If society wants to address big picture environmental problems, like global climate change, acid rain, and coastal dead zones, we need to pay closer attention to the Earth's coupled biogeochemical cycles.
The $130 million facility will produce ethanol and renewable power from waste; this is a major first step in the company's global licensing strategy.
ASTM subcommittee is trying to bring consistent, reliable, and accurate sampling to the practice.
A team of scientists say soil is an essential piece of the biosphere and more attention should be paid to protecting it. Strategies for doing so include refocusing and boosting research, and communicating its importance to the public.
Those light-emitting diodes marketed as safe, environmentally preferable alternatives to traditional lightbulbs actually contain lead, arsenic and a dozen other potentially hazardous substances, according to newly published research.
The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System incorporates public reporting of comprehensive information related to a university's performance.
The Department of Environmental Protection has fined Pennsylvania General Energy Co. $28,960 for the illegal discharge of Airfoam HD, a surfactant, into Pine Creek in Lycoming County last March.
Former city of Detroit Health Department lead inspector Donald Patterson was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison and 24 months of supervised release on wire fraud charges stemming from an EPA investigation.
The technology continuously uses ion exchange resin to "dial-in" the removal of salts in wastewater.
As a part of its commitment to transparency, the agency is reviewing confidential business information claims related to health and safety studies submitted under TSCA.
The company also will install control technologies that will reduce nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide emissions emanating from its Fairborn, Ohio plant.
The Sunshot program will receive $27 million in projects to advance manufacturing while wind initiatives will include $50 million in research and development.
EPA submitted its draft study plan on hydraulic fracturing for review to the agency’s Science Advisory Board, a group of independent scientists.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department has validated the DynoValve after testing the emission reduction PCV valve on multiple vehicles over a two-year period.
Xebec Adsorption's innovative biogas technology was used to launch the first renewable energy project in California to purify biogas from a wastewater treatment facility, to meet California's stringent natural gas quality standards.
The first-ever Gen7 green classrooms, installed at Bolsa Knolls Middle School in Salinas, Calif., have become the nation's first modular classrooms to receive Collaborative for High Performance Schools Verified recognition for New School Construction.
University at Buffalo researchers are creating a new and unusual app for the smart phone: tracking air pollution.
GENCO ATC is partnering with customer Kimberly-Clark Corp., Plug Power Inc., Air Products, and the Aiken-Edgefield Development Partnership to launch the nation's first multi-use industrial park fueling station to supply hydrogen directly for industrial, commercial, and government use.
A total of 212,502 people worldwide visited their local streams, rivers, lakes, and other water bodies in celebration of World Water Monitoring Day 2010.
Ever wonder how much fuel you can save by avoiding stop-and-go traffic, closing your window, not using air conditioning or coasting toward stops?