Sustainability


Southern California Edison Pays Out $1 M for Education

Power company donates money to 10 California community colleges for green education and job training.

Obama Announces 3 Steps to Boost Biofuels, Clean Coal

EPA and USDA finalize rules on renewables and biomass, respectively, while agencies lay out commercialization strategy in the new report, "Growing America's Fuel."

NSF Celebrates World-class Research at Five U.S. Centers

Three of the five Science and Technology Centers have been working in sustainable energy alternatives, water development, and containing pesticides, among other research.

'Green Budget' Calls for Ending Tax Breaks for Polluters

Conservationists and public interest groups encourage Congress to cut $20 billion in spending and invest in a green economy.

Online Reuse Marketplace Engages Multiple States in Network

The Web site helps participants in seven states find alternatives to the disposal of valuable materials.

Process to Use Shrimp, Tilapia to Extract Algae Oil for Biofuel

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.

Nonprofit Helps Seattle Port Truckers Upgrade with Scrap Credit

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.



Ecologists Create a More Precise Way to Measure Human Impacts

University of Maryland and Baylor University ecologists may have discovered a lower ecological "tipping point" at which species are threatened.

Chemical Exchange Offers Free Recycling Solution

A new Web site provides a platform for companies to list unwanted chemicals and to negotiate their exchange.

EPA, DOE Create Action Network for Energy Efficiency

Agencies seek to meet National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency goals five years earlier than originally envisioned.

Obama to Cancel $52 M from Army Corps' 2011 Budget

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' budget would provide $4.9 billion for commercial navigation, flood and coastal storm damage reduction, and aquatic system restoration.

EPA's 2011 Budget Proposal Slightly Less than 2010 Funding

Agency would apply funds to its core priorities of cleaning the air, land and water while growing the green economy and strengthening enforcement.

University, CH2M Hill Create Sustainable Road Design Specs

Greenroads rating system seeks to recognize companies using sustainable methods and provide a catalog of ideas for greener practices.

Ethanol Demo Facility Opens in Vonore, Tenn.

DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol, University of Tennessee, and Genera Energy facility will convert agricultural residue and bioenergy crops into ethanol.

ABI Research Forecasts $14.7 B in e-Waste Market by 2014

This worldwide market for electronic waste recovery growth represents money generated through reclamation of valuable materials from e-scrap.

MiserWare Gives Away Energy-saving Software

Company founders want to spread the impact of their technologies to reduce energy waste in personal use computers.

American Water, MWH to Study Disinfection for Water Recycling

The research will evaluate treatment technology and California and other state guidelines and try to determine methods of disinfection suitable for nonpotable water.