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Green Neighbourhoods Mean Better Health and Less Obesity in Children

Research shows that higher neighborhood greenness is associated with slower increases in children's body mass over a two year period, regardless of residential density

28 Oct 2008

Green Toys Inc Earns Toy of the Year Award and Is Named Top Green Toy Company

Green Toys Inc., announced today that it has been honored with Parenting Magazine’s 2008 Mom-Tested Toys of the Year Award, as well as, named Dr. Toy’s 2008 Green Toy Company of the Year for the Green Toys Cookware and Dining Set, among other accolades

28 Oct 2008

Clayton Showcase of Homes Concentrates on Green Building

This year, Clayton Homes will showcase its new i-house, a completely new concept in "green" housing, along with nearly 30 other designs

28 Oct 2008

Alcoa Carbon Capture Technology Recognised for Innovation and Excellence

Alcoa announced today that its Kwinana alumina refinery in Australia was recognized for excellence in the Australian mining industry when it was named ‘Minerals Processing Plant of the Year’

28 Oct 2008

Green Biofuels Initiative to be Powered by Sunrise Solar

Sunrise Solar Corp today announced that it has entered into an initial agreement with the financial partners of a Brazil-based BioDiesel company to deliver solar power and heating to their first U.S. manufacturing facility

28 Oct 2008

General Physics Help Global Power Generation Customers Reduce Carbon Footprint

Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, today announced the opening of its EtaPRO™ remote monitoring and diagnostics center

28 Oct 2008

Alien Fish Found in Swedish Waters

A round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) was caught in late July off the Swedish coast near Karlskrona. This is the first find of its kind in Sweden

28 Oct 2008

National Wind Solutions Showing Companies How to Develop Wind Famrs and Wind Generation Projects

National Wind Solutions, Inc. reported today that it is launching operations aimed at assisting U.S. companies with the development of wind farms and wind generating projects nationwide

28 Oct 2008

Spire to Build Turnkey Solar Cell Production Plant for Hanwha Chemical

Spire Corporation, a global solar company providing turnkey production lines and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules worldwide, today announced that Spire has been awarded a contract to provide a Spi-Line 30C complete turnkey factory to produce up to 30 megawatts (MW) per year of high efficiency solar cells for Hanwha Chemical Corporation

28 Oct 2008

Global Warming Causes Devastating Effect on Coral and Fish

Research work reported on recently by an international research team1, including an IRD scientist, brought out evidence of the impact on the fish communities of a mass bleaching event resulting from the 1997-1998 El Niño climatic episode

28 Oct 2008

ORGANICS Recycled Leather Introduced by Eastern Textiles

Eastern Textiles has recently introduced the first "recycled leather" product, ORGANICS, to interior design firms, furniture manufacturers and a variety of unique specialty markets in the United States

28 Oct 2008

Joint Venture Wind Energy Plant for China

The Timken Company today announced that its new joint venture broke ground on a new wind energy plant to be built in China

28 Oct 2008

New Miniature Sensor for Detecting Greenhouse Gases

New European consortium, led by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, is developing a miniature gas sensor to detect greenhouse gases

28 Oct 2008

PANalytical Thanked for Sponsoring Environmental Education Program

PANalytical is pleased to report that two students, Barbara Terlouw and Robin van der Bles, have completed a week-long expedition to Spitsbergen, Norway. The company sponsored this environmental program as part of its ongoing support of activities that stimulate interest in the sciences

28 Oct 2008

Roads Mean Death to Endangered Forest Elephants

A new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Save the Elephants that says endangered forest elephants are avoiding roadways at all costs

28 Oct 2008