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Top Five Cleanest Petrol Driven Cars Announced for Earth Day 2009

This Earth Day, NADAguides.com, announces its Top Five Cleanest Conventional Cars of 2009, simply suggesting that hybrids aren't the only choice for those who wish to minimize the environmental impact of their driving

6 Apr 2009

SABIC Innovative Plastics Honored for Reducing Vehicle Emissions With Next Generation Polymers and Composites

SABIC Innovative Plastics has been honored with a 2009 Green Dot Award in Transportation for its pioneering work on the Hyundai QarmaQ Advanced Technology Demonstration Vehicle

6 Apr 2009

Green Fleet Vehicle Workshop Being Held by Consumers Energy and Clean Cities Coalition

Consumers Energy and the Greater Lansing Area Clean Cities Coalition (GLACC) are working together to spread the news that adding a touch of green to your vehicle fleet is good for Michigan's economy and the environment

2 Apr 2009

Air Force Investigating Powering Military Aircraft With French Fry Grease

Ever imagine filling up the fuel tanks on a military aircraft with french fry grease? That's exactly what Air Force officials could do someday if a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency research program proves successful

2 Apr 2009

As Sea Levels Rise a Co-Ordinated Mathematical Approach Will be Needed to Relocate Entire Populations

As sea levels rise in the wake of climate change and semi-arid regions turn to desert, people living in those parts of the world are likely to be displaced. A mathematical approach to planned relocation reported in the International Journal of Mathematics and Operational Research

1 Apr 2009

High Carbon Economic Stimulus Packages Are Not the G20's Way to a Sustainable Financial Future

Many of the economic stimulus packages up for discussion at the G20 summit starting today risk locking the world into a continuing high carbon economy

1 Apr 2009

Ener1 Joins Energy Systems Network Cleantech Consortium

Ener1, Inc., the only lithium-ion battery manufacturer with commercial-scale production facilities in the United States of automotive grade quality, today announced its membership to the newly launched Energy Systems Network

1 Apr 2009

New York to Get $148 Million in Recovery Act Funding for Environmental Cleanup

Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced $6 billion in new funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to accelerate environmental cleanup work and create thousands of jobs across 12 states - including a major investment in New York

31 Mar 2009

Energy Efficiency Efforts by Ford Earn Award From EPA

Ford Motor Company's actions to reduce the amount of energy used to manufacture vehicles and support its U.S. operations have earned it the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's coveted 2009 ENERGY STAR Award for the fourth consecutive year

31 Mar 2009

New Environmentally Safe Construction Project Targets Valley's 'Brown Cloud'

The construction site of First Mesa Commerce Park is set to become ground zero in the war against construction-related air and water pollution as a team of businesses demonstrate an advanced, green construction method

30 Mar 2009