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$45 Trillion is Needed to Prevent Energy Shortages and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Mantra Venture Group Ltd. (Mantra) releases its latest information on the on-going commercialization of its ERC technology.

12 Jun 2008

How Forests Impact Global Climate

There are roughly 42 million square kilometers of forest on Earth, a swath that covers almost a third of the land surface, and those wooded environments play a key role in both mitigating and enhancing global warming.

12 Jun 2008

Producing Amines at Low Cost and No Waste Products

Chemists at UC Riverside have discovered an inexpensive, clean and quick way to prepare amines - nitrogen-containing organic compounds derived from ammonia that have wide industrial applications such as solvents, additives, anti-foam agents, corrosion inhibitors, detergents, dyes and bactericides.

12 Jun 2008

American PolySteel Announced Merger with Leading Provider of Green Building Solutions

ARXX® Corporation, a leading provider of green building envelope solutions, announced today its merger with American PolySteel®, LLC.

12 Jun 2008

Creating Awareness About Energy Efficiency in Cool, Fun-Filled Settings

Reliant Energy is the presenting sponsor of the inaugural YMCA of Greater Houston's YMCA Cool Days, June 1-Aug. 31, and will organize a number of activities with the YMCA that will help create awareness among youth and their parents about energy efficiency in cool, fun-filled settings.

12 Jun 2008

Eco-Friendly Tactics and Product Suggestions Designed to Reduce Energy Costs

Mr. Handyman, the national home repair and maintenance franchise and the nation's No. 1 employer of handymen, is leveraging its access to hundreds of local households with practical energy-savings solutions that could effectively decrease water usage by millions of gallons each month and significantly reduce the region's energy consumption overall.

12 Jun 2008

The Largest Green Fair in Florida

Jupiter, Florida-based Green Machine Solutions, Inc., has signed on as a Silver Sponsor of The Green Fair at Riverside Park, which is anticipated to be the largest green fair in Florida.

12 Jun 2008

Cleaning up Heavy Metal Contamination has Become Easier and Safer

Cleaning up heavy metal contamination has become easier, safer, and nearly effortless since AC Environmental launched its environmentally responsible AC Nano product.

12 Jun 2008

Another Milestone in CTDC's Development as a Provider of Clean Energy in China

China Technology Development Group Corporation, a provider of clean and renewable energy products and solutions focusing on solar energy in China, today announced that construction has begun on the Company's pilot amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film solar energy rooftop system at their production plant in China Merchants' Zhangzhou Development Zone in the Fujian province of southern China.

12 Jun 2008

Greenland Ice Sheet is Melting Faster than Previously Calculated

The Greenland Ice Sheet is melting faster than previously calculated according to a recently released scientific paper by University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher Sebastian H. Mernild.

12 Jun 2008

ICP Solar Introduces New Line of Solar Products, Services and Website

ICP Solar Technologies Inc., a developer, manufacturer and marketer of solar panels and products, today announced that ICP Solar senior management, led by CEO and Chairman Sass Peress, will introduce the Company's new line of Sunsei® Solar products, services and website at Intersolar 2008, the world's largest solar technology trade fair being held in Munich, Germany June 12th through the 14th.

12 Jun 2008

First Hotel in the World to Earn Both LEED and Green Seal Certifications

The Hilton Vancouver, Washington, one of America's first sustainably-designed hotels, makes history again this month as the first hotel in the world to earn both Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and Green Seal certifications. Green Seal, an independent nonprofit organization providing science-based environmental certification accolade comes three years after the hotel became the first major U.S. hotel - and the first Hilton Hotel - to earn LEED certification.

12 Jun 2008

Membranes Helping to Ensure Quality Drinking Water for 1.5 Million Residents

With one of the world's largest desalination projects under way, Sydney has joined the ranks of other coastal cities in Australia to identify seawater desalination as a sustainable and rainfall-independent route to providing drinking water for its burgeoning metropolitan area.

12 Jun 2008

Mini-IBM Modular Data Centers Deliver Up to 50 Percent Energy Savings

IBM today said it would expand its global efforts to deliver greater energy efficiency to businesses facing skyrocketing energy costs, environmental concerns and corporate sustainability requirements.

12 Jun 2008

Quenching The Ever-Increasing Thirst for Solar Energy Products Worldwide

"Årdal has an important task in quenching the ever-increasing thirst for solar energy products worldwide. Expertise in the fields of metallurgy, processes and industrialization explain why Norway and Årdal can fulfill this role," said Hydro President and CEO Eivind Reiten when he congratulated NorSun on the opening of the company's first plant on Wednesday.

12 Jun 2008