In order to curb environmental pollution and upgrade local industry, from 2015 to 2020 China's Hebei Province will gradually increase its pollution discharge fees in three steps, as announced by the provincial authorities. During the ...
Tags: steel, oil, chemical, ferrous metal, Metallurgy
Right now, many elected officials in various places have been moving towards restriction or prohibitions of electronic cigarettes. However, not everyone in the public service sector believes that ecig use has no place in society. There are ...
Custom Milling & Consulting, Inc. has announced that George Murphy has joined the company as National Sales Manager. Murphy brings with him a wealth of knowledge in chemical processing, and has many years of experience as a sales ...
Tags: mixing, milling, dispersion equipment, Construction
In 2013 each American household owned on average 28 electronic devices, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. But with advancing technology, sleeker, shinier and faster cell phones, computers, tablets, mp3 players and ...
Tags: cell phones, computers, tablets, mp3 players, Construction
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has taken another step forward today to reduce pollution and protect air quality in Northern Idaho’s West Silver Valley. Late yesterday, the EPA officially finalized nationwide area ...
Tags: air quality, Air Pollution, Construction
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the first national regulations to provide for the safe disposal of coal combustion residuals (coal ash) from coal-fired power plants. The final rule establishes safeguards to ...
Tags: coal ash, ground water, Construction
China saw high-technology manufacturing companies surge from 2008 to 2013, a signal of progress in economic structure adjustment, official data showed on Tuesday. There were 26,894 large high-tech manufacturing companies by the end of ...
A significant portion of organic products (33%), mostly vegetables, supplied in India’s capital Delhi over the last two years contain pesticides, Crop Care Federation of India (CCFI) revealed. The federation said that some Indian ...
Netherlands has been ranked first among European countries with lowest CO2 emissions from new cars during 2013, a report from European Federation for Transport and Environment revealed. According to the report, Netherlands reported a ...
Tags: CO2 Emissions, Auto Parts
A latest report from Better Work Vietnam reveals that fire safety initiatives in garment factories in the Southern region of Vietnam are yet to meet national and global standards, despite certain progress. Major garment factories in the ...
USDA reduced the 2014 US cotton crop by 3 per cent to 15.9 million bales in its latest cotton crop forecast released this month; however, the estimate remains 3 million bales above the 2013 crop. While planted area rose 600,000 acres to ...
The US Department of Energy (DOE)’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has demonstrated a conversion efficiency of 45.7% for a four-junction solar cell at 234 suns concentration, representing one of the highest photovoltaic ...
Tags: CPV Solar Cell, Electrical
Australian coconut water manufacturer H2Coco Pty Ltd has acknowledged it made potentially misleading claims about the Company’s coconut water product, after Consumer Affairs Victoria asked H2Coco to substantiate those claims. ...
Tags: coconut water, Agriculture
Goodyear brand new S200 tires for buses and trucks is released, and this product is designed for China markets heavy trucks and large buses and coaches, and is can be used for highway and national roads to expand the use life of the ...
Tags: safe transport, heavy trucks, Auto
With the national 4 emission standard to be carried out in China formally, sales of a lot of power companies continued declined. But Yuchai Power is getting ready as the first China engine maker to produce engines with national 4 emission ...
Tags: 4E engine, segment markets, Auto