Water


WEF Opens Public Access to Water Environment Research

The Water Environment Federation will offer one article per issue of its journal online.

NASA Assessing New Launch Dates for the Glory Mission

Data from the Glory mission will allow scientists to better understand how the sun and tiny atmospheric particles called aerosols affect Earth's climate.

Kia Motors Intends to Join the Clean Energy Partnership

Kia Motor Corp. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with members of the Clean Energy Partnership (CEP) to help promote Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEV) and showcase the company's competitiveness in eco-friendly vehicles. The initial agreement was signed yesterday in Seoul, attended by Dr. Hyun Soon Lee, Vice Chairman and head of Hyundai-Kia R&D; Dr. Klaus Bonhoff, Managing Director of NOW GmbH (National Organization of Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology); Patrick Schnell, Chairman of the Clean Energy Partnership (CEP) and other CEP members. As part of its global activities to prepare commercialization of fuel cell vehicles, Kia intends to join the Clean Energy Partnership in 2011. The parties agreed to negotiate respective terms for participation.

TCEQ Fines DCP Midstream, Citgo Refining for Records' Review Issues

Some of the penalty money will support supplemental environmental projects on clean school buses and tire cleanup.

Partnership Cooks Up New Solution to Poverty and Climate Change

Companies aim to deliver two million clean cookstoves to Nigerian households over the next seven years.

Two new electric bikes are being offered in the United States.

2 Stealth Electric Bikes Now Available to US Riders

The company now offers its most popular high-performance electric bikes: The Fighter and the Bomber.

Black & Veatch Pledges $1M for R&D in Sustainable Infrastructure

The support will be given to the university system in Kansas, where the company is headquartered, over the next 10 years.

Leominster Dye Company to Settle Hazardous Waste Issues

Hudson Color allegedly failed to adequately determine the contents of a waste pigment containing high concentrations of lead.



Study Says the Pill Contributes Little Estrogen to Drinking Water

Natural estrogen from multiple sources actually accounts for much more of the total contribution.

Saugus, Mass., Manufacturer to Pay Fine for Notification Violations

Lamb & RItchie Co. will pay a $32,000 fine to settle a complaint that the company failed to file a Toxic Chemical Release Inventory form for lead compounds.

New right-to-know application was developed for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Right-to-Know App Identifies Toxic Neighbors

This application was designed by Abt Associates for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Making Solar Panels With Cleaner, Greener Technology

The reality of making solar panels with existing technology is much different, involving use of potentially toxic substances and lots of energy.

New Reports Chart Path to Net-Zero-Energy Commercial Buildings

Two new reports from the Zero Energy Commercial Buildings Consortium on achieving net-zero-energy use in commercial buildings say "high levels of energy efficiency are the first, largest, and most important step on the way to net-zero."

Supermarket Chain Faces Penalty for Nondisclosure

DeMoulas Super Markets failed to submit a material safety data sheet for Genetron 22, or a list of chemicals including Genetron 22, to the state emergency response commission, local emergency planning committee, and the local fire department with jurisdiction over the facility.

Local Governments Get Ready for an Electric Vehicle Future With Workshop

With consumer interest in new electric vehicles running high, local governments are gearing up to prepare their communities for the new generation of zero-emission vehicles.

March 11 Meeting to Finalize National Conversation Action Agenda

The public meeting in Washington, D.C., will wrap up this phase of the project to strengthen the nation's approach to protecting the public's health from harmful chemical exposures.

New Ford Electrified Vehicle Facebook Page Engages Fans

Ford has launched an Electrified Vehicle Facebook page to serve as a place where passionate enthusiasts or curious consumers can find and share information about the company's electrified vehicles

New Lithium-ion Battery Reportedly Ideal for Electric Cars

The battery is based on a high-capacity nanostructured tin-carbon anode and a high-voltage lithium-ion cathode.

Is "green" marketing dead?

White Paper: Green Marketing Needs to Evolve

A Cleveland marketing firm shares its perspective on how companies need to adjust their strategies to communicate "green" value.

Brown tides are caused by harmful algal blooms.

Brown Tide Culprit Suited to Thrive in Environmentally Impacted Estuaries

The Stony Brook University and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution study used the genome sequence of Aureococcus anophagefferens and found that it is genetically predisposed to exploit certain characteristics of human-modified coastal ecosystems.