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US EPA To Award Grants For Diesel Engine Emission Reducing Technologies

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to award approximately $3.4 million in grants to establish projects using emerging technologies to reduce emissions from the nation's existing fleet of diesel engines

21 Jul 2008

Canadian Headquarters for BMW to Be LEED Certified Green Building

BMW Group Canada to relocate its corporate headquarters to a custom built green facility built to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, a Green Building Rating System, which is designed to conserve natural resources

21 Jul 2008

Green Vehicle Guide Shows Which Cars Pollute Less and Have the Best Fuel Economy

The Australian government has introduced an extremely popular online guide to the cleanest and greenest cars

21 Jul 2008

Environmentally Friendly Aluminium Buses to Hit the Road for Beijing Olympic Games

Two new environmentally-friendly bus prototypes will be displayed and road tested during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing next month

20 Jul 2008

Department of Energy to Fund Two Cellulosic Biorefinery Projects With The Goal of Competing With Corn Based Ethanol

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the selection of two small-scale cellulosic biorefinery projects in Park Falls, Wis. and Jennings, La. for federal funding of up to $40 million over five years

16 Jul 2008

Award Given to Environmentally Friendly De-Icer for Airport Runways and Aeroplanes

A team of scientists from the Battelle Memorial Institute and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory won a regional award from the American Chemical Society for an environmentally friendly deicer

15 Jul 2008

Cleantech Group's Cleantech Index Selects and Lists ARCADIS International Consultancy

ARCADIS, the international consultancy, design, engineering and management services company, announced today that the Company has been selected by the Cleantech Group to join its prestigious Cleantech Index of public cleantech companies

10 Jul 2008

Arrowhead Reseach Set to Develop Nanotechnology Based Energy Storage for Electric Vehicles

Arrowhead Research Corporation announced today that it has formed Agonn Systems Corporation to explore, develop and commercialize nanotechnology-based energy storage devices for electric vehicles and other large format applications

9 Jul 2008

Lithium Battery Technology One of Berkeley Lab Winners of Prestigious 2008 R and D 100 Awards for Technology Advances

Four of R and D Magazine's prestigious R and D 100 Awards for 2008, which recognize the 100 most significant proven technological advances of the year, have gone to researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and their colleagues

9 Jul 2008

Gurit, Materials Manufacturer for Wind Energy, Transportation and Marine Markets Selected to be Part of The Cleantech Group

Gurit, a leading manufacturer of high-end composite materials for applications in Wind Energy, Transportation and Marine markets, has been selected by The Cleantech Group LLC in conjunction with the American Stock Exchange to be a component company of the CTIUS Cleantech Index

9 Jul 2008