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GSEP Launches New Public-Private Partnerships for Sustainable Electricity Development Program

The first hybrid wind-diesel electricity park in Ecuador's famed Galápagos World Heritage Site, built by the private sector in partnership with the national and local governments, has for the past five years successfully reduced costly diesel imports to San Cristóbal Island by a third while mitigating oil spill risks in a priceless, fragile marine ecosystem.

20 Nov 2013

University of Bristol Wins Green Gown Award for Environmental Efforts

The University of Bristol has won a Green Gown Award for its environmental efforts – its second accolade in just a week - and will now compete at an international level.

16 Nov 2013

Covanta TARTECH JV Begins Metals Recovery and Recycling System Operations at Peabody Ash Monofill

Covanta TARTECH, LLC, a joint venture of Covanta Energy Corporation, a world leader in sustainable waste management and renewable energy, and Germany-based TARTECH eco industries AG, announced today the commencement of operations of a metals recovery and recycling system at an ash monofill located in Peabody, MA.

16 Nov 2013

Vivint Solar Honored with 2013 Sustainable Business Award

Vivint Solar, the second largest U.S. residential solar provider, today announced that it has been awarded a 2013 Sustainable Business award from Utah Business magazine.

15 Nov 2013

USDA Awards Grant to Develop Beetle-Killed Wood as Sustainable Feedstock for Distributed Bio-Refineries

Cool Planet Energy Systems, a developer of small scale bio-refineries for the conversion of non-food biomass into biofuels and soil enhancing biochar, as a member of the Bioenergy Alliance Network of the Rockies (BANR), was awarded a grant by the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to develop the scientific underpinnings for using beetle-killed wood as a sustainable feedstock for distributed bio-refineries.

8 Nov 2013

UCSB Earns National Recognition for Innovative Advances in Water Conservation

Long lauded for its commitment to the environment and all things sustainability, UC Santa Barbara has earned another such accolade: national recognition for its innovative and "remarkable" advances in water conservation.

8 Nov 2013

Using Mobile Catalytic Pyrolysis Technology to Produce Bio-Oil from Wood Chips

Battelle engineers and scientists have developed a mobile device that transforms unwanted biomass materials such as wood chips or agricultural waste into valuable bio-oil using catalytic pyrolysis.

From Battelle 8 Nov 2013

SCIENCE CHINA Chemistry Publishes Special Topic on Extraction of Uranium from Seawater

2013 No.11 issue of SCIENCE CHINA Chemistry published a special topic on extraction of uranium from Seawater recently.

6 Nov 2013

Solar Roofpod to be Installed Atop CCNY Spitzer School of Architecture

A campaign is underway to install the Solar Roofpod atop the Spitzer School of Architecture building, where it will serve as a multi-purpose facility dedicated to sustainability. The installation is expected to begin in early 2014. The solar-powered house was The City College of New York entry in the U.S. Department of Energy 2011 Solar Decathlon.

4 Nov 2013

Cities Need to be Made More Environmentally Sustainable

Suppose a real-estate developer in Manhattan is constructing a new office building, and the architect decides to use granite as a primary material. There is a good chance the granite will come from a quarry in Minais Gerais, in southeastern Brazil. From there, it may well be shipped to Carrara, in northern Italy, where much high-grade stone is processed into building-ready form. Then the granite will be shipped to New York, although some of it may be rejected, leading to new rounds of cutting, shipping, and inspections on three continents.

31 Oct 2013