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Entropex Receives Gold Award at Recycling Council of Ontario Gala Awards Night

At the annual Recycling Council of Ontario Gala Awards Thursday night, Entropex, a leading plastics recycler, received this year's Gold award for excellence in waste reduction.

30 Oct 2013

Mobile DNA Extraction Kit Helps Haiti Compost Human Waste

What does the coastal community of Bolinas, California have in common with the impoverished island nation of Haiti? The surprising answer is a fledgling sanitation strategy whereby human waste is composted into nutrient-rich fertilizer, all supported by research from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientist Gary Andersen.

29 Oct 2013

NNSA Presents Best in Class Sustainability Award to Sandia National Laboratories

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) awarded Sandia National Laboratories a Best in Class Sustainability Award for improvements in the labs’ Saturn and High Energy Radiation Megavolt Electron Source (HERMES) III pulsed power facilities.

25 Oct 2013

Third Annual Central Coast Sustainability Summit Held at UCSB's Corwin Pavilion

The overarching motif of the Third Annual Central Coast Sustainability Summit is building — not edifices per se, rather the foundations for promoting sustainable practices in Santa Barbara County and beyond. Held at UC Santa Barbara's Corwin Pavilion, speakers throughout the day shared their firsthand experience in taking "Action Today for Tomorrow," the tagline for conference host UCSB Sustainability.

25 Oct 2013

New Trans-Atlantic Collaboration to Tackle Global Water Problems

A new trans-Atlantic collaboration, 'Clean Water for All', will bring leading water engineers from the United States and the UK together to tackle problems of providing clean, sustainable water supplies.

25 Oct 2013

Environmental Expert Guibin Jiang Receives Agilent Thought Leader Award

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced that Dr. Guibin Jiang has received an Agilent Thought Leader Award in recognition of his seminal contributions to China’s environmental research and conservation efforts. Dr. Jiang is director of the State Key Lab of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology and the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences (RCEES).

24 Oct 2013

Researchers Examine Long-term Impacts of Growing Perennial Grasses on Marginal Lands

As biofuels become an increasingly viable alternative – thanks in part to Cornell scientists – researchers here are making sure that growing grasses for biofuel won’t face inadvertent snares.

11 Oct 2013

Electrical Energy Storage Exhibition to Take Place at Intersolar Europe

Energy storage systems make a vital contribution to the energy transition.For instance, they allow higher on-site consumption of solar power, help take the load off power grids, play a central role in e-mobility and thus provide a safe and efficient power supply in various situations.

11 Oct 2013

LG to Showcase Latest Energy Solutions Technologies at 22nd World Energy Congress

LG Corp., a leading global business group based in Korea, is actively pushing its energy solutions business forward – making significant strides in developing new business opportunities in the clean energy market by presenting a total solutions package consisting of energy generation, storage and delivery.

10 Oct 2013