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Greenhouse Gas Storage and Revolutionary Solar Cells to be Developed With New Grants

With two $15 million grants, scientists and engineers aim to revolutionize solar cells and provide the fundamental science for geological storage of greenhouse gases as part of two Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) established at The University of Texas at Austin by the U.S. Department of Energy

29 Apr 2009

Coca-Cola Moves Forward With Positive Environmental Steps in Washington D.C.

Coca-Cola will demonstrate their environmental leadership through a series of innovations designed to reduce the Coca-Cola system’s environmental footprint at each step in the manufacturing, distribution and sales processes

29 Apr 2009

High Performance Green Buildings Gain Recognition For Kohl

Kohl’s Department Stores (NYSE:KSS) announced today that 110 additional Kohl’s stores earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) ENERGY STAR label, a nationally recognized symbol for superior energy efficiency and environmental protection

29 Apr 2009

Siemens to Expand EcoFriendly Product Range

Siemens intends to rigorously expand its world-leading position as a supplier of ecofriendly products and solutions

29 Apr 2009

Green Building on the Agenda for Affordable Housing Conference

Council for Energy Friendly Affordable Housing (CEFAH), an affiliate of the National Housing & Rehabilitation Association, is convening a Green Housing Symposium on May 11 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles, California

29 Apr 2009

Energy Frontier Research Center To Be Established At Brookhaven Lab

Brookhaven National Laboratory will be home to one of 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) announced on Monday by the White House in conjunction with a speech delivered by President Barack Obama at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences

29 Apr 2009

Ethanol Biofuel Production Has Become a Drink Or Drive Issue

Federal requirements to increase the production of ethanol has developed into a “drink-or-drive issue” in the Midwest as a result of biofuel production’s impact on water supplies and water quality, says an environmental engineering researcher at Missouri University of Science and Technology

29 Apr 2009