The switch to refrigerants that do not damage the ozone layer brought in a generation of chemicals with a greenhouse effect thousands of times stronger than CO2Greenhouse gases used in supermarket fridges and freezers pose as great a threat to the environment as plastic bags, according to a study by campaigning group the Environmental Investigation [...]
GREENBELT, Md., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The development of a new series of weather and environmental monitoring satellites has marked a significant milestone with the delivery and the beginning of spacecraft integration efforts for a key sci…
President Obama pledges to help pass ‘comprehensive’ climate change law, but also backed nuclear power and drillingBarack Obama put himself firmly behind the effort to get a climate change bill through Congress last night – but said it must include a new generation of nuclear power.The brief passage on energy and climate in Obama’s state [...]
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Baltimore Transmission to be the first high volume U.S. electric motors manufacturing siteStart of regular production scheduled for 2013 for next generation two-mode rear wheel drive motorInvestment will create approx…
DOVER, Del., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ — AFS Trinity Power Corporation today said it is studying Delaware as a potential site for the further development and assembly of its plug in hybrid electric vehicle the “Extreme Hybrid”, and, starting today, will pr…
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Electric traction motors are ‘engines’ for electric vehicles and hybridsFirst GM electric motors will debut in next-generation rear-wheel-drive Two-mode HybridsTotal investment of $246 million in electric motor and e…
BARRE, Vt., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ — Northern Power Systems, Inc. (www.northernpower.com), a next-generation wind turbine company, today announced the opening of a new office in the Boston, Massachusetts area. The new office, located at 222 Third Street…
HOUSTON and WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ — Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WM) and Harvest Power today announced an agreement by Waste Management to invest in Harvest Power to expand next generation organics recycling facilities across the Unite…
SCHENECTADY, N.Y., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ — Price Chopper’s state-of-the-art Colonie store in New York State’s capital region (Albany, NY) is proud to be the first supermarket in the U.S. to supply its own power on-site with the latest-generation PureCe…