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Researchers from University of Washington Found Using Wood Products Reduces Carbon Dioxide Emission Levels

A research paper published in the June issue of Carbon Management journal provides an in-depth study on forest management and the use of wood in green house gas emissions.

19 Jul 2011

Large Plants Make Significant Contribution to Carbon Storage

Plants grown in cities and towns have a great role in storing carbon says a new research that appeared in the Journal of Applied Ecology published by the British Ecological Society. The study conducted by Dr Zoe Davies of the University of Kent is the first to measure the levels of carbon storage in vegetations within various city limits in Europe.

13 Jul 2011

Delft University Researcher Finds Green Facades Filter Pollutants

It has become a trend for most of the latest buildings to sport green facades and roofs.

2 Jul 2011

CSSA Issues Position Statement on Crop Adaptation to Climate Change

Down the years, farmers have always taken new crop varieties in their strides and have changed their farming practices to get along with ecological changes.

21 Jun 2011

Georgia Tech Partners with Ford Motor to Develop Green Eco School Bus

Georgia Tech and Ford Motors have developed an innovative "Green Eco School Bus”.

25 May 2011

Research Indicates Coastal Nitrogen Pollution is More in Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico

A research report that appeared in the journal, Global Change Biology, points out the dominant level of nitrogen pollution along the coasts of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico.

23 May 2011

Rentech Receives Higher Ranking in Bioenergy List

Rentech has figured in the “50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy,” list of Biofuels Digest consecutively for the second year. The widely read biofuels daily rated Rentech as the 25th best company from over 1000 entries received from all over the world.

10 Dec 2010

ZeaChem Completes Financial Arrangements in Construction of Biorefinery Plant

ZeaChem, a developer of biorefineries for converting renewable biomass into useable fuels and chemicals, declared that it has overcome and achieved two important financial decisions related to its 250,000 gallon-per-year production capability biorefinery, located in Boardman Ore.

10 Dec 2010