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DOE Awards $155M to Make Industrial Sector More Energy Efficient

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding more than $155 million in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for 41 industrial energy-efficiency ...

November 4, 2009

Energy Efficiency Remains Untapped in the Industrial Sector

The industrial sector's energy savings have remained untapped by many existing publicly-funded energy efficiency programs, according to a new report by the American Council for ...

October 9, 2009

Study Finds Smart Irrigation Controllers Not So Smart

Tests of "smart" irrigation controllers found that most of the devices currently on the market were not as smart as advertised, according to a new study, ...

October 9, 2009

Land Reuse, Recycling Aid in GHG Reductions

Strategies focused on land reuse practices - including the reuse of formerly contaminated sites, recycling, waste reduction, and smart growth - can reduce greenhouse gas ...

September 22, 2009

Arclin Cuts VOC Emissions by 70%

While some manufacturers are voluntarily working to reduce volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions as part of their environmental initiatives, others are being forced due to environmental ...

August 10, 2009

Chemicals Industry Works Toward Safe Chemicals Management by 2020

Leading global chemical companies, the United Nations, along with other stakeholders, recently met in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss the chemical industry's progress to meet its ...

July 31, 2009

Stimulus Funds Boost Trane’s Energy-Efficiency Business

Aimed at lowering the amount of energy needed to power the blowers and distributors of commercial and institutional air conditioning systems, Trane has rolled out its ...

June 26, 2009

Siemens Expects $8B In Green Tech Contracts from Stimulus

Siemens AG expects to win new orders of around $21 billion in the next three fiscal years (2010 to 2012), which will be generated by ...

June 23, 2009

Pew Center Launches Online Climate TechBook

The Pew Center has released an online resource -- called the Climate TechBook -- that delivers information on technologies to help reduce greenhouse gas ...

June 8, 2009

Cap-and-Trade Financial Risk Small For Most, Disaster for Some

The financial risk to companies in the S&P 500 would vary greatly under a cap-and trade program requiring the purchase of carbon emission credits, according to ...

June 3, 2009

Steel Industry Faces Carbon Hurdle

The U.S. steel industry in general, and U.S. Steel Corp., AK Steel, ArcelorMittal SA and OAO Severstal in particular, which operate carbon-intensive integrated mills, could be ...

May 21, 2009

Recession Drives Down U.S. CO2 Emissions 2.8%

Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. declined by 2.8 percent in 2008, according to a Energy Information Administration flash estimate. That's the largest annual ...

May 21, 2009

Diamond Delivers Greener Packaging

Diamond Packaging is using recyclable and renewable source materials and wind power to create a greener package for Highland Lilac Perfume. The Rochester, N.Y.-based company designed ...

May 14, 2009

Heavy Industries Not Likely to Bolt Over Cap and Trade

Heavy industries likely will not pull up shop and head overseas if the U.S. implements a cap and trade system for carbon emissions, as the Obama ...

May 7, 2009

PPG’s Carbon Emissions Fall, Ozone-depleting Emissions Rise

PPG, a global supplier of paints, coatings, chemicals, optical products, specialty materials, glass and fiber glass, reduced nitrogen dioxide emissions by 5 percent and particulate ...

April 21, 2009

Invista Settles With EPA, Violation Fixes Will Cost $500M

After self-reporting environmental violations at 12 facilities in seven states, Invista will spend up to $500 million to correct the problems, on top of a $1.7 ...

April 14, 2009

EPA May Classify Carbon Dioxide as a Pollutant

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant under the Clean Air Act, a move that may have far-reaching impacts on ...

March 24, 2009

When Scaling Back Production, Energy Cost Per Unit Spirals Upward Without Careful Planning

Without reducing fixed energy cost, a company that scales back manufacturing and other operations will actually see increased energy costs as a percentage of total expenditures. A ...

March 16, 2009

Alcoa Ahead of Schedule on Reducing Emissions

Alcoa, the world's leading producer of aluminum, continues to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of its global aluminum production processes, the company announced. Using their 1990 ...

February 18, 2009

Foreign Pressure Driving China’s “Green Ink” Industry

Market pressure and foreign regulations are driving China toward more eco-friendly printing practices, announced consulting firm Frost & Sullivan. Though regulations against petroleum-based inks on food packaging ...

February 11, 2009

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