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Turning Green Waste into Bio-crude

CSIRO and Monash University have developed a chemical process that turns green waste into a stable bio-crude oil.

4 Feb 2008

Bioenergy - Viable Way to Decrease Worldwide Dependence on Fossil Fuels

Solving the energy crisis has been the topic of conversation for consumers, researchers and politicians alike, particularly since the price of oil reached $100 a barrel earlier this month.

4 Feb 2008

Project Examines Consequences of Climate Change

A new statewide project will assess the potential consequences of climate change for Wisconsin's ecosystems, industries, farms and human health and will recommend adaptation strategies.

4 Feb 2008

Michigan Tech Joins The Science 57

Michigan Tech has signed on to Science Debate 2008, a grassroots effort encouraging presidential candidates to address science and technology issues as part of the campaign.

4 Feb 2008

New Chip 10 Times More Energy-Efficient

Researchers at MIT and Texas Instruments have unveiled a new chip design for portable electronics that can be up to 10 times more energy-efficient than present technology. The design could lead to cell phones, implantable medical devices and sensors that last far longer when running from a battery.

4 Feb 2008

Small Changes Have Large Long-Term Consequences on Ecological Systems

Anthropogenic forcing could push the Earth’s climate system past critical thresholds, so that important components may “tip” into qualitatively different modes of operation.

4 Feb 2008

Budget Delivers a Cleaner and Healthier Tomorrow

Building on 37 years of progress in protecting human health and the environment, EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson today released his agency's $7.14 billion fiscal year 2009 budget.

4 Feb 2008

Companies Report Significant Drop in Release of PFOA

Eight major companies have reported significant drops in the release of PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid) and related chemicals, putting industry on target to meet a 95 percent reduction goal in PFOA emissions and product content by 2010. Further reductions are anticipated by 2015.

4 Feb 2008

Michelin Awarded for Best Sustainable Development

Michelin's 2005-2006 Performance and Responsibility report has received the 2007 Best Sustainable Development Report Award!

4 Feb 2008

The Promise of Clean Treated Water

It was a serenely simple groundbreaking event: a wheelbarrow full of cement, a small circle of stones, and a beaming crowd of Hondurans and visitors, among them a group of Cornell engineering students.

4 Feb 2008

Symposium Focuses on Improving Drought Tolerance

Hosted by DuPont business Pioneer-Hi-Bred, the intent of the meeting is to share research information among public and private organizations in order to help increase farm productivity, alleviate poverty and improve the human condition in drought-prone areas of the world.

4 Feb 2008