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Pure Technologies to Acquire Wachs Water Services

February 20, 2015February 20, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Pure Technologies has entered into an agreement to acquire the business of Wachs Valve and Hydrant Services, a privately held company operating as Wachs Water Services. Headquartered in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, Wachs Water provides flow control maintenance and support, leak detection, and related asset management services to the water sector ... Read more »

DOE Project Captures, Stores 1 Million Metric Tons of Carbon

January 12, 2015January 9, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Department of Energy’s Illinois Basin-Decatur Project has captured and stored 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide and injected it into a deep saline formation. The project is part of the development phase of the DOE’s Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships initiative, which is helping develop and deploy carbon capture ... Read more »

Water Use Hits Lowest Level Since Before 1970

November 7, 2014November 5, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Water use across the US reached its lowest recorded level in nearly 45 years, according to a US Geological Survey report that says about 355 billion gallons of water per day (Bgal/d) were withdrawn for use in the entire US during 2010. This represents a 13 percent reduction of water ... Read more »

Report: Methane Mitigation Could Stimulate US Economy

October 6, 2014October 3, 2014 by Ken Jennison

Increased use of technologies and services that capture methane emissions from oil and gas systems could save the industry over $1 billion in lost product, reduce air pollution and create new jobs, according to an economic analysis by Datu Research and the Environmental Defense Fund. The report identifies 76 companies ... Read more »

Recycling Facility Explosion Kills 2

August 27, 2014August 26, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

A mortar round explosion at an Illinois recycling plant killed two people Monday morning and injured a third, according to media reports. Granite City Police Chief Rich Miller told KSDK.com that it is not unusual for a mortar round to be at the Totall Metal Recycling facility because it recycles ... Read more »

$11M in Brownfields Cleanup Funds Awarded

August 25, 2014August 22, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Manufacturing redevelopment and urban agriculture are among the projects that will receive supplemental EPA funding — the agency has made available $11 million — to help clean up contaminated brownfields properties. The funds have been awarded to 31 grantees already working to clean up and redevelop brownfields. The agency expects ... Read more »

NRG Invests $0.5bn to Cut Carbon Pollution

August 11, 2014August 11, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

NRG Energy is investing more than half a billion dollars by 2016 to cut carbon pollution from its four coal-fired power plants in Illinois. The improvements will achieve 56 percent of Illinois’ statewide CO2 reductions called for under President Obama’s proposed carbon pollution standards, the company says. The Illinois efforts ... Read more »

Manufacturer Mercury Thermostat Recycling Program ‘Not Working’

January 17, 2014January 17, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

A program in Illinois that requires mercury thermostat manufacturers to collect and recycle their products isn’t preventing pollution, according to a study by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Clean Water Fund. The study shows 1.86 million thermostats in use in Illinois contain mercury; this is about one-fourth of the ... Read more »

Mississippi ‘Most Improved’ State in Energy Efficiency

November 11, 2013November 8, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Energy efficiency measures are thriving in state capitals around the United States, with several states – including Mississippi, Connecticut, Illinois, and West Virginia – taking major steps that moved them up the ranks. In the seventh annual edition of the State Energy Efficiency Scorecard released by the American Council for ... Read more »

Waste Management renewable energy facility

Waste Management Fuels Fleet with Landfill Gas

October 21, 2013October 23, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Waste Management is building a facility that will create pipeline-ready natural gas from its Milam Landfill in Fairmont City, Ill. The processed renewable natural gas will be injected into the pipelines of Ameren Illinois for withdrawal at other locations, including some Waste Management facilities. Once there, it will be used ... Read more »

US Creates 38,600 New Cleantech Jobs in Q2

August 29, 2013 by Leon Walker

Clean energy and transportation projects launched across the US in the second quarter of 2013 have led to the creation of 38,600 new jobs in the sector, says a report by Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2). The number of jobs is slightly more for Q2 of 2013 than it was for the ... Read more »

Hannaford Opens First CO2-Only Refrigeration Grocery Store

August 29, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Delhaize America this week is opening a grocery store that will use carbon dioxide as a refrigerant rather than hydroflourocarbons (HFCs) — the first such supermarket in the US, according to the Environmental Investigation Agency. The Hannaford grocery store in Turner, Maine, will use a CO2 transcritical system that reduces ... Read more »

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