Dow Water Solutions, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, today announced that its FILMTEC™ reverse osmosis (RO) membranes will be installed at three wastewater reclamation and reuse facilities, in conjunction with the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Alcoa announced today that it has established a goal to raise the industry’s used beverage can (UBC) recycling rate in North America from its current 52% rate to 75% by 2015.
While the William J. Clinton Presidential Center has earned a reputation as the gold standard in environmentally friendly design, the Little Rock, Ark., structure has added a new designation -- the Platinum rating for its LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environment Design) certification, thanks in part to its agreement with Green Mountain Energy Company's BeGreen division.
Legislative priorities involving energy and the environment will be the subject of a Jan. 31 University of Tennessee forum featuring local, state and federal officials. The forum begins at 7 p.m. in the University Center Auditorium.
MIT and Switzerland-based ABB, a global leader in power and automation technology, have formed a partnership on energy research to help meet the world's need for clean electricity and energy efficiency.
The new generation of cork floorings from Portuguese company Amorim manufactured with BASF's innovative binder Acrodur® are more eco-efficient than all other compared floorings. This was the result of an Eco-Efficiency Analysis carried out by BASF together with Amorim, the world's biggest producer of cork products.
Businesses and consumers have learned that sustainable development or "green technology" results in both environmental protection and economic growth. And with some help from EPA, college students around the country are also catching the "green wave." Fifty-eight university teams were awarded $580,000 in EPA grants to work on sustainable solutions for environmental problems.
Two grants to ASU for development of new solar energy technologies show how ASU’s solar energy research has grown in new and important ways.
The European Commission has today agreed on a far-reaching package of proposals that will deliver the European Council's commitments to fight climate change and promote renewable energy. The proposals demonstrate that the targets agreed last year are technologically and economically possible and provide a unique business opportunity for thousands of European companies. These measures will dramatically increase the use of renewable energy in each country and set legally enforceable targets for governments to achieve them.
In a speech to more than 7,000 managers at the annual kick-off meeting for its U.S. stores, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. president and CEO Lee Scott today said the company would continue to demonstrate leadership and work for change on major issues important to Wal-Mart's customers, communities, associates and suppliers worldwide.
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