Siemens and the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) announced the winners of the City Climate Leadership Awards 2014 at a ceremony held on Monday night in New York City. The Awards honor cities all over the world for excellence in urban sustainability and leadership in the fight against climate change. The winners and presenters […]
WASHINGTON, —Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released a comprehensive report synthesizing current literature that explores opportunities in the emerging bioeconomy. The report, entitled Why Biobased?, was created as a precursor for a more comprehensive economic study to be released in the coming months by the USDA […]
NEW ORLEANS—September 29, 2014—GE (NYSE: GE) and PurposeEnergy Inc. today announced a collaboration whereby GE’s new anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) technology and PurposeEnergy’s Tribrid-Bioreactor™ will be combined as a solution to reuse industrial wastewater while also turning waste into energy. GE’s new AnMBR, which was introduced today at WEFTEC, utilizes its ZeeWeed* 500 membranes in […]
Given the challenges facing the water sector, ranging from increased competition for scarce resources to increasing water pollution and climate change to an unfinished agenda of providing basic water services for the poor, a recent conference hosted at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. brought together water economists and development practitioners to focus on some […]
Bank of America today announced a Catalytic Finance Initiative, designed to stimulate at least $10 billion of new investment into high-impact clean energy projects. The initiative will focus on developing or advancing innovative financing structures that reduce investment risk, thereby attracting a broader range of institutional investors. “We want to take a leadership role in […]
Astronomers using data from three of NASA’s space telescopes — Hubble, Spitzer and Kepler — have discovered clear skies and steamy water vapor on a gaseous planet outside our solar system. The planet is about the size of Neptune, making it the smallest planet from which molecules of any kind have been detected. “This discovery […]
NASA is seeking applications from U.S. graduate students for the agency’s Space Technology Research Fellowships. The research grants, worth as much as $74,000 per year, will coincide with the start of the 2015 fall academic term. Applications will be accepted from students pursuing or planning to pursue master’s or doctorate degrees in relevant space technology […]
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with the E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) for alleged violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). DuPont will pay a $1,853,000 penalty to resolve allegations that the company failed to submit reports to EPA about potential adverse […]
High-quality water is of paramount importance to power generation. It helps facilitate efficient and reliable operations, protect critical equipment, and minimize environmental impact. Source water for many power plants, however, is far from ideal. That is certainly the case for a power station in Alberta, where an innovative two-pass reverse osmosis (RO) design was used […]
LAS VEGAS, – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA has closed on a loan guarantee to Fulcrum Sierra Biofuels, LLC to build a biorefinery to produce jet fuel from municipal solid waste. “This represents a huge step forward in the development of clean, renewable, job-creating American fuels,” Vilsack said during a speech at […]
