SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a Clean Water Act settlement requiring the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) and seven East Bay communities to conduct extensive system repairs aimed at eliminating millions of gallons of sewage discharges into San Francisco Bay. Under today’s agreement, EBMUD and the communities will assess […]
A new study by NASA and University of California, Irvine, scientists finds more than 75 percent of the water loss in the drought-stricken Colorado River Basin since late 2004 came from underground resources. The extent of groundwater loss may pose a greater threat to the water supply of the western United States than previously thought. […]
WALTHAM, Mass. –A new National Geographic channel series, Going Deeper with David Rees, will feature an interview with a Thermo Fisher Scientific water purification expert along with a Thermo Scientific ultrapure water system in its debut episode, “How to Make an Ice Cube.” To make the perfect ice, host David Rees hypothesizes that he could […]
Spacecraft and rocket development is on pace this summer for NASA’s aerospace industry partners for the agency’s Commercial Crew Program as they progress through systems testing, review boards and quarterly sessions under their Space Act Agreements with the agency. NASA engineers and specialists continue their review of the progress as the agency and partners move […]
HOUSTON – For the second consecutive year, the Waste Management (NYSE: WM) Phoenix Open has diverted 100 percent of waste away from landfills amid this year’s record attendance of 563,008 fans. As part of its Zero Waste Challenge, the 2014 Waste Management Phoenix Open earned UL Environment’s (a business unit of Underwriters Laboratories) landfill waste […]
We’ve been talking a lot recently about the need to rebuild and strengthen our nation’s infrastructure. As the President has made clear, a world-class infrastructure system is a vital part of a top-performing economy. But there’s another important reason why we need to rebuild our infrastructure: climate change. Communities across America need more resilient infrastructure […]
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a new tool today to help communities prepare for, deal with and recover from floods. The Flood Resilience Checklist offers strategies that communities can consider, such as conserving land in flood-prone areas; directing new development to safer areas; and using green infrastructure approaches, such as installing […]
DES PLAINES, Ill., — UOP LLC, a Honeywell (NYSE: HON) company, announced today that its licensee, China’s Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Co. Ltd., has produced more than 360 million pounds of light olefins at a plant in Nanjing, China, using UOP’s breakthrough methanol-to-olefin (MTO) process technology. The plant, the first commercial-scale facility to use the […]
The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) will begin construction of its previously announced world-scale ethylene production facility, representing a prominent milestone in delivering on its strategy to invest in its performance-based portfolio of technology-enabled businesses. This significant investment in Dow’s Texas Operations in Freeport remains on track and on-plan for start-up in the first half […]
ST. PAUL, Minn.– Ecolab Inc. has expanded its commitment to global water stewardship by working with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) as a founding partner of the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) to support the launch and implementation of the International Water Stewardship Standard, a global framework to promote sustainable freshwater use. The Standard was […]
