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Pentagon Announces Winners of Army Environmental Award

A range of accomplishments, from finding a way to clean and re-use soil for military construction projects to sharing the history of archeological sites on Army property, earned the Army's highest honor for environmental stewardship for fiscal 2007.

16 Feb 2008

Crabs and Fish Returns to Warming Antarctic Waters for First Time in Millions of Years

Predatory crabs and fish are poised to return to warming Antarctic waters for the first time in millions of years, threatening the shallow marine ecosystems surrounding Antarctica.

16 Feb 2008

Low Carbon Accelerator Invests in Energy-Efficient Lighting Technology

Low Carbon Accelerator Limited has made an investment of $1.6 illion (approx £800,000) in Lumenergi Inc. for a 14.39% equity stake. The Company has committed to invest a further $2.4 million (approx £1.2 million) subject to the achievement of certain performance milestones. The follow-on commitment will bring LCA's total equity stake in the business to 24.07%.

16 Feb 2008

105 Gallons of Alcohol per Ton of Biomass

Syntec Biofuel Inc, a company developing biomass to fuel conversion technologies, is pleased to announce that it has achieved a yield of 105 gallons of alcohol (ethanol, methanol, n-butanol and n-propanol) per ton of biomass.

15 Feb 2008

Developing Sustainable Roofing Systems for Commercial and Industrial Facilities

Insulating Coatings Corporation (ICC) has become a member of the USGBC (US Green Building Council) in efforts to continue to promote sustainable and cool roofing systems.

15 Feb 2008

Green Program Open for Business

The National Association of Home Builders today launched the NAHB National Green Building Program, an education, verification and certification program that will allow builders anywhere to build green homes.

15 Feb 2008

Green Earth Enters Relationship with Environmentally-Friendly Oil Products Manufacturer

Green Earth Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of environmentally-friendly consumer products, today entered into a strategic relationship with Bio-Tec Fuel and Chemicals, LLC, an Oklahoma-based developer and manufacturer of environmentally-friendly oil products, to manufacture its “G”-Branded automotive performance products including 2-cycle motor oils, all grades of automotive motor oils and marine motor oils.

15 Feb 2008

Targets Wasteful Incandescent Bulbs and Enables High Efficacy LED Street Lights

Power Integrations, the leader in high-voltage analog integrated circuits for power conversion, today announced three new Design Ideas at the Strategies In Light Exhibition and Conference, designed to make implementing LED lighting faster, simpler and more efficient.

14 Feb 2008

Biobutanol Increases Blending of Biofuels in Gasoline

DuPont and BP have announced that the partnership to develop and commercialize biobutanol is targeting advanced metabolic pathways for 1-butanol as well as other higher octane biobutanol isomers.

14 Feb 2008

Encore Energy Enters Teaming Agreement

Encore Energy Systems announced today it has entered into a formal agreement with Texas LLC, Energy America Geothermal to collaborate on future commercial geothermal installations.

14 Feb 2008

Converting Landfill Waste Into Power

Officials at Southern Research Institute's Carbon-to-Liquids (C2L) Development Center today announced plans to commission its first advanced energy conversion technology -- a system that will convert municipal solid waste from landfills into clean synthesis gas (syngas).

14 Feb 2008

Companies Receive WRAP of the Year Awards

Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Your TV20 today were recognized by the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) with 2007 Waste Reduction Awards Program (WRAP) honors for environmentally-friendly waste management programs.

14 Feb 2008

Green Building Expert Shares Details on Growing Trend

A nationally recognized speaker on "building green" will discuss the fiscal and environmental advantages of the practice during an all-day seminar set for Feb. 28 at the Kent State University Stark campus.

14 Feb 2008

Steps to Combat Global Warming

Speaking today to state treasurers, leading institutional investors and other investment community leaders at the 2008 United Nations Investor Summit on Climate Risk, Peter A. Darbee, Chairman, CEO and President of PG&E Corporation, stated firmly that global warming can be combated effectively with technologies available today, if private sector incentives are properly aligned with forward-looking public policies.

14 Feb 2008

Strategy Addressing Environmental Aspects of Nanomaterials

The Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology (NSET) Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council's Committee on Technology today released a document describing the National Nanotechnology Initiative’s (NNI) strategy for addressing priority research on the environment, health and safety (EHS) aspects of nanomaterials.

14 Feb 2008