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Canadian Solar’s Modules Selected for 600 KW Solar Project in Leeward Islands

Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company," or "Canadian Solar"), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced its modules would be used for a landmark solar project in the Leeward Islands.

From Canadian Solar 20 Aug 2013

Office Depot Honors Henry Schein with Leadership in Greener Purchasing Award

Henry Schein, Inc., the world's largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental, animal health and medical practitioners, announced today that it has received a "Leadership in Greener Purchasing Award" from Office Depot.

20 Aug 2013

GCCA Nominates Over 160 Cleantech Companies for 2013 Later Stage Awards

The 49 member clusters of the Global Cleantech Cluster Association (GCCA) have nominated over 160 cleantech companies for the 2013 Later Stage Awards.

20 Aug 2013

Alcoa Employees Selected to Research Environmental Challenges

Alcoa Foundation announced today in partnership with Earthwatch Institute that 27 Alcoa employees have been selected to research environmental challenges in Brazil, Canada and China. Earthwatch is an environmental organization, whose mission is to promote the understanding and action necessary for a sustainable environment,

20 Aug 2013

Massive Volume of Spent Lead Acid Batteries Exported Out of US for Substandard Recycling

The answer to this riddle lies with the massive volume of spent car, truck and other deep cycle batteries exported out of our country each year for substandard recycling. According to a recently released Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) report, 857 million pounds of Spent Lead Acid Batteries (SLABs) were exported to Mexico in 2011, a number almost too huge to comprehend.

19 Aug 2013

Chinese Xiluodu Hydropower Plant Installs Voith 784 MW Generator-Turbine Unit

The most powerful generator-turbine unit ever built by Voith has entered service in the Chinese hydropower plant Xiluodu on the Jinsha River. After a successful 72-hour test run, Voith handed over the first of a total of three such machines to the customer "China Three Gorges Corporation."

19 Aug 2013

Heriot-Watt University Professor Gives Climate Change Adaptation Seminars in Mexico

Professor Hamish Mair from the School of Life Sciences recently visited the Universidad Autonoma de Campeche and Universidad Autonoma del Carmen in Mexico. As part of his visit, he gave four days of seminars on climate change adaptation.

19 Aug 2013

New Analysis of European Scrap Metal & Waste Recycling Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Scrap Metal & Waste Recycling (European)" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 19 Aug 2013

Colorado Residents Recycle Over 154,000 Pounds of Electronic Devices at Mile High Event

Approximately 1,300 Colorado residents recycled more than 154,000 pounds of electronic devices on Sunday, Aug. 11, at the Mile High Electronics Recycling Event hosted by Arrow Electronics Inc. in partnership with Comcast, the City and County of Denver Public Works/Denver Recycles and Sports Authority Field at Mile High.

19 Aug 2013

NASA Changes Pollution-Climate Science Flights Media Day to Aug. 22

NASA has changed the day for a behind-the-scenes look at the agency's airborne campaign to study how storm systems combine with air pollution from wildfires and other sources to affect our climate. NASA now will host its pollution-climate science flights media day from 1-3 p.m. CDT on Thursday, Aug. 22, in Houston.

19 Aug 2013

Distributed Sun and PwC US to Co-Host Solar Network Summit 2013

Distributed Sun LLC (D-SUN), a leading innovator in solar development and finance, today announced the inaugural Solar Network Summit. The summit, co-hosted by PwC US, will be held in Washington, DC, on October 8-9, at the landmark House of Sweden on the Georgetown waterfront.

17 Aug 2013