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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

Environment Inspires New PPG Flooring

PPG Industries recently introduced its latest wood flooring color trends and technologies to more than 100 flooring manufacturers and buyers during a seminar in Shanghai

6 Apr 2009

Environmentally Friendly System Developed For Painting Aircraft

A new "green" exterior aircraft painting system in development by PPG Industries' aerospace coatings business has shown corrosion resistance comparable to processes using chromated pretreatment and primers as well as easier application than for alternative environmentally responsible systems

3 Apr 2009

Researcher Finds Green Chemistry Method Could Be Better Way to Make Cancer Drug

Research by Michigan State University chemist Kevin Walker is paving the way for potentially cleaner, more efficient production of cancer-fighting paclitaxel - better known as the blockbuster drug Taxol

2 Apr 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

Researcher Works to Bring Greener Gardens, Cleaner Waterways and Even Healthier Astroturf

Dan Brabander wants to put the green in – and take the lead out of – urban gardens. His focus is on environmental geochemistry and public health, has received funding from the U.S. EPA and has formed a partnership with Boston's Food Project, a nonprofit organization that helps foster organic urban gardens

22 Mar 2009

Facts About the Toxic Chinese Drywall Problem

Americas Watchdog is calling the imported toxic Chinese drywall issue, "the single worst environmental, and serious health disaster ever faced by US & Canadian homeowners. Here are some questions and answers about the toxic drywall issue

16 Mar 2009

Pizza Fusion Now Making Green Pizza at World's First LEED Certified Pizzaria

Pizza Fusion was recently awarded Gold and Silver certifications by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) for its first two restaurants built to LEED specifications in Palm Beach Gardens and Weston, Florida

16 Mar 2009

New Technology Means Lead Based Paints Can Be Removed and Disposed As Non-Hazardous

MT2 has new patented technology that addresses worker health exposure and environmental protection issues associated with lead based paint abatement. ECOBOND LBP provides for the treatment of the lead prior to removal and/or demolition of LBP covered materials

16 Mar 2009

Penske Racing To Use PPG Industries Environmentally Responsible Coating System For Painting Racing Cars

PPG Industries' automotive refinish business announced today it is assisting Penske Racing in converting a state-of-the-art racecar painting facility to using the environmentally-responsible Envirobase High Performance waterborne coatings system by PPG

10 Mar 2009