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China Grants Patent for ThermoEnergy's Clean Coal Process

ThermoEnergy Corporation announced today that the Chinese Patent Office recently granted the patent for the Company's new zero air emission, carbon capture technology known as the ThermoEnergy Integrated Power System, or "TIPS" process.

29 Oct 2007

Still Large Uncertainty About Just How Much Global Warming Will Actually Occur

Despite decades of ever more-exacting science projecting Earth's warming climate, there remains large uncertainty about just how much warming will actually occur.

25 Oct 2007

Cultural and Economic Impact of Ethanol Plants in Kansas and Iowa

Scientists and economists are no strangers to discussions about alternative fuels, but a recently announced research grant means that some sociologists at Kansas State University are joining the conversation.

25 Oct 2007

Greening and Cleaning the Pharmaceutical Industry

Working under U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grants of more than $200,000, Rowan University's College of Engineering (Glassboro, N.J.) is expanding its work in "green engineering" with several regional pharmaceutical companies.

25 Oct 2007

Ocean CO2 Concentration Influences Climate

The air contains greenhouse gases such as CO2, which are now known to be responsible for global warming because their concentration has risen continuously for a number of years. In contrast to the atmosphere, the concentration of CO2 in the oceans is sixty times higher.

23 Oct 2007

K-State Pools Expertise with Center for Sustainable Energy

The Center for Sustainable Energy, which began taking shape earlier this year, is an effort to bring together all renewable and sustainable energy related activities at K-State - which is saying a lot. That work spans three of K-State's colleges and several departments.

23 Oct 2007

New Refinery Targets Key Flaws in Biodiesel Production - Processes Animal Fats, Uses No Water, Produces Pure Glycerin

Benefuel, Inc., a new-generation biodiesel refining and distribution company, announced today that it will build the world's first industrial-scale biodiesel refinery leveraging a novel solid catalyst that converts low-grade fats and vegetable oils into biodiesel.

10 Oct 2007

National Academy of Sciences Endorses Next Generation Biofuels Policy

National Wildlife Federation welcomes the release of a new National Academy of Sciences report, Water Implications of Biofuels Production in the United States, which highlights the need for a new Biofuels Innovation Prog...

10 Oct 2007