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Chevron and MIT Announce Research Program to Focus on Ultra-Deepwater Development

Chevron Corporation and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) today announced an energy research program to develop remote, ultra-deepwater exploration and production technology.

20 Nov 2007

AMDL Launches New JPGreen Business Strategy

AMDL, Inc., with operations in Shenzhen, Jiangxi and Jilin, China, through its wholly owned subsidiary Jade Pharmaceutical Inc. (JPI), an international biopharma company that engages in the development, manufacture and marketing of proprietary pharmaceutical and diagnostic products, announced today that it has launched significant new expansion plans to increase annualized sales in FY2008, through the introduction of multiple new products and distribution strategies.

20 Nov 2007

Dow Chemical Innovates with Sustainable Carpet Backings

As part of its continued focus on finding innovative and sustainable solutions, The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) has begun construction on a project that will pipe methane gas, a renewable energy, from a local landfill to its Latex manufacturing site in Dalton, Georgia.

19 Nov 2007

Experts See Biofuels as "Solution"

DuPont Applied BioSciences hosted a panel of leading experts on Monday who said that biofuels represent a sustainable solution to address growing concerns about energy security and climate change. The panel included:...

19 Nov 2007

New Report Could Save Americans More Than $500 Billion in Energy Costs Over 25 Years

More than 60 energy, environmental and other organizations have collaborated on a new report that could save Americans more than $500 billion in energy costs over 25 years and reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from 90 million vehicles.

19 Nov 2007

Intelligent Plug to Monitor Electricity

As more electrical goods look set to arrive in homes this Christmas, University of Essex scientists Dr John Woods and Steve Fitz, have been awarded funding to create an intelligent plug which can monitor electricity use.

19 Nov 2007

Applied Materials to Acquire Baccini S.p.A.

Applied Materials has announced an agreement to acquire Baccini S.p.A., a leading supplier of automated metallization and test systems for manufacturing crystalline silicon (c-Si) photovoltaic (PV) cells.

19 Nov 2007

US Greenhouse Gas Emissions Could Grow More Quickly in Next 50 Years Than in Previous 50 Years

U.S. greenhouse gas emissions could grow more quickly in the next 50 years than in the previous half-century, and technological change may cause increased emissions rather than control them, according to a new study by an MIT economist and his colleague.

19 Nov 2007

U.S. Department of State Supports Coal Cleaning Technology in India

In support of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, the U.S. Department of State has awarded more than $1 million to a university-industry team led by the Center for Advanced Separation Technologies at Virginia Tech to help India increase energy production and reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by developing and testing advanced technologies for cleaning coal.

19 Nov 2007

Illinois Electric Utility Gets Approval to Use Calgon Carbon Product for Mercury Removal

Calgon Carbon Corporation has announced that the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (ILEPA) has granted Midwest Generation approval to use Calgon Carbon's FLUEPAC MC Plus activated carbon to control mercury emissions from plants that burn coal to produce electricity.

19 Nov 2007