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EPA Awards $2 Million for Small Business Innovation Research: Promoting Green Jobs
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced more than $2 million to 25 small businesses nationwide to develop new environmental technologies that will help protect people’s health and the environment. EPA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program funds innovative research resulting in new commercial products, processes and services that protect the ...
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China green city summit 2010
Hosted by Duxes Business Consulting Inc. and endorsed by powerful organizations around the world, China Green City Summit 2010 - Green Upgrading on Urban Infrastructure will take place on September 20th - 21th, 2010 in Chongqing, which is a typical green city in China. Never has the demand of green city been that pressing before because of the limits of carrying capacity of economy and ...
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China green city summit 2010
China Green City Summit 2010 - Green Upgrading on Urban Infrastructure 20-21 September, 2010 Hosted by Duxes Business Consulting Inc. and endorsed by powerful organizations around the world, China Green City Summit 2010 - Green Upgrading on Urban Infrastructure will take place on September 20th – 21th, 2010 in Chongqing, which is a typical green city in China. Never has the demand of green ...
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Shanks gets green light to build waste facility
Cumbria County Council has granted planning permission for waste management firm Shanks to build a £20 million mechanical biological treatment plant. The facility will be built at Hespin Wood near Carlisle and will process up to 75,000 tonnes of waste per year. Last November, the council agreed to a 25-year private finance initiative deal with Shanks to help the council cut the amount of waste ...
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Liquid Lignin, LLC in Greenville, SC awarded $80,000 for Environmentally Friendly Borate-Based Wood
Liquid Lignin, LLC has been awarded $80,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop Environmentally Friendly Borate-Based Wood. This natural organic retention project proposes using lignin from emerging biorefineries to allow borates to be used as wood preservatives for exterior applications exposed to rain. Enhancing the ...
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Green Alliance has vision to `design out waste`
Environmental charity Green Alliance has announced its strategy for the next three years including a movement to ‘design out waste’. It has six themes that it will be assessing from now until 2012 including: political leadership, the sustainable economy, the third sector, climate change and energy futures, green living and designing out waste. Green Alliance policy adviser Hannah Hislop told ...
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EPA Awards $80,000 To Delaware Small Business To Develop Green Technology
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded an $80,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to Compact Membrane Systems, Inc. (CMS) of Wilmington, Del. to develop an innovative membrane technology that enhances industry’s ability to use green solvents in place of hazardous solvents. Many chemical-related industries rely on solvents as a processing aid in their ...
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Asia’s largest green technology and eco exhibition returns
The 4th International GreenTech & Eco Products Exhibition & Conference Malaysia (IGEM 2013) is set to raise the bar with its latest installment by partnering with the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) to create a synergistic platform for industry professionals, academics, entrepreneurs and policy makers to explore opportunities and drive sustainable growth in the emerging green market. ...
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EPA awards Denver-area firm $80K to advance chemical and biological waste technology
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding $80,000 to TDA Research, Inc., in Wheat Ridge, Colo., to develop technologies to protect public health and the environment following potential accidents or intentional attacks involving chemical and biological agents. Today’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award is among more than $2 million EPA is providing to 25 small ...
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Scottish Green manifesto mentions recycling only once
The Scottish Green Party has made only a single mention of “recycling” in its new election manifesto. This appears in the statement “recycling creates six times more jobs per tonne of waste than landfill” – made in the context of the party’s green jobs pledge. Instead the new 16 page manifesto refers to “energy” 23 times, with many pledges to support renewable energy, and carbon capture ...
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Hundreds of entrepreneurs and thought leaders gathering to build the emerging new economy: community-based, green, fair
This month the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) is bringing together an international community of business owners and thought leaders fostering the emergence of a new economic system -- one based on a network of strong, local economies that are community-based, green, and fair. Hundreds of socially responsible entrepreneurs, business network leaders, economic developers, ...
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BALLE Conference will `connect the dots` with emerging movements to build strong, local, green businesses and communities
Final Early Bird Deadline Ends April 23 The new economy is being shaped at the grassroots level in local communities around North America. This May, the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) is bringing together a national community of the business owners and thought leaders creating that meaningful economic change. Hundreds of socially responsible entrepreneurs, business network ...
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U.S. EPA and San Francisco Department of the Environment honor five custodial cleaning companies recognized as Green Businesses today
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the San Francisco Department of the Environment today honored five companies who successfully completed the Custodial Green Cleaning pilot program, the first Green Business program in the nation focused on protecting custodial worker health by switching from harmful cleaning products to greener products and methods. To date, 300 custodians have been ...
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Applied Environmental Technology in Thonotosassa, FL awarded More than $79,000 for Energy and Nutrient Extraction from Onsite Wastewater
Applied Environmental Technology (AET), in Thonotosassa, Fl. has been awarded more than $79,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop low cost energy and nutrient extraction from onsite wastewater. Onsite wastewater systems are a significant source of nutrient loading to the environment and there is a demand for technologies ...
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ArunA Biomedical, Inc. in Athens, GA awarded more than $79,000 for Developmental Neurotox Assay Using Scalable Neurons and Astrocytes in High-Content Imaging
Aruna Biomedical Inc., has been awarded more than $79,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to study developmental neurotox assay using scalable neurons and astrocytes in high-content imaging. The objective of this proposed project and the EPA Computational Toxicology program’s goals are aligned in assessing chemicals for ...
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Eco Expo Asia Opens Saturday with Green Tech Theme
More than 270 exhibitors from 14 countries and regions will take part in the seventh edition of Eco Expo Asia, which opens 27 October (Saturday) and continues through 30 October at Hong Kong’s AsiaWorld-Expo. “Green Tech for a Low Carbon Economy” is the theme of this year’s expo, organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd and the ...
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Eco Expo Asia 2013 Echoes the Government’s Initiatives – Towards a Sustainable and Greener City
The eigth Eco Expo Asia, Hong Kong’s major international trading platform for environmental business, will take place on 28-31 October at the AsiaWorld-Expo, assisting businesses to find new opportunities under the government’s initiatives to develop Hong Kong as a greener city. Speaking at a networking luncheon related to Eco Expo Asia, The Secretary for the Environment of the ...
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Eco Expo Asia, Building & Hardware Fair Open Today
The 10th editions of Eco Expo Asia and the HKTDC Hong Kong International Building & Hardware Fair opened today at the AsiaWorld-Expo (AWE). Continuing through 31 October, the fairs gather Asia’s most innovative green technologies, building innovations and industry leaders for four days of networking and deal-making. At the opening ceremony, Chief Executive of The HKSAR Government CY ...
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Six California Companies Included in $2 Million EPA Award to Small Businesses
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced more $2 million to 25 small businesses nationwide to develop new environmental technologies that will help protect people’s health and the environment. California leads the nation with six companies selected for the award; four are located in Southern California, and two are in Northern California. EPA’s Small Business ...
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7th edition receives continued support from the Hong Kong government
Eco Expo Asia, the leading environmental protection fair in Asia which jointly organised by Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, retains support from the Environment Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as the co-organiser of the fair. It will be held at AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong, from 27 – 30 October 2012. Commenting on ...
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