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Program Giving Customers Option to Purchase Clean Electricity and Reduce Impact on Environment

The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities has approved NSTAR Green, a program that gives customers the option to purchase clean electricity and reduce their impact on the environment.

2 May 2008

The Need to Implement More Effective Water Conservation Measures

Research published in Inderscience's International Journal of Environment and Pollution suggests that artificial wetlands could be used to clean up urban gray water for flushing lavatories without compromising health or comfort, for gardens, cemetery and campus lawns and even golfing greens.

1 May 2008

National Trends Show that Declines in Ozone and Particle Pollution Have Stalled

The American Lung Association issued its annual report card on air pollution today, ranking cities most affected by three types of pollution: short-term particle pollution, year-round particle pollution and ozone pollution.

1 May 2008

2008 Program Includes New Vehicle Models and Wquipment that Increase Fuel Savings

The new 2008 program includes new vehicle models and equipment that increase fuel savings and enhance your driving experience. These features include new automatic gearboxes similar to a Tiptronic automatic transmission. These new gearboxes save 8% on fuel versus a full automatic transmission and 4% fuel savings versus a manual gear transmission. The gearboxes are also better rated for anti pollution records with lower CO2 emissions.

30 Apr 2008

Fuel Tech Rreceives Multiple Air Pollution Control Orders Totaling $5 Million

Fuel Tech, Inc., a world leader in advanced engineering solutions for the optimization of combustion systems in utility and industrial applications, today announced receipt of multiple air pollution control (APC) orders totaling $5.0 million.

30 Apr 2008

Solar Center to Produce Enough Electricity to Power at Least 800 Homes

Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Kathleen A. McGinty today hailed an announcement by the city of Philadelphia that a vacant, seven-acre brownfield at the Navy Yard will soon help to meet Pennsylvania's energy needs with clean, renewable solar technology.

29 Apr 2008

Babcock Power Signs Agreement to Pursue Development and Commercialization of TIPS Technology

Babcock Power Inc. of Danvers, Massachusetts and ThermoEnergy Corporation, announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding as a prelude to the formation of a joint effort to commercialize the Company’s zero air emission power plant design called ThermoEnergy Integrated Power System.

29 Apr 2008

Company's Environmental Research Efforts Deepen with New Power Aware Program

As part of its Sustainable Computing Program, Microsoft Corp. today announced it will support four academic research projects focused on energy efficiency in computing in the areas of datacenter power efficiency, power management and the creation of parallel computing architecture with decreased power demands.

28 Apr 2008

Industry Leader Adds Another 75 Clean-Technology Vans in the United States and Europe

FedEx Corp. today announced a major milestone for its existing hybrid-electric truck fleet: more than two million miles of revenue service.

28 Apr 2008

Summer-Long Challenge will Reduce Harmful Smog and Cut Traffic Congestion

The Department of Environmental Protection urged Susquehanna Valley commuters to sign up for the Share the Ride Challenge today to reduce vehicle emissions that can threaten the public's health, cut highway congestion, and decrease local fuel consumption.

28 Apr 2008