China's climate endeavors, including its self-imposed commitments and extensive diplomatic efforts before and during the Paris climate talks, have been an indispensable part of global efforts leading to the making of final breakthrough at ...
Tags: Paris Climate Talks, greenhouse gas, global temperature
Bellingham receives smart city streetlight conversion. Echelon Corp., a leading independent control networking company for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT), announced today the installation of its Lumewave by Echelon lighting ...
The EU will stick to its goal to cut emissions by at least 40% by 2030 for the moment, and any decision to change that will not be taken till after 2020, the EU's climate action and energy commissioner Miguel Arias Canete said Monday. The ...
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Westport Innovations, engineering the world's most advanced natural gas engines and vehicles, announced today that, together with the Gas Technology Institute (GTI), it has been awarded US$900,000 towards a program to advance ...
"LED lighting solutions save power and therefore reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and they're not only environmentally-friendly but also economic. In most situations, costs for upgrading to LED lighting are paid back rapidly due to lower ...
Tags: Osram, LED Streetlights, LED lighting
Jindal Films Europe is planning to increase metallizing and extrusion capabilities at its Brindisi site in Italy, as part of its broad reinvestment strategy. Work under the proposed expansion includes installation of a 10.5m biaxially ...
Tags: Concept Car, polypropylene
Researchers led by a team at UNSW Australia have used the Australian Synchrotron to turn the discovery of an ultra-low density and corrosion-resistant magnesium alloy into the first step toward mass-producing ‘stainless ...
Tags: stainless magnesium, cars, trucks
Canada's Alberta province Sunday announced a new "climate leadership" plan that includes a cap on greenhouse gas emissions by oil sands producers as it moves to overhaul its image and kick start export opportunities. The cap on emissions ...
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Toyota has pledged to eliminate CO2 emissions from its factories, and in an attempt to do so the company said that it will begin generating electricity from methane for its Georgetown plant in the US. Methane for the Georgetown plant ...
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GE has partnered with Beacon Lighting to expand the reach of its LED business in Australia and New Zealand. Beacon, operating under Light Source Solutions, will be the sole distributor for GE's commercial and residential lighting ...
Tags: GE Lighting, Beacon Lighting, LEDs
IKEA announced today that as of September 1, 2015, all IKEA stores will only sell LED bulbs and lighting to enable customers to live a more sustainable life at home. This bold move was announced in 2012 and IKEA is pleased it has met its ...
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Plessey announced UK’s Regional Growth Fund (RGF) has officially granted £6.7 million (US $10.26 million) towards the expansion of the Plessey LED manufacturing facility in Plymouth, England. Solid state lighting forms a ...
Tags: LED production, Plessey, Government Project
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore said Monday it is working with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Maritime Institute and ClassNK in a bid to boost development of eco-friendly maritime technologies in the city state. ...
Representatives of Missouri's agriculture and food sectors came to Capitol Hill Wednesday to urge passage by Congress of a uniform, national labeling standard for foods made with genetically modified organisms (GMOs). With Vermont set to ...
The National Hockey League (NHL) and its official energy services partner, Constellation, will extend their joint commitment to improve environmental sustainability within the sport of hockey for Kraft Hockeyville USA, the Sept. 29 ...
Tags: Lighting project, NHL green, Constellation, LED Lightings Upgrade