Decontaminating Dangerous Drywall
Nanomaterial in novel home-air treatment counters hazards from toxic drywall…
EPA Report: 22 Million Cataract Cases Will Be Prevented by Stronger Ozone Layer Protection
Everyone knows to wear sun block and a hat to protect against UV rays. But most overlook importance sunglasses play in protecting their eyes against UV damage…
Kenya: Jatropha, bioenergy crop, to benefit poor farmers globally
But the report stresses that jatropha is still essentially a wild plant needing crop improvement…
Power from the Desert: Blueprint Ready in China
The second pole was recently switched on, raising the transmission capacity to 5,000 megawatts or roughly the generating capacity of five large power plants…
LA area polystyrene manufacturer Lifoam Industries pays $450,000 over violations of federal, state clean-air laws
Vernon is a densely populated community close to the I-710 Freeway, where effects of pollution are disproportionately higher than other areas of Los Angeles…
Republicans at it Again: Today The U.S. EPA Rejects Claims of Flawed Climate Science
Petitions reconsider EPA’s Endangerment Finding claim that climate science cannot be trusted, asserting a conspiracy invalidating findings of IPCC…
LS9 Develops Modified Microorganisms to produce a wide variety of advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals cost-effectively
renewable fuels with greatest potential for widespread adoption by consumers are those that are cost-competitive with petroleum and compatible with existing distribution…
EPA Grant to Help Green the Port of Pittsburgh
This grant, and the actions of these companies, will take the greenest, least polluting mode of surface transportation, and make it even greener…
Secretary Chu Announces Closing of $117 Million Loan Guarantee for Kahuku Wind Power Project
The project includes the development of an innovative 30 megawatt (MW) wind power plant that will supply electricity to approximately 7,700 households per year…
DOE Announces New Opportunities to Improve Commercial Building Energy Efficiency
part of an ongoing effort by DOE to improve the energy efficiency of buildings in the United States…
EPA Releases Rulemaking Guidance on Environmental Justice
“Historically, the low-income and minority communities that carry the greatest environmental burdens haven’t had a voice in our policy development or rulemaking…
China Annonced a Decision to Move Forward on Cap and Trade, But U.S. Republicans Continue to Sell-out Their Country, World Just to beat Obama
Here’s where the U.S. stands in the global picture on clean renewable energy, and it’s not a pretty sight…
Secretary Chu Announces Six Projects to Convert Captured CO2 Emissions from Industrial Sources into Useful Products
$106 Million Recovery Act Investment Will Reduce CO2 Emissions and Mitigate Climate Change…
DOE Takes Steps to Implement Cool Roofs across the Federal Government
As part of the new efforts, DOE will install a cool roof, whenever cost effective over the lifetime of the roof…
Report: Home Size is Declining, Energy Efficiency a Factor
The size of new U.S. single-family homes completed in 2009 declined, dropping to a nationwide average of 2,438 square feet and reversing trend of the past three decades…
New Toolkit to Help Local Governments with Green Building Practices
The Toolkit is designed to assist local governments in identifying and removing permitting barriers to sustainable design and green building practices…
Groundbreaking Sandia study ties climate uncertainties to economies of US states
California, Pacific Northwest and Colorado achieve positive net impacts; other states languish…
FTA Study: $77.7 Billion Needed to Bring Nation’s Rail and Bus Transit Systems into ‘State of Good Repair’
2010 Review Expands Upon Earlier Survey; Provides More Complete Assessment of Repair Backlog of Nation’s Transit Systems…
The African Union Commission to assist poor countries in environmental challenges
on a strategy to enable African countries mitigate the devastating effects of climate change…
Two N.H. Companies Face Fines for Oil Spill Prevention Violations
This while still in the wake of the BP oil catastrophe. They just don’t get it!…
