A University of Arkansas researcher and his colleagues have created the first methane-producing microorganism that can metabolize complex carbon structures, which could lead to microbial recycling of waste products and their transformation into natural gas.
The governor of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo has proposed a project to replace 25,507 streetlights in the municipality of Othón P. Blanco with GE Evolve LED cobrahead street lights.
Amid the holly and jolly, don't forget to be nice and not naughty when it comes to recycling during the holiday season.
WEG Electric Corp. has released an energy savings calculator application for BlackBerry smartphone devices. In just a few quick steps, the app calculates savings gained from utilizing WEG variable frequency drives (VFDs) and/or electric motors.
Report sponsors say that the economic benefits, including health benefits, will far outweigh the costs of complying with EPA's proposed Transport Rule.
Construction of the wind farm, which will be located in Rhode Island Sound, should start in 2014.
A multimillion-dollar project is on its way to completion after Statue Cruises signed an agreement with aShipyards to complete the first hybrid ferry using hydrogen fuel by April 2011.
The Plumbing Efficiency Research Coalition and the Australasian Scientific Review of Reduction of Flows on Plumbing and Drainage Systems will collaborate on the research.
The Electric Power Research Institute compared the energy use of frozen food cooking in microwaves, toaster ovens, and conventional ovens.
Preliminary emissions testing of a small-scale waste-oil power generator have found that the system generates low emissions.
North Carolina's LID certification program, which will be discussed in the webcast, may be replicated nationally.
Deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon declined 14 percent from August 2009 to July 2010, reaching the lowest rates ever recorded for the second consecutive year.
The Salt River Materials Group’s Phoenix Cement Company Plant in Clarkdale, Ariz., achieved a perfect efficiency record for the third straight year.
International Paper and Mississippi River Pulp turn Starbucks Coffee cups into fiber suitable for use in new cups.
In April 2011, Lufthansa will begin a six-month trial with an Airbus A321 engine that will use a 50-50 mix of biofuel and traditional kerosene.
This is the fourth 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.
Possible solutions include installing wetlands to filter tile drainage, fertilizing fields in the spring, and planting winter crops.
Pilot plant will help identify best ways to purify Hudson River water.
Green tea, grape seed, and bacteriocin extracts have been found to protect food against pathogen contamination in a University of Arkansas study on chicken and turkey hot dogs.
People-powered pump could help prevent spread of dysentery, cholera, and typhoid.