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Sustainably Designed Golf Courses as Way to Spread Message to Decision Makers

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), a conservation group that has worked to protect and restore the Bay since 1967, has chosen sustainably designed golf courses as one way to spread its message to decision makers.

9 May 2008

Wind Power Project Helps Meet Renewable Energy Goals

Avista has acquired the rights to develop a 50-megawatt (MW) wind farm near Reardan, Wash. taking an important step in implementing the company's 2007 Electric Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). The plan identified the acquisition of 300 MW of wind by 2017.

9 May 2008

Eco-Tec Awarded Contract to Supply CBNG Water Treatment System

Eco-Tec is proud to announce that it has recently been awarded a contract to supply a coal bed natural gas (CBNG) water treatment system to Marathon Oil Corporation, through one of the company's wholly owned subsidiaries, for one of its production sites in Northeast Wyoming.

8 May 2008

Highlighting the Importance of Protecting and Conserving Water Resources

As Drinking Water Week continues, the American Water Works Association (AWWA) joins water professionals across North America in highlighting the importance of protecting and conserving water resources.

8 May 2008

New Research Confirms Ethanol is Saving U.S. Drivers Money

With gas prices in some cities nearing $4 a gallon, new research has confirmed that ethanol is saving U.S. drivers money. On the coasts, where gas prices are especially high, drivers are saving an average of $142 a year on regular unleaded. In the Midwest, they are saving $241 a year.

8 May 2008

Inadequate Infrastructure Investment has Economic and Environmental Impacts

Traffic congestion in the United States wastes three billion gallons of fuel and contributes 27.2 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year, according to a report from the Portland Cement Association (PCA), a Skokie-Ill.-based trade group. The overall economic impact of traffic delays adds up to $80 billion per year.

8 May 2008

EPA Awarded Grant to Manitowoc Public School District to Cut Diesel Emissions from School Buses

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has awarded a $37,271 grant to the Manitowoc Public School District in Manitowoc, Wis., for a project to cut diesel emissions from the district's school buses.

8 May 2008

Finding Reliable Biodiesel When Driving Through Western U.S.

No longer do drivers need to worry about finding reliable biodiesel when driving through the Western U.S. From Santa Fe, New Mexico to Wenatchee, Washington, drivers can get peace of mind with increasingly available Blue Sun Fusion B20 fuel.

8 May 2008

Ricardo to Actively Participate in Three Major Low-Carbon Vehicle-Development Programs

The UK government's Technology Strategy Board today announced funding of $45 million for 16 innovative low-carbon vehicle-development projects. Including partner contributions, these projects collectively represent a total value of $102 million.

8 May 2008

Tips for Creating a Green and Healthy Bedroom

Simmons partnered with eco-friendly living expert Danny Seo to offer a "green" bedding collection, which features natural, biodegradable and renewable components such as natural rubber tree based latex and a layer of base foam enhanced with soy.

8 May 2008

Spire Solar Showcases Solar Cell Testing Equipment

Spire Corporation, a global solar company providing turnkey solar factories and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic modules worldwide, today announced it will attend the 33rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference from May 11 to May 16, 2008 in San Diego, California.

8 May 2008

Ball Corp. Receives Sustainable Packaging Leadership Awards for PET Wine Bottles

Ball Corporation has received two Sustainable Packaging Leadership Awards for its 750mL PET wine bottles for Painted Turtle wines from Artisan Wine Company of British Columbia.

8 May 2008

Lighting Company Announces Environmentally-Friendly Initiative

Bentley Meeker and his highly skilled design team are considered among the top special event lighting experts in the world.

8 May 2008

Asia's Most Important Freshwater Source Under Threat

The Tibetan Plateau's vast reserves of glacial freshwater, which supply Asia's most populous regions, are both at risk and are emerging as an issue in the increasingly tense political and cultural strife between China and Tibet, scientists and experts say, according to a new report by Circle of Blue published today.

8 May 2008

CES Selected to Supply CO2 to a Large-Scale Carbon Capture and Storage Project

Clean Energy Systems' (CES) zero emissions power plant technology has been selected to supply carbon dioxide to a large-scale carbon capture and storage project under the leadership of the West Coast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (WESTCARB).

8 May 2008