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Diesel Engines Shown to be Dramatically Cleaner Than Those From Just a Few Years Ago

In a study released today, the Coordinating Research Council (CRC) reports that a comprehensive emissions testing program of advanced technology heavy-duty diesel engines demonstrates that today’s diesel engines are 99% cleaner than engines produced just a few years ago

22 Jun 2009

From Clean Diesel to Electric Cars, Nissan Green Program 2010 Moves Forward

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today provided an update on its comprehensive environmental action plan, Nissan Green Program 2010 (NGP 2010), along with a preview of future actions

22 Jun 2009

Efficient Vehicles, Environmentally Friendly Packaging and Renewable Plastics Part of the Big Picture from DuPont Performance Materials

2009 is a milestone year for the DuPont Performance Materials (DPM) platform in responding to today's global mega trends - particularly in addressing the need to reduce energy and environmental footprints in important end-use markets

22 Jun 2009

Carbon Footprint of Jet Fuel Could Be Reduced by Over 80 Percent With The Use of BioFuel

Jet fuel refined from the seeds of a cousin to the cabbage could cut jet fuel's cradle-to-grave carbon emissions by 84 percent, a researcher at Michigan Technological University has discovered

22 Jun 2009

Eco Friendly Building Made From Cargo Containers

Cargo Containers represent new, sustainable use for abundant existing resource. DA STARK Interiors new location is "Greenest Building in Seattle"

22 Jun 2009

Waste Gas From Landfill Being Turned into Nanofibres

Catalyx Nanotech, announced that their pilot project to convert landfill gas (LFG) to nanofibers has successfully started operating at a closed southern California landfill

22 Jun 2009

Electric Cars to be Made in China Based on Detroit Electric Drive Technologies

Dongfeng Motor Corporation and Detroit Electric Holdings Ltd announced today the two companies have agreed to jointly research, develop, market and sell Pure Electric Vehicles (PEVs) in China, based on Detroit Electric’s advanced electric drive technology

19 Jun 2009

Solar Energy Research Team Heads to Europe to Continue Their Work

A solar energy research team from Valparaiso University’s College of Engineering will return to Switzerland this summer to continue testing the potential of harnessing the sun’s energy for industrial applications

19 Jun 2009

We Can Win The Climate Change Fight But Will Need New Technologies and a Completely New Energy System by 2050

VTT just published a book entitled 'Energy Visions 2050'. The scenarios described in the book suggest that new technologies coupled with close international climate co-operation could enable us to mitigate climate change, but success will be dependent on renewal of the entire energy system by the year 2050

18 Jun 2009

Impact of Nanotechnology on the Energy Market

Nanotechnologies for the Energy Market 2009, looks at whether nanotechnology has in fact had a huge impact on the energy sector. If so, in what way, and if not, why hasn't it?

17 Jun 2009