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Record Sized Dead Zones Predicted for Gulf of Mexico and Chesapeake Bay this Summer

Record-setting "dead zones" in the Gulf of Mexico and Chesapeake Bay appear likely this summer, according to new forecasts from a University of Michigan researcher

15 Jul 2008

Wal-Mart Launches Locally Grown Campaign to Support Farmers and Reduce Food Miles

Wal-Mart has announced its commitment to source more local fruits and vegetables to keep produce prices down and provide affordable selections that are fresh and healthful

14 Jul 2008

NASA Satellite Maps Point to Ideal Sites For Wind Energy Farms

Efforts to harness the energy potential of Earth's ocean winds could soon gain an important new tool. Global satellite maps from NASA.

13 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

Underground Solution to Energy Costs With Compressed Air Storage

Sandia National Laboratories researcher Georgianne Peek thinks a possible solution to high energy costs lies underground. And it is not coal or oil. It is compressed air energy storage.

9 Jul 2008

Ecologists Call for Natural Forests and Biodiversity to be Preserved in Growth of Biofuel Demands

Rising demand for palm oil will decimate biodiversity unless producers and politicians can work together to preserve as much remaining natural forest as possible, ecologists have warned

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

Heavy Industry Embracing the Environment as Caterpillar Goes to Green Power

In support of strategic initiatives to use alternative or renewable sources to meet 20 percent of its energy needs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing facilities by 25 percent by 2020, Caterpillar Inc. recently transitioned the power for its Northern Ireland facilities to "green" electricity

3 Jul 2008

Chinese Additudes to the Conservation of Tigers is Changing

The potential market for tiger products in China is enormous, but a vast majority of the Chinese public would rather have wild tigers than tiger-bone wine, according to new research

1 Jul 2008

Additive Boosts Milk Output and Helps Cows Go Green Reducing Carbon Emissions

Cows that receive recombinant Bovine Somatotropin (rbST) make more milk, all the while easing natural resource pressure and substantially reducing environmental impact, according to a Cornell University study

30 Jun 2008