New initiative to reach 100% renewable energy

A newly established global alliance of civil society organizations, academics, business associations and policy makers has called upon national legislators to commit to 100 percent renewable energy in the power, heating&cooling and transportation sector. At the Pathways To 100%... Continue reading >>

Walmart proofs its forerunner role pursuing a 100% renewable energy supply

Walmart President and CEO Mike Duke announced the company’s next step on the path to achieving its goal of being supplied 100 percent by renewable energy. Unveiled at Walmart’s Global Sustainability Milestone Meeting, the company committed to achieving the following by Dec.... Continue reading >>

Merck Receives 2013 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award

Merck announced today that it has received an ENERGY STAR 2013 Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its continued improvement of energy performance and leadership in energy management in both the pharmaceutical... Continue reading >>

Leading US food manufactor chooses new technology for wastewater treatment

Biowater technology is pleased to announce that the company has been awarded its largest order for Biowater’s new cost effective CFIC® biofilm wastewater treatment system. The order comes from one of the leading private food manufacturers in the US. Today, a 1.7 million-gallon... Continue reading >>

Solar cells linked to Greenhouse Gases Over 23,000 times worse than carbon dioxide according to

Solar cells do not offset greenhouse gases or curb fossil fuel use in the United States according to a new environmental book, Green Illusions (June 2012, University of Nebraska Press), written by University of California - Berkeley visiting scholar Ozzie Zehner. Green Illusions explains... Continue reading >>

New turnkey service for environmental engineering leak testing automation announced by Uson

Environmental products manufacturers seeking to eliminate the risk of releasing defective valves, lines, storage vessels, outdoor power supplies and similar leak-proof components to market can now rely on USON-Innovative Systems, a newly created joint venture between USON’s best-in-class... Continue reading >>

“Smog-Eating” technology to bolster sustainability at new electronics recycling Hub

Recently Alcoa unveiled one of the first commercial building installations of Reynobond with EcoClean, the architectural panel that cleans itself and the air around it, at the new Electronic Recyclers International (ERI) facility in Badin, N.C. The product is installed at ERI’s Southeast... Continue reading >>