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Packaging Waste Makes Up About Half Our Total Waste by Volume

In America, and in most developed countries of the world, we buy and discard lots and lots of packaging. In the United States 10 percent - one of every 10 dollars we spend on purchases - goes toward the packaging that contains the things we buy.

28 Apr 2008

Partnership Provides BioGold with Thermal Distillation and Gasification Technologies

BioGold Fuels Corporation announces the entry into a licensing and strategic partnership agreement with Energy Dynamics Corporation International (EDC).

28 Apr 2008

Thermal Insulation in the Residential and Commercial Construction Markets

Total North American demand for residential and commercial thermal insulation is estimated to be 374 billion square feet at R-1 (abbreviated SFR) and valued at $7.4 billion in 2007, according to Principia Partners.

28 Apr 2008

New Showroom Features State-of-the-Art Sustainable lighting Technologies

Energy Focus, Inc., the global leader in energy-efficient advanced lighting solutions, will hold the Grand Opening Celebration for the company's new Solon, Ohio, showroom on Friday, May 2, 2008.

28 Apr 2008

Sustainability - The Watchword for Industry

Sustainability was on the minds of many of today’s speakers at the World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing, an annual conference attracting more than 1200 scientists, business leaders, and government officials that began in full today in Chicago.

28 Apr 2008

Kyocera Leads San Diego Business Community in Environmental Achievement

Kyocera Wireless Corp. (KWC), a leading global manufacturer of wireless handsets and devices, announced that it has again earned its eighth consecutive recycling award from the City of San Diego's Environmental Services Department (ESD).

28 Apr 2008

Industry Leader Adds Another 75 Clean-Technology Vans in the United States and Europe

FedEx Corp. today announced a major milestone for its existing hybrid-electric truck fleet: more than two million miles of revenue service.

28 Apr 2008

Storms Threaten Survival of Coral Reef

A new study supported by Earthwatch, the international environmental charity, reveals that hurricanes and storms limit the ability of corals in Belize to recruit new coral into their communities.

28 Apr 2008

Patented Wing Modification Enables Boeing 737 Classics to Reduce Fuel Consumption

AeroTech Services, Inc., an aircraft modification and consulting company, announced today that its patented wing modification enables all commercial airlines flying Boeing 737 Classics to reduce fuel consumption by up to 4%, with the only wing modification that can be adjusted for each airline's specific operations, to optimize performance improvement.

28 Apr 2008

Not All Houses are Created Equal

Unlike people, not all houses are created equal. Now, even the most entrenched principles around which houses have been built are being challenged.

28 Apr 2008

Army's Ongoing Efforts to Expand into Renewable Energy

Mass Megawatts Wind Power Inc., has announced today the sale of a wind power plant to be used by the United States Army. The 50 kilowatt wind power project will be constructed at U.S. Army Intelligence Headquarters located in Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Construction will begin this spring as part of the Army's ongoing efforts to expand into renewable energy.

28 Apr 2008

Summer-Long Challenge will Reduce Harmful Smog and Cut Traffic Congestion

The Department of Environmental Protection urged Susquehanna Valley commuters to sign up for the Share the Ride Challenge today to reduce vehicle emissions that can threaten the public's health, cut highway congestion, and decrease local fuel consumption.

28 Apr 2008

China's Largest Biodiesel Producer Commenced Construction of New Production Plants

Gushan Environmental Energy Limited, China's largest producer of biodiesel as measured by annual production capacity, today announced that it has commenced construction of new biodiesel production plants at its Chongqing and Hunan sites. Gushan expects that both plants will commence production in the fourth quarter of 2008. The Chongqing and Hunan plants are expected to add an aggregate of 60,000 tons (or 30,000 tons each) to Gushan's annual biodiesel production capacity.

28 Apr 2008

Environmental Information Provider Offers Tools to Help Screen Properties for Harmful Vapor Intrusion

Environmental Data Resources, Inc. (EDR), the leading U.S. provider of environmental risk information services and solutions, today announced the results of a poll indicating a high level of awareness of the health, investment and liability risks associated with vapor intrusion.

28 Apr 2008

Increase in Number of Code Orange and Code Red Air Quality Days is Expected

The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Air Quality Awareness Week kicks off today with the news that an increase in the number of Code Orange and Code Red air quality days is expected in the metropolitan Washington-Baltimore region this ozone season.

28 Apr 2008