This holiday season, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) encourages people to save money and protect the environment by reducing the amount of wasted food that gets thrown away. In 2011 alone, Americans generated 36 million tons ...
Tags: Food Waste, Agriculture
On Tuesday, November 25, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Pacific Southwest Regional Administrator and City of San Jose officials will tour the city’s Zero Waste Energy Development anaerobic digestion facility where ...
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US researchers have developed a more efficient way to turn methanol into useful chemicals, such as liquid fuels, that would also reduce carbon dioxide (Co2) emissions. Methanol, which is a product of natural gas, is well-known as a common ...
Audi has commenced production on a pilot plant at Dresden in Germany which will produce diesel fuel from water, CO2 and green electricity. Developed in collaboration with Climeworks and Sunfire, the plant is located at Sunfire's ...
Tags: diesel fuel, green electricity, Auto
China will seek breakthrough in exploitation of shale gas, coalbed methane and other unconventional energy sources as part of its efforts of tapping domestic energy supply, said a senior energy official on Sunday. The National Energy ...
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Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (NAIST) has claimed the highest breakdown voltage to date for a diamond metal-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MESFET) [Hitoshi Umezawa et al, IEEE ...
Truckers have another option under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): Oberon Fuel's biogas-based dimethyl ether (DME). The EPA approved Oberon Fuel's biogas-based DME as meeting its RFS and ...
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Volvo Trucks has introduced a new version of its Volvo FE truck, which is designed to run only on Methane gas. The Swedish truck maker has developed the new truck especially for short drives like local distribution and refuse collection, ...
COLUMBUS, IN — Engine manufacturer Cummins received certification for its 6.7L Turbo Diesel from the California Air Resources Board (CARB), meeting the Low-Emission Vehicle III standards, which apply to all vehicles under 14,000 ...
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BOSTON – Four Massachusetts companies are among 21 small businesses nationwide selected by EPA to receive approximately $100,000 each to develop technologies that will help the environment and public health. The four Mass. companies ...
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BOSTON – A Connecticut company is one of five New England business to receive $100,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop technologies that will help the environment and public health. Precision Combustion of New ...
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Monforts, together with its local representative, Eurotexteis, will be participating at the Febratex’14 exhibition in Blumeneau, Brazil, 12 – 15 August. Monforts Technologists will present the latest developments for ...
Tags: Monforts, Modular Coating Head, Textile
Through a subsidary of Minera del Norte, Mexican steelmaker Altos Hornos de Mexico (AHMSA) hired TüV Rheinland of Mexico to certify the proper operation of methane gas destruction systems in units operating on three sites in the coal ...
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As part of the President's Climate Action Plan – Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing updates to its air standards for new municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills. These ...
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Russian steelmaker Severstal has announced the launch of an 18 MW capacity gas-reciprocating power plant running on methane ( a coal by-product) at an industrial site of the Severnaya mine located in Vorkuta, a structural unit of ...
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