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Summary ( Full report here ) : Results of all VOC determinations and the validation study were analyzed and the new methods were foun...

As part of its efforts to reduce environmental impact, McDonald's Japan began reducing its packaging for takeout items at about 3,700 ...

I am not a pessimist, but I have a hard time with this one...   VOLT is innovative? Big GAV from accross the pond had a great month tal...

In its May 2000 report " Costs of Lithium-Ion Batteries for Vehicles ," the DOE published its estimate of the prices Li-ion batter...

Imagine the billions we could save using 'thumb drive size' servers using only five volts or all powered by a 10watt solar panel.....

Sponges Contain a Compound Restoring Bacterial Vulnerability to Antibiotics. Research chemists from the Hollings Marine Laboratory have...

Ouch... another NANO , VOLT  and U.S. automaker FAIL .   Say 'Ta, Ta' to volt and NANO ...   A Flemish company has announced...

R euters  McDonald's Corp, the largest purchaser of potatoes in the United States, has agreed to take preliminary steps to reduce pes...

Warm weather is on its way. That usually means electric bills will increase and Americans will use more energy than at any other time of y...

From Cal-OSHA Reporter,   "OSHA admits that compliance with their regulations is considered a minimally effective safety and health p...

Overall, new manufacturing systems are anywhere from 1,000 to one million times bigger consumers of energy, per pound of output, than more...

NEW YORK/HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. electricity demand will continue to shrink in 2009 as the economic meltdown hits industrial power consu...

According to Dave Cohen, Steven Chu sees no particular urgency to our current problems.   His way of dealing with potential shortfalls ...

WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency will soon be adding a different kind of equipment to dozens of school yards around the co...

What seats 5 gets 70mpg has a top speed of 140mph and does 0-60 in 7 sec? Apparently my first car (tweaked out by top gear ;-) Top Gear...

FACT: CFL's never would have made it outside of the General Electric IP vault had the design not been leaked and then copied. Bec...

World's Largest Battery-Powered Truck Comes to U.S. Company officials at Smith Electric Vehicles announced on Friday that they will be...

From The Economist  (photo cred Getty Images) Light-emitting diodes  (LED's) will transform the business of illumination, especially...

As people turn off the lights for Earth Hour this evening and ponder their electricity use, one of the world's most rapidly growing p...

I t appears people are actually worried about the real problems and not the hype. Nearly follows the REAL problems...   Clearly prov...

Three U.S. and a half a dozen other makers offer 40mpg + to non-U.S. countries... NOT allowing those vehicles in the U.S. by 2011 is a de...

Over 100 years and this is Progress?

" Choice is an illusion, created by those with power, for those without."   Vandana Shiva   - And where did this star...

I have been inundated with both job seekers and providers scrambling to secure EHS jobs in the worst market in U.S. history. In the next mon...

Here's some good news: 60% of new U.S. power capacity in 2008 was renewable energy New supercapacitor could revolutionize ...

CA - Automotive service industry must check tire pressure on all vehicles.   SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Today, the Air Resources Board a...

Obama Administration Announces $3.2 Billion in Funding for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements Vice President Joe Biden and Energy Secre...

U.S. Political Instability Index - 5.3 We define social and political unrest or upheaval as those events or developments that pose a s...