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Ex-Im Bank’s Carbon Policy Criticized by Environmental Groups

Posted by Environmental Leader on 15/03/2010

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has distributed a detailed implementation plan to stakeholders for its carbon policy, released in November last year, but environmental groups are criticizing the plan that could open the door for financing high-carbon intensity projects s ...

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100% Bio-Plastic Water Bottles Trickle Into Marketplace

Posted by Environmental Leader on 08/03/2010

A new trend emerging in the bottled water market is bio-plastic bottles made 100 percent from plants, as opposed to the mixed composition bottles that came out in recent years. The latest eco-bottles come from Green Planet Bottling and Keystone Water Company.Green Planet launched a new water bran ...

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Waste Management to Add Landfill Plasma Gasification Unit

Posted by Environmental Leader on 08/03/2010

S4 Energy Solutions, a joint venture formed by Waste Management and InEnTec in May 2009, will build a plasma gasification facility at Waste Management’s Columbia Ridge Landfill in Arlington, Ore., that will convert municipal solid waste into clean fuels and renewable energy.Construction of ...

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ProLogis Claims Largest Rooftop Solar Array in NW

Posted by Environmental Leader on 04/03/2010

ProLogis, a distribution facilities company, plans to install a 2.4-megawatt solar system in partnership with Portland General Electric (PGE) that will cover 900,000-sq.-ft. of rooftop across seven warehouses in Portland, Gresham and Clackamas, Oregon. This is PGE’s second rooftop project w ...

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Feds Taking Requests for $100M in Energy Efficiency Stimulus

Posted by Environmental Leader on 03/03/2010

The U.S. Department of Energy is injecting another $100 million into energy efficiency in buildings, electricity storage and other energy saving technologies.Energy Secretary Steven Chu on March 2 opened up the third round of funding under the Advanced Research Project Agency Energy (ARPA-E), re ...

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