Nuclear engineer Arnold Gundersen says corrosion turns “passive” emergency feature into greater accident risk.
Employees and other volunteers will be planting trees, cleaning communities, and recycling materials as well as watching for random acts of greenness.
The Princeton Review and the U.S. Green Building Council surveyed hundreds of colleges to find those with commitments to sustainability.
Glass Packaging Institute says it is trying to increase awareness to meet its goal of using 50 percent recycled content in glass containers by 2013.
Both the Forest Stewardship Council and Sustainable Forest Initiative want their standards accepted by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program.
The proposed rule would affect about 20 gold extraction facilities in the United States.
The agency has partnered with the state of Kansas to help the owners of 77 residential and business properties move away from the Tar Creek Superfund site in Oklahoma.
The state's environmental agency has received approval for administering and enforcing the Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting program.
The Alliance for Water Efficiency's executive director, Mary Ann Dickinson, will speak about the tracking tool, which is free to members.
Forty states will share $78.9 million to assess, get low-interest funding for, and clean up contaminated properties.
Bristol University researcher and his colleagues heated a microemulsion that separated into layers and one of these contained nanoparticles that could be recovered and reused.
Undergraduate and graduate students should submit their applications by May 10; winners will be announced at the American Water Works Association's ACE10.
EPA and eRulemaking will give $2,500 to the best 60- to 90-second video on why Rulemaking Matters!
Valves and pumps make up the biggest portion of the total and are critical to nuclear safety.
Gernot Pehnelt's report, which was presented in European Parliament last week, says the directive uses faulty greenhouse gas calculations and purposely discriminates against palm oil.
The Pennsylvania Environmental Council will present the 2010 Governor's Award to businesses and organizations that have cleaned up watersheds, saved energy, and eliminated pollution.