn by...

Organism with a Taste for Olive Drab Shows Promise for Greener Energy

News - 4 May 2008

A spidery fungus with a voracious appetite for military uniforms and canvas tents could hold the key to improvements in the production of biofuels, a team of government, academic and industry...

New Research Collaborations to Further Diversify America's Sources of Energy

News - 1 May 2008

The first year of ConocoPhillips' eight-year, $22.5 million research program at Iowa State University (ISU) has supported 26 research projects and helped establish new research collaborations to...

Farming Pushed Natural Drought into Disaster

News - 30 Apr 2008

Climate scientists using computer models to simulate the 1930s Dust Bowl on the U.S Great Plains have found that dust raised by farmers probably amplified and spread a natural drop in rainfall,...