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Sustainability Expert Tom Kelly Available to Discuss Bill Clinton’s New 'Green' Initiative with Wal-Mart

$$IMAGE$$Tom Kelly, director of the Office of Sustainability at the University of New Hampshire, is available to discuss Bill Clinton’s new initiative with Wal-Mart to make sustainability efforts more affordable for citi...

4 Nov 2007

Gypsum Wall Boards and Chilled Ceilings Win Solar Decathlon 2007

Around 30 students from the University of Technology in Darmstadt, Germany, led by professors Thomas Hartkopf (renewable energies) and Manfred Hegger (architecture), have won the one-week international "Solar Decathlon 2007" held in Washington D.C. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, the competition awards prizes to homes that are particularly energy efficient and sustainable.

31 Oct 2007

Platinum Fuel Cells to Power Automotive Industry

The average price for all types of gasoline is holding steady around $2.95 per gallon nationwide, but the pain at the pump might be short-lived as research from the University of Houston may eliminate one of the biggest hurdles to the wide-scale production of fuel cell-powered vehicles.

31 Oct 2007

New "Green Building," Biomass and Solar Facilities to Transform how NREL Uses Power

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Samuel W. Bodman today participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for a highly efficient and “green” Research Support Facility, and announced two major renewable power...

31 Oct 2007

Dragon Announces 7ACA Production Achievement

Dragon Pharmaceutical Inc. today announced that its biotech method for 7ACA production has been successfully implemented on a new production line. Management believes this achievement validates the Company's research and development efforts to improve its manufacturing technology.

31 Oct 2007

Business Week Article Ignores Green Economics Says Texas A&M Energy Economist

The current BusinessWeek article "Little Green Lies" questions the notion that saving energy and going green can be profitable. In the mea culpa piece, an Aspen environmental executive complains in a "confessional mood" that he succeeded in doing "sexy" projects but finds it almost impossible to "green" his company, Aspen Skiing Company.

31 Oct 2007

Transportation Fuels Using Algae

Chevron Corporation and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced today that they have entered into a collaborative research and development agreement to study and advance technology to produce liquid transportation fuels using algae.

31 Oct 2007

Cleantech Group, Credit Suisse and Consensus Business Group Announce Strategic Business Relationship

The Cleantech Group, Credit Suisse and the Consensus Business Group today announced a strategic business relationship to accelerate global investment in clean technologies.

31 Oct 2007

White Energy Company Limited Retains Porter, LeVay & Rose, Inc. as Investor Relations Counsel

White Energy Company Limited, a Sydney-based company specializing in cleaner coal technologies (ASX: WEC), announced today that it has retained the New York City firm of Porter, LeVay & Rose, Inc. as its investor relations and financial communications agency.

31 Oct 2007

JCPenney First Retail Buildings Earn the Energy Star Label

Four JCPenney stores are the first retail buildings in the country to earn the Energy Star label for superior energy efficiency and environmental performance.

30 Oct 2007