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Violence From Japanese Whaling Crew Forces Anti Whaling Demonstrators, Sea Shepherd, to Return to Port

The Sea Shepherd ship the Steve Irwin and her crew have withdrawn from the Japanese whaling fleet to begin preparations to return with a faster and longer range ship

9 Feb 2009

Zenergy Power and RWE Power Consider Using Superconducting Generators In Hydro Power Plants

Zenergy Power PLC has been commissioned by RWE Power AG to evaluate the potential increase in electrical output that could be achieved from RWE's existing run-of-river hydro plants by the use of superconductor variable speed generators

9 Feb 2009

Environmental Toxin Eating Technology Successfully Trialled by Microbial Solutions

Microbial Solutions has developed an innovative, ecologically friendly bacterial treatment, known as Microcycle Technology, which turns toxic exhausted metal working fluids into grey water that is safe to dispose of in the sewerage system

9 Feb 2009

Rural Community Shows Green Heating is a Viable Option

An historic Norfolk town has placed itself at the cutting edge of green technology by hosting the world’s first trial of a renewable heating oil that can be used in existing boilers

8 Feb 2009

New Book Shows the Science Behind Fuel Cell Power

The new book by John Wiley and Sons, Fuel Cells: Fundamentals (2nd edition) takes the miracle of fuels cell into the real world by introducing the basic science behind the technology

8 Feb 2009

Scientists Get Closer to High Efficiency Mass Produced Fuel Cells Made Using Nanotechnology

Researchers have found that carbon nanotubes containing nitrogen are cheaper and work better than platinum in providing long-term fuel cell power

8 Feb 2009

Predicting theEnvironmental Impact of Building Construction

A team of researchers from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) has developed a method that makes it possible to evaluate the environmental impacts caused during the construction of buildings in advance

5 Feb 2009

Sustainable Management of Canada's Ocean Resources The Goal of New Network

Dalhousie University is celebrating the recent launch of the NSERC Canadian Healthy Oceans Network (CHONe). CHONe will bring together Canada’s marine science capacities and provide a baseline of information against which future changes in the oceans can be monitored and understood

5 Feb 2009

Commercial Fisherman Banned From Chasing Fishing Ground Revealed by Retreating Arctic Ice

Commercial fishing in US Arctic waters is to be banned at least until its effects are understood, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council decided today

5 Feb 2009

Finalists Named in CleanTech Business Innovations Awards

The Plastics Environmental Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) is pleased to announce the finalists for a competition at the Clean Technology Business Forum to be held during SPE's Global Plastics Environmental Conference

4 Feb 2009