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EPA May Regulate Sulfur Dioxide Emissions on Hourly Basis

Posted by Environmental Leader on 18/11/2009

Manufacturers and utilities that emit sulfur dioxide may soon fall under tighter regulation, as the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new rules that set hourly requirements on emissions, the Wall Street Journal reports.Currently, emissions standards are based on annualized or 24-hour a ...

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E-Waste Rising, Electronics Makers Boost Recycling

Posted by Environmental Leader on 16/11/2009

Transboundary movement of hazardous waste shows a disastrous accumulation of e-waste, roughly about 6 billion tons, according to an upcoming report from the Basel Convention, reports RedOrbit. Part of the accumulation is attributed to increasing demand for electronic gaming, high definition TVs a ...

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New Solar Cells Offer Sunlight Harvesting From Any Angle

Posted by Environmental Leader on 13/11/2009

A new breed of solar being installed at a California plastics factory could prove to light a new way forward for future solar installations.The new solar cells, shaped like long fluorescent light bulbs, allow harvesting of the sunlight from any angle, as opposed to others that must be angled towa ...

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Best-in-Class Manufacturers Cut Energy Use by 24%, Study Shows

Posted by Environmental Leader on 12/11/2009

Best-in-class manufacturers typically reduce their energy consumption by 24 percent compared to laggard companies that increase their energy use by 6 percent, according to new benchmarking research from Aberdeen Group.Other findings reveal that best-in-class companies also reduce their emissions ...

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Aerojet to Increase Solar Capacity 66%

Posted by Environmental Leader on 11/11/2009

With a 2.4 megawatt expansion of solar capacity in the works, Aerojet says it will eventually have one of the largest non-utility, industrial solar operations in the U.S.The expansion comes on top of 3.6 MW of solar energy that was just unveiled at Aerojet’s Sacramento, Calif., site. That p ...

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