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Research Shows No General Trends When Contaminants Bond to Nanoparticles

Texas Tech researcher Moira Ridley said her experiments with strontium and nanoparticles of titanium dioxide revealed subtle differences depending on particle size.

Flint Hills Resources refinery in Corpus Christi

Flint Hill Resources Exchanges 'Flexibility' for Federal CAA Permits

EPA worked with the company to transition four of its facilities from Texas Subchapter G flexible permits to state implementation plan-approved air permits.

New System Monitors Electricity for Residential Use

Most households have no way of monitoring how much electricity is being consumed; however, researchers in Pittsburgh believe a new monitoring system may soon be available for residential use.

AquaBok Provided In-situ Sediment Treatment at Manufactured Gas Plants

The company applied organoclay-based treatment materials and implemented a second full-scale horizontal funnel-and-gate type approach.

Voters to Decide if California Invests in GHG Reduction or Jobs

Proposition 23, if approved, will halt state regulatory action against greenhouse gas emissions.

Toledo's Sewer System Improvements to Cost about $315M

In the latest settlement, the city will expand its system to reduce discharges of untreated combined sewage from about 35 per year to four or less.

Dow Honors Winners of Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge

Among the winning entries were projects applying organic photoelectric materials in solar power generation and a synthetic route to developing PET plastic.

Researchers Develop a Solar-powered Air-conditioning System for Vehicles

The innovative system has been installed on the top of a truck for carrying beverages and proved to work on the road.

Cleantech Start-up Aims to Create Small-scale Wind Turbines for the Masses

The company will focus on the fast-growing micro-generation market, developing wind turbines for individual households, small businesses and communities.

Harnessing Tidal Energy

Kepler Energy Limited has been formed to develop a tidal turbine that has the potential to harness tidal energy more efficiently and cheaply, using a device which is simpler, more robust and more scalable than current designs.

Oil Spill Responders Tested DHS Communication Prototype

The Department of Homeland Security released its Virtual USA information-sharing system early to help southeastern states keep abreast of activity in the Gulf of Mexico this spring.

General Motors Selects Envision Solar to Install Solar-powered Electric-vehicle Charging Stations

Envision Solar International Inc., a leading sustainable infrastructure designer and developer, has been selected by General Motors to install its CleanCharge™ solar powered electric-vehicle charging stations integrated into EnvisionTrak™ tracking Solar Trees® at prominent locations.

Largest Solar Project Ever on Public Lands Approved

The U.S. Department of the Interior has approved the largest solar energy project ever to be built on U.S. public lands.

Scented Consumer Products Shown to Emit Toxic Chemicals

Widely used fragranced products -– including those that claim to be "green" -– give off many chemicals that are not listed on the label, including some that are classified as toxic.

Walkable neighborhoods

Part 3: Prefurbia Gives Preference to Walkable Neighborhoods

This is the third installment of a multi-part series on some of today's problems in land development and how innovative methods collectively known as "Prefurbia" can help overcome them.

Union Ironworkers Prepare for Green Jobs With Specialized Wind Turbine Training

The Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust provides training to improve safety and quality in construction of wind turbine towers.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Deploys SightLogix Outdoor Video Surveillance Systems

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has selected SightLogix outdoor video surveillance systems for deployment at the South Table Mountain campus in Golden, Colo. as well as at the National Wind Technology Center near Boulder, Colo.

Ice Age Earth

Research Gives Clues About Carbon Dioxide Patterns at End of Ice Age

New University of Florida research puts to rest the mystery of where old carbon was stored during the last glacial period. It turns out it ended up in the icy waters of the Southern Ocean near Antarctica.

SAFE: New Truck Efficiency Rules Will Improve American Security

Securing America's Future Energy applauded the administration's release of proposed rules to put into place the first-ever fuel efficiency standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks.

Virginia Tech Researchers to Study Impact of Gulf Oil Spill on Plovers

Researchers from Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment have received a $3.4 million grant from the Department of the Interior to study the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on piping plovers -- shorebirds that have been listed as threatened since 1986.

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