California passed the country's first low-carbon fuel standard law yesterday, with a goal of cutting carbon emissions 10% by 2020. The allowable carbon intensity of fuels will lower incrementally beginning in 2011. As a result, ...READ»
YOHO EXPO PRESS-After the great success of Aluminium China 2009, ALUMINIUM CHINA will go on to stage at SNIEC, from June 9 to 11, 2010, leading the ALUMINIUM Global events together with ALUMINIUM 2010. ...READ»
The blood of the diamond trade continues to flow in Zimbabwe, according to a Human Rights Watch report detailing violence in the nation’s Marange diamond fields, an area we wrote about in our Dec./Jan. issue.In its June 20 report, ...READ»
As the economy continues to firm, expect a rebound in M&A due to lower valuations in combination with a lower cost of borrowing as the sector comes from a (6) six year low in terms of volume. Approximately 610 deals ...READ»
Meet a steelmaker with a heart of gold, a firm that shows why a "triple bottom line" is good business -- in one of the world's toughest businesses.READ»
The global chemical industry, worth trillions of dollars a year, has relied heavily on oil and natural gas. While we often associate the green business world with solar panels and electric cars, change is brewing in industries ...READ»
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Funding continues to be a major barrier in the delivery of programming on our area reservations and consequently an impediment to improving the momentum required to significantly impact unemployment, poverty and the economy. READ»
In what is being described as the first commercial delivery of cellulosic ethanol, a Shell service station in Ottawa, Ontario is selling gasoline containing a 10% blend of biofuel made from wheat straw. The biofuel and gasoline ...READ»
Zimbabwe's newfound diamond fields could have helped lift the country from its misery. Instead, they've fueled a cycle of government-sanctioned rape, murder, and thievery -- and pushed the place still closer to collapse.READ»
There was a time not so long ago when BP tried to brand itself as being "Beyond Petroleum." That tagline is, of course, laughable now that BP has turned the Gulf into a giant petroleum bathtub. But the tainted company is still ...READ»
Rob McEwen owned an underperforming gold mine in northwestern Ontario, and he needed new ideas about where to dig. So he broke new ground -- and made data on the mine available online to anyone who wanted to help. Eureka! The Internet gold rush was on.READ»
If you've ever been part of a discussion on ethics, in school or elsewhere, chances are you didn't spend much time talking about your feelings. It's believed that to live ethically, we must engage our reason, which reins in the ...READ»
Buckman Labs makes chemicals -- but it sells knowledge. The challenge: invent a way for the global salesforce to spend more time with customers and share its brainpower.READ»
What if we could quickly and cheaply make ethanol using any cellulosic feedstock, including wood chips and construction waste? That's exactly what Coskata claims it can do with its new semi-commercial flex ethanol facility, launched ...READ»
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With the world cuckoo for cocoa right now, chocolate fragrances were probably inevitable. "There's this sensation we get from chocolate," says Caroline Sabas. "It's also good for the skin, so why not wear ...READ»
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With the world cuckoo for cocoa right now, chocolate fragrances were probably inevitable. "There's this sensation we get from chocolate," says Caroline Sabas. "It's also good for the skin, so why not wear it?" ...READ»
What if we could quickly and cheaply make ethanol using any cellulosic feedstock, including wood chips and construction waste? That's exactly what Coskata claims it can do with its new semi-commercial flex ethanol facility, launched ...READ»
It sounds like a nightmarishly bad idea: Brazil is auctioning off big pieces of the Amazon to timber companies. But it's a move that could ultimately save the Amazon from destruction.READ»
Genomatica, best known for figuring out how to make spandex from sugar cane and E.coli, has a new trick up its sleeve: producing chemicals from waste.READ»
