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What Happens When Nanoparticles Enter The Food Chain?

News - 22 Jun 2009

Too tiny to see or touch, manmade nanoparticles are increasingly becoming a by-product of industry and chemical and pharmaceutical technology. But once these super small materials enter...

Legal Loopholes Need Closing To Stop Nanotechnology Facing Same Litigation Disaster as Asbestos

News - 17 Jun 2009

Billions of dollars in potential asbestos-like litigation risks for nanotechnology companies and investors are now hidden due to weak regulations governing disclosures of liabilities, according to a...

RFA Responds to TIME Magazine Article Against Biofuels

News - 12 May 2009

In the Renewable Fuels Association’s ongoing effort to let no unsubstantiated claim about ethanol and America’s renewable fuels industry go unanswered, RFA President and CEO Bob Dinneen...

Colorado, Yellow, Ganges and Niger Among Rivers Dropping Due to Climate Change

News - 22 Apr 2009

Rivers in some of the world's most populous regions are losing water, according to a comprehensive study of global stream flows. The research, led by scientists at the National Center for...

Coping With Climate Change Discussed By Indigenous Peoples at World Summit

News - 20 Apr 2009

With the first climate change-related relocation of an Inuit village already underway, some 400 Indigenous People and observers from 80 nations are convening in Alaska for a UN-affiliated conference...

Loading the Seas With Carbon Dioxide Set to Create Ocean Based Ecological Disaster

News - 22 Mar 2009

Like a sinkful of hard water deposits suddenly doused with vinegar, the shells of tiny marine snails in Victoria Fabry’s test tanks don’t stand a chance. Fabry, a biological...

Boeing Hits Major Environmental Certification Goal

News - 18 Feb 2009

Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that all of its major manufacturing facilities received the internationally recognized ISO 14001 environmental certification by the end of 2008, marking achievement...

What Will Happen If Climate Change Is Not Addressed by Oregonians

News - 17 Feb 2009

If nothing is done to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Oregon will face some $3.3 billion in annual costs, which could translate to an individual tab of about 4 percent of annual household income by...

IBM to Green Up Supply Chains With SNOW Program

News - 28 Jan 2009

A new IBM (NYSE: IBM) consulting offering can help companies reduce carbon dioxide emissions, fuel usage and costs by providing a detailed analysis of their supply chain logistics and suggesting...

New UND National Center for Hydrogen Technology Already Needs Expansion

News - 21 Jan 2009

It's been more than two years in the making: construction began on April 17, 2006. Now that it is complete, the University of North Dakota Energy and Environmental Research Center’s (EERC)...