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Super Fast Shrinkage of Ice Sheets Can Occur In a "Geologic Instant"

Modern glaciers, such as those making up the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, are capable of undergoing periods of rapid shrinkage or retreat, according to new findings by paleoclimatologists at the University at Buff...

23 Jun 2009

Stopping the Destruction of the Ozone Layer May Be Leading to Global Warming

Hydrofluorocarbons that are helping to avert the destruction of the ozone layer could increasingly contribute to climate warming, according to scientists from NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory and their colleagues in a new study published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

23 Jun 2009

Environmentally-Friendly KFC and Taco Bell Restaurant Earns LEED Gold Certification

Yum! Brands, the world’s largest restaurant company and parent of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC, has constructed the Company’s first building under the United States Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) program. Their KFC-Taco Bell restaurant in Northampton, Massachusetts has been awarded LEED Gold certification

23 Jun 2009

Digital EcoStart from KONE and Power Efficiency Corporation to Bring Increased Energy Efficiency to Escalators

The KONE EcoStart is a unique motor efficiency controller that incorporates Power Efficiency’s proprietary E-Save Technology to improve the efficiency of electric motors in escalators. The EcoStart is a complete motor control device that soft starts a motor, bringing it from rest to full speed, and then protects the motor from adverse conditions, such as voltage and amperage spikes

22 Jun 2009

NASA Technology Used to Increase Energy Efficiency

Power Efficiency Corporation, a clean tech company focused on energy efficiency technologies for electric motors, announced today that the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) has created a video about the development of Power Efficiency’s energy saving technology, its roots in NASA research, and its importance for the nation’s climate and energy challenges

22 Jun 2009

UNEP Welcomes Action On Combatting Climate Change Via Restriction of Hydrofluorocarbons

A scientific paper, highlighting the need to accelerate action over a group of gases known as Hydroflurocarbons (HFCs) as part of the climate change agenda, was today welcomed by the head of the UN Environment Programme

22 Jun 2009

Siemens Expecting Economic Stimulus Packages to Bring Them €15 Billion Including €6 Billion in Cleantech

Siemens expects to win new orders of around €15 billion in the next three fiscal years 2010 until 2012, which will be generated by government stimulus programs already announced around the world. Green technologies are expected to account for 40 percent or approximately €6 billion of this total

22 Jun 2009