University of Arkansas researchers took a look at streams and land use surveys to determine that restoration of urban streams cannot be based on the characteristics of streams in agricultural or forested settings.
Bioremediation of ash ponds has the potential to reclaim the contaminated environment and return it to a more natural condition.
- By Bedanga Bordoloi, Etali Sarmah
Using an actual project as a model, the Green Power Partnership will explain how to successfully execute a renewable energy strategy.
With $8.4 million in state funding, grant recipients will develop research wind farms and provide services to industry partners.
A study shows the industry has lowered carbon dioxide emissions by 32 million metric tons and needs to reduce those emissions by another 22 million metric tons to meet a June 2011 goal.
The company said a global Web-based environmental management system will help it measure greenhouse gas emission reductions.
The team, which also includes Arkema, is trying to improve the efficiency and test new refrigerants in an air conditioner that runs on waste heat or solar heat.
Sustainability initiatives require a clear, steadfast plan.
The Chemical Safety Board completed its report on the 2009 explosion at Veolia ES Technical Solutions' plant in Ohio and recommended the Center for Chemical Process Safety revise control room siting guidelines.
The project will bring Carrizo Aquifer Supply to San Antonio, enough water for 40,000 households per year.
Joint investment with venture capital partners Emerald Technology Ventures, Foundation Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and RockPort Capital Challenge is one of largest ever.
This clay uses resorcinol diphenyl phosphate, which makes it more attractive to use than quaternary amine-treated organoclays.
National Clean Fuels will help separate oil from contaminated water in the Gulf of Mexico with the help of newly engaged environmentalist Norris McDonald.
The InfraCal Biodiesel Blend Analyzer manufactured by Wilks Enterprise, Inc. will be used for compliance monitoring of a state-mandated biodiesel program.
Los Angeles Harbor, University of Houston, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, University of Houston and South Coast Air Quality Management District are recipients.
Selective catalytic reduction may not be working effectively, according to tests by EnSIGHT, an environmental consulting firm.
A green tariff will allow the company to sell its power to the grid.
SDOX, which was developed using National Science Foundation funds, supports bioremediation and will help in restoring Gulf of Mexico habitats.
Anne Wallin, director of Sustainable Chemistry and Life Cycle Assessment, shares the company's approach to working smart in today's chemical society.
- By L.K. Williams, EPonline
EPA's New England office bestows award to Arnold Greenleaf, superintendent of the wastewater treatment plant.