Delegations from the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, the U.S. President and mayors participated in Rio + C40: Megacity Mayors Taking Action on Climate Change. This event aimed at highlighting the climatic actions taken by C40 Cities in order to reduce their emission of greenhouse gases by over a billion tones by the year 2030. Cities aim at reducing their greenhouse gases by 248 Mt by the year 2020.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
21 Jun 2012
The residents of Seattle will be banned on using plastic bags starting from July 1 and will be charged tax as five cents on paper bags at all retail stores. The plastic bag has been banned as a result of the vote in the City of Seattle for regulation of plastic bags during late December.
By Nick Gilbert
21 Jun 2012
"Mobile's Green Manifesto", a 2009 landmark report has been updated by the GSMA. This report has outlined the encouraging impacts of the operator in the carbon and energy management areas. 34 mobile networks were analyzed worldwide and it was showed that inspite of significant growth in mobile traffic and connections, there is a very slight increase in network energy consumption from 2009 to 2012.
By G.P. Thomas
21 Jun 2012
Vote the Environment campaign has been launched by Patagonia a top designer of sport-related, outdoor surf apparels. As part of this campaign, customers are requested to first get themselves registered to vote for environmentally-minded candidates and secondly they are allowed to learn about the environmental records of candidates standing for the election and then vote for the particular kind of world they would like to live in.
By Nick Gilbert
21 Jun 2012
When natural gas is dehydrated utilizing conventional triethylene glycol dehydrators (TEG dehydrators), water is extracted from the gas, resulting in the generation of harmful emissions, such as adverse air pollutants, volatile organic compounds and methane, to the atmosphere. This affects local air quality.
By G.P. Thomas
21 Jun 2012
The Building Technologies Division of Siemens has been chosen by Red Robin Gourmet Burgers to implement the Siemens Site Controls Energy Management Systems (EMS) in 40 Red Robin restaurants as a measure to reduce energy cost.
By G.P. Thomas
21 Jun 2012
Algae.Tec, a cutting-edge algae-to-biofuels company having a scalable, enclosed, and high-yield growth and harvesting system, has reported that the official opening of Shoalhaven One, the algae to biofuels showcase facility will be held on August 2, 2012.
By G.P. Thomas
21 Jun 2012
Most people are aware that solar power is out there and available, and the sun is still around, so why aren't more people investing in it? There are a number of problems that stop most of the population dead in their tracks when heading for a solar energy route, the first being cost. Cost of these units can be expensive, but right now the government is giving out more money than ever for going "green". Some programs cover over 50% of the cost.
Green energy will soon be helping to power homes, following Waste Management's announcement today on the groundbreaking of a gas-to-electric facility at Geneva Landfill in Ashtabula County, Ohio.
The fully automated service provides weather predictions for specific wind turbines. Meteo-Logic forecasts are designed to offer a highly professional solution to wind farms operators, planners and consulting companies.
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., a leading wave energy technology company, today announced the successful completion of extensive factory acceptance testing of the first of its next generation power take-off (“PTO”) units for the Company’s utility-scale PowerBuoy®, the PB150.
The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant worth $390,000 to Professor Luke Hanley, Head of Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Chicago, to investigate coating techniques for solar panel films utilizing metal chalcogenide nanoparticles.
By G.P. Thomas
20 Jun 2012
S.D.E, a company that produces electric energy from sea waves, intends to construct unique power plants that will generate electricity from sea waves. The power plants will be constructed along the coastal parts of Ecuador main land and Galapagos island.
By G.P. Thomas
19 Jun 2012
SABIC and VU University Amsterdam have collaborated to develop and market a solar thermal technology that will be used to control the temperature in solar energy collectors.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 Jun 2012
Indoor air quality (IAQ) is gaining attention as one of the leading environmental concerns causing many global environmental agencies, privately-held companies and government bodies to work towards improving IAQ by starting programs to help ensure that international products support healthy indoor environments.
By G.P. Thomas
19 Jun 2012