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- At Toyota greenhouse, C02 emissions no villain
- ROKKASHO, Japan AFP — In a sprawling greenhouse with shiny silver ducts running through, stacks of cardboard boxes feature prints of a flower alongside the distinctive red Toyota logo. In an experiment aimed at putting to use some of the carbon dioxide blamed for global warming, the giant auto...
- Research articles 2008-06-21
- GERMAN AID FOR HORTICULTURE.
- The European Commission decided, on 11 March, that the tax refund scheme for German greenhouses is compatible with Community guidelines on state aid for environmental protection. A part of the tax reductions could not be justified, however, and the Commission found them incompatible with the common...
- Research articles 2008-03-20
- Natural Resources Canada: Renewable Energy Heats Tomato Greenhouse.
- SAINT-ETIENNE-DES-GRES, QUEBEC, Mar 17, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- The official opening of a new environmentally-friendly greenhouse of Les Serres du Saint-Laurent was done by Jacques Gourdes, Member of Parliament for Lotbiniere-Chutes-de-la-Chaudiere, on behalf the Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Gary Lunn. ...
- Research articles 2008-03-17
- Venus inferno due to 'runaway greenhouse effect', say scientists
- PARIS AFP — Once styled as Earth's twin, Venus was transformed from a haven for water to a fiery hell by an unstoppable greenhouse effect, according to an investigation by the first space probe to visit our closest neighbour in more than a decade. Like peas in a cosmic...
- Research articles 2007-11-28
- UN climate chief urges action on global warming
- TOKYO AFP — The head of the UN climate panel that shared the Nobel Peace Prize last week said Thursday there was still time for the world to turn around the global warming trend as he visited Japan for talks. Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
- Research articles 2007-10-18
- Gradient Scientist Wins the Harold Jan Schoemaker Award
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Eric J. Wannamaker of Gradient Corporation has won the 2007 Harold Jan Schoemaker Award given by the International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research IAHR to the authors of the published paper judged the most outstanding in the two years preceding the IAHR Congress. His winning paper,...
- Research articles 2007-07-09
- EPA Honors Red Dot Corp. For Climate-Control Systems
- Red Dot Corp., a Seattle, Wash., manufacturer of heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, has received the 2007 Climate Protection Award, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's highest honor for leadership, innovation, dedication and technical achievement in reducing greenhouse gases.Red Dot was recognized for its research and commercialization of low global-warming...
- Research articles 2007-05-21
- Christian Paradis Announces $4 Million for Renewable Energies.
- SAINT-ETIENNE-DES-GRES, QUEBEC, May 14, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Transforming garbage into renewable energy to grow tomatoes - now that's a sustainable solution. Christian Paradis, Secretary of State Agriculture, announced today that a $4-million grant would be awarded to Les Serres du Saint-Laurent, Inc. Savoura tomatoes...
- Research articles 2007-05-14
- Legislation Would Promote Bioscience Industry; Creating New Jobs, Opportunities for Pennsylvania
- To: SCIENCE EDITORSContact: Don Houser of the Office of Senator Jake Corman, +1-717- 787-1377 HARRISBURG, Pa., May 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is an op- ed by Senator Jake Corman (R-34): In 2001 when I introduced legislation, Senate Bill 505, to create three regional research biotechnology centers in Pennsylvania,...
- Research articles 2007-05-08
- U.S. Adults Less Likely Than Europeans to Think Humans Are Contributing to the Increase in Global Temperatures
- To: FOREIGN EDITORSContact: Tracey McNerney, Harris Interactive, +1-585-214-7756 ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the nation celebrated Earth Day this past weekend, there is a definite difference in how those in the U.S. feel about global warming when compared to their European counterparts. While two-thirds of U.S. adults (65%)...
- Research articles 2007-04-23
- Tourism villain and victim on climate change: UN tourism body
- MADRID AFP — Tourism is both villain and victim when it comes to climate change the head of the World Tourist Organisation WTO said on Tuesday. Major growth in air traffic "is a vector of climactic change under way," WTO director general Francesco Frangialli told an international conference on...
- Research articles 2007-03-20
- ABE students assist "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"
- ABC's popular television show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" which aired Oct. 29, featured agricultural and biological engineering ABE students who assisted in the construction of a home, greenhouse, and renovated barn. The ABE students, lead by members of the Iowa State University Student Branch of ASABE, volunteered their time during...
- Research articles 2007-01-01
- Bracks targets schools in $2bn poll splurge.
- Byline: Duncan Hughes Nov 13, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Victorian Premier, Steve Bracks, has launched his campaign for the 25 November 2006 state election. Bracks made numerous pledges, including $A2 billion to rebuild ageing schools, a...
- Research articles 2006-11-13
- First-ever greenhouse for European butterflies opens in Portugal
- LISBON AFP — Europe's first-ever public greenhouse housing only butterfly species which are commonly found in the continent was inaugurated in Portugal, officials said. The 220-square metre (2,400-square foot) greenhouse in Lisbon's botanical gardens currently houses around 100 butterflies from eight different species and the goal is to eventually display...
- Research articles 2006-11-11
- Corn In A Cave
- It's dark and cold. Why would anyone grow corn in an underground warehouse? For Doug Ausenbaugh, owner of Controlled Pharming Ventures, the atmosphere is ideal. "Down this far underground [in an old limestone mine], it is a constant 51 [Degrees] F temperature," Ausenbaugh explains. "That makes it easier...
- Research articles 2006-09-29
- Exelon: Loving the Earth AND money
- Exelon isn't just green for show. One of the largest operators of nuclear generated electricity, Exelon is taking global warming seriously.
- Videos 2008-04-21
- A start-up in Montco gets $500,000
- A Spring House start-up that is developing nonantibiotic therapies for gastrointestinal diseases has received a $500,000 investment from BioAdvance, the Philadelphia region's life-sciences "greenhouse." Midway Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical firm focusing on drugs for GI diseases, including Crohn's, ulcerative colitis, and irritable-bowel syndrome. Midway's experimental compound, the polymer...
- Research articles 2006-05-18
- Start-up drug company attracts $500,000 in funding
- A Spring House start-up that is developing non-antibiotic therapies for gastrointestinal diseases has received a $500,000 investment from BioAdvance, the Philadelphia region's life-sciences "greenhouse." Midway Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focusing on drugs for GI diseases, including Crohn's, ulcerative colitis and irritable bowel syndrome. Midway's experimental compound, the...
- Research articles 2006-05-17
- Pollution permits surplus raises questions about EU emissions scheme
- BRUSSELS AFP — Questions were raised over an innovative EU greenhouse gas trading system, after new figures showed that EU states had given industrial plants more CO2 pollution permits than they needed in 2005. EU industrial plants pumped out 1.785 billion tonnes of CO2 greenhouse gases into the atmosphere...
- Research articles 2006-05-15
- 10 states sue US to regulate greenhouse gases
- WASHINGTON AFP — Ten US states and two cities sued the US government to force it to regulate gases blamed for global climate change, said environmental groups who joined the suit. The suit demands the Environmental Protection Agency regulate so-called greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, which the EPA...
- Research articles 2006-04-27
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