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Inadequate Infrastructure Investment has Economic and Environmental Impacts

Traffic congestion in the United States wastes three billion gallons of fuel and contributes 27.2 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year, according to a report from the Portland Cement Association (PCA), a Skokie-Ill.-based trade group. The overall economic impact of traffic delays adds up to $80 billion per year.

8 May 2008

EPA Awarded Grant to Manitowoc Public School District to Cut Diesel Emissions from School Buses

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has awarded a $37,271 grant to the Manitowoc Public School District in Manitowoc, Wis., for a project to cut diesel emissions from the district's school buses.

8 May 2008

Ricardo to Actively Participate in Three Major Low-Carbon Vehicle-Development Programs

The UK government's Technology Strategy Board today announced funding of $45 million for 16 innovative low-carbon vehicle-development projects. Including partner contributions, these projects collectively represent a total value of $102 million.

8 May 2008

Ball Corp. Receives Sustainable Packaging Leadership Awards for PET Wine Bottles

Ball Corporation has received two Sustainable Packaging Leadership Awards for its 750mL PET wine bottles for Painted Turtle wines from Artisan Wine Company of British Columbia.

8 May 2008

Technology Expected to Alter Gasoline Dependence and Greatly Reduce CO2 Emissions

The revolutionary EFuel100 MicroFueler(TM) is the first product that allows anyone to reduce their dependency on oil, greatly diminish their carbon footprint and produce fuel for under $1.00 per gallon.

8 May 2008

Minimizing the Carbon Footprint of the Trucking Industry

Schneider National, Inc., a premier provider of transportation, intermodal and logistics services and the nation's largest truckload carrier, announced today its plans to operate the most energy-efficient fleet in the industry.

8 May 2008

VIASPACE Enters Distribution Agreement for its State of the Art Battery Electrode Health Analyzer

VIASPACE Inc., a company that transforms proven space and defense technologies from NASA and the Department of Defense into hardware and software solutions, announced today that it has entered into a distribution agreement for its state of the art BA-1000 Battery Electrode Health Analyzer product with WonATech Corporation of Seoul, Korea.

8 May 2008

Global Sustainability Initiative will Reduce Corporation’s Carbon Footprint

Millipore Corporation, a Life Science leader providing technologies, tools and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, today announced a global Sustainability Initiative - an ambitious effort aimed at reducing the company's environmental impacts and carbon footprint by 20 percent over five years.

7 May 2008

Company's Plan to Build Barley-Based Ethanol and Protein-Feed Production Facilities

Osage Bio Energy has received a commitment of $300 million from First Reserve Corporation, the world's leading energy-focused private equity firm, to fund the construction of four next generation bio-refining facilities that will produce ethanol and a specialty protein feed.

7 May 2008

High Fuel Prices Could Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

HIGH gasoline prices could lead to a dramatic saving in US greenhouse-gas emissions. That's the conclusion of economists in the US, who suggest high fuel prices are turning consumers off SUVs and onto smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles.

7 May 2008