EPA Region 5 has increased membership in its Community Climate Change Initiative, which offers free resources to help communities address the issue.
Attendees at the 2010 National Biodiesel Conference got an earful of good news for the industry.
- By L.K. Williams, EPonline
Bottled water company gives $30,000 gift to be used to enhance wetlands for waterfowl and wildlife.
Nanofibers were essential to producing a high efficiency lighting device in research that was supported by the Department of Energy's Solid-State Lighting program.
Rafael Reuveny says consensus won't work for managing greenhouse gas emissions.
With $2.2 million in stimulus funds, the city will divert stormwater from coastal waters and used the collected rainwater for park irrigation.
Company says researchers have developed a process for spraying solar cells onto glass windows to generate electricity.
Companies are planning to construct a biomass gasifier that will work with Rentech's Product Demonstration Unit to produce renewable synthetic fuels from biomass.
Implementation of the conservation O&M program would let irrigators use seasonal water conservation measures to reduce real-time water withdrawals by about 17 percent.
Power company donates money to 10 California community colleges for green education and job training.
EPA and USDA finalize rules on renewables and biomass, respectively, while agencies lay out commercialization strategy in the new report, "Growing America's Fuel."
Three of the five Science and Technology Centers have been working in sustainable energy alternatives, water development, and containing pesticides, among other research.
Conservationists and public interest groups encourage Congress to cut $20 billion in spending and invest in a green economy.
The Web site helps participants in seven states find alternatives to the disposal of valuable materials.
A University of Missouri professor and colleagues have developed a biomass cultivation model for a proposed 50-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant in Southern California.
Cascade Sierra Solutions says 59 truck owners have turned in pre-1994 trucks for a $5,000 scrap credit and about 85 percent of the trucks are being replaced.
University of Maryland and Baylor University ecologists may have discovered a lower ecological "tipping point" at which species are threatened.
A new Web site provides a platform for companies to list unwanted chemicals and to negotiate their exchange.
Agencies seek to meet National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency goals five years earlier than originally envisioned.