Industry Trends


Saratoga, Pa., Team Wins 2009 Canon Envirothon

Students scored well on their knowledge of soils and land use, aquatic ecology, and biodiversity.

Task Force: Duke Energy, China Huaneng Make Clean Energy Pact

Boston-based Clean Air Task Force commends actions, says agreement is expected to advance cleaner coal technologies.

World Bank OKs Credit to Bangladesh for Solar Home Systems

About $130 million will be used to provide electricity to 300,000 households.

R&R Sy-Tec Becomes TerraSpatial Technologies

Oregon-based company will continue to focus on community-based utilities under its new identity.

NSF Validates BASF Ecoefficiency Analysis Method

NSF Internal develops a new eco-efficiency protocol for validating and verifying these analysis methods, which should help eliminate greenwashing.

Dow's Product Safety Assessments Offer Safety Information

Dow Chemical Company demonstrates its commitment to product safety and public transparency with Web-based PSAs.



NRC to Webcast Meeting on LowLevel Waste Disposal Problems

The Oct. 7 public meeting will explore how hospitals, universities, and others who use radioactive materials in conducting research are affected by having limited access to low-level waste disposal facilities.

Dennison Lubricants Inc. Adds EcoPower to Its Inventory

Safety-Kleen motor oil, which is recycled, expands its reach to New England.

American Chemistry Council Calls for TSCA Overhaul

The Toxic Substances Control Act is more than 30 years old and the American Chemistry Council says it is time for the law to keep pace with science.

EPA Wants More Comments on Perchlorate Issue

Lisa Jackson, EPA administrator, wants to evaluate perchlorate exposure in infants and young children who drink more water per body weight than adults.

Continental Carbon Company Settles Class Action Lawsuits

The carbon black manufacturer will pay the Ponca Tribe and class members $10.5 million to settle a suit alleging that emissions from its Ponca City plant damaged nearby properties.

Conservancy Petitions EPA to Ban Food with Pesticide Residues

The American Bird Conservancy wants EPA to ban the import of crops containing any residues of 13 pesticides that are banned or restricted for use in the United States.

Coalition Calls for Changes in U.S. Chemical Safety Law

The Toxic Substances Control Act needs an overhaul, according to Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families.

WEFTEC Offers Discounts to Utilities

Utility Partnership Program helps utilities participate in the annual Water Environment Federation's annual conference.

Sheryl Crow to Perform at Greenbuild 2009

Crow says that performing at Greenbuild is like being on the international stage of the green movement.