News Articles http://www.pollutiononline.com/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:19:00 GMT Filtering carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, from factory smokestacks is a necessary, but expensive part of many manufacturing processes http://www.pollutiononline.com/article.mvc/NIST-Provides-Octagonal-Window-Of-Opportunity-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:19:00 GMT Siemens will supply key components for the IPP Qurayyah combined cycle power plant (CCPP) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. With an installed capacity of 4 gigawatts (GW) it will be one of the world's largest CCPPs, and will supply enough electrical energy to meet approximately one tenth of the country's current power demand for its 28 million inhabitants http://www.pollutiononline.com/article.mvc/Siemens-Receives-Another-Major-Order-For-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:17:00 GMT Baseline-MOCON, Inc., a subsidiary of MOCON (NASDAQ: MOCO), is announcing a new 10.0 eV lamp energy level for its piD-TECH® plus photoionization sensor line. The new lamp will now give users increased specificity when determining the presence of volatile organic compounds (VOC) such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene (BTEX). http://www.pollutiononline.com/article.mvc/Baseline-MOCON-Announces-New-10-eV-Lamp-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:36:34 GMT The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) announced recently that its subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG), has been awarded a contract to design and supply two spray dry absorber (SDA) units and associated equipment for Xcel Energy's coal-fired Pawnee Generating Station in Brush, Colo http://www.pollutiononline.com/article.mvc/BW-Announces-Contract-To-Supply-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:45:00 GMT Man-made air pollution from Southeast Asia causes the loss of 6.7 million tonnes of wheat and about 11.6 million tonnes of rice globally each year, while pollutants from North America reduce wheat yields in Europe by 1.2 million tonnes each year, according to a new study http://www.pollutiononline.com/article.mvc/Ozone-Pollution-Damage-Crops-Across-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:21:00 GMT Heat Pipe Technology, Inc., (HPT) a division of MiTek, a Berkshire Hathaway company, recently announced that two recent commercial implementations of the Company's passive dehumidification systems have yielded extraordinary return on investments, carbon reduction, and ongoing energy savings http://www.pollutiononline.com/article.mvc/Two-Commercial-Heat-Pipe-Technology-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:15:00 GMT Mexico and the United States of America recently signed a Technical Collaboration Agreement on Sustainability and Climate Change http://www.pollutiononline.com/article.mvc/Mexico-And-US-Sign-Technical-Collaboration-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:32:00 GMT Car Charging Group, Inc. (OTCBB:CCGI), a nationwide provider of convenient electric vehicle (EV) charging services for drivers wherever they live, work and play, today praised the California Air Resources Board for passing sweeping auto-emission standards on Friday http://www.pollutiononline.com/article.mvc/Car-Charging-Group-Applauds-New-California-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:37:00 GMT Blue Sphere Corp. (OTCBB: BLSP) (the "Company" or "Blue Sphere"), a company in the Cleantech sector as an emission reduction and renewable energy project integrator, is pleased to announce that Vattenfall Energy Trading, the trading unit of one of Europe's biggest power and heat producers ("Vattenfall"), has signed an emissions reduction purchase agreement ("ERPA") with the Company's subsidiary, Puresphere Ltd., to purchase carbon credits from the Company's landfill projects in Ghana and Nigeria through the end of 2020 http://www.pollutiononline.com/article.mvc/Blue-Sphere-Signs-An-Emissions-Reduction-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:46:00 GMT The BounceU facility in Greensboro NC has been awarded certification through the Carbon Footprint Reduction Program (CFRP) http://www.pollutiononline.com/article.mvc/Greensboro-Business-Achieves-Certification-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:28:00 GMT In September 2010, Washington Gas Energy Services (WGES) launched the CleanSteps Carbon Offsets product forging a partnership between WGES, Sterling Planet and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) http://www.pollutiononline.com/article.mvc/Washington-Gas-Energy-Services-CleanSteps-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) announced today that its generation subsidiaries will retire six older coal-fired power plants located in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland by September 1, 2012 http://www.pollutiononline.com/article.mvc/FirstEnergy-Citing-Impact-Of-Environmental-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:35:00 GMT ThermoEnergy Corp. (OTCBB: TMEN) expects that tough new rules on coal-fired power plant emissions which were finalized recently by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will spur demand for effective, efficient, clean combustion technology http://www.pollutiononline.com/article.mvc/New-EPA-Emissions-Rules-To-Spur-Demand-For-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:18:00 GMT Element Markets, LLC, a leading producer and marketer of biogas and environmental commodities, is helping Chevrolet meet its CO2 reduction goals while assisting Basin Electric Power Cooperative in funding its clean energy projects http://www.pollutiononline.com/article.mvc/Element-Markets-And-Basin-Electric-Partner-To-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:17:00 GMT Tri-Tech Holding Inc. (Nasdaq: TRIT), which provides turn-key water resources management, water and wastewater treatment, industrial safety and pollution control solutions, announced today that it secured a Build-Transfer contract for the construction of a wastewater treatment plant and a wastewater pipeline network in Dawangdian Industrial Park in Xushui County, Hebei Province. http://www.pollutiononline.com/article.mvc/Tri-Tech-Holding-Wins-79M-Contract-For-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:54:00 GMT Indoor air pollution is often five times worse than outdoor air and can be linked to allergies, asthma and even heart attacks. eVacuumStore.com has announced that they will take new measures to promote the improvement of indoor air quality with the use of air purifiers and central vacuum systems http://www.pollutiononline.com/article.mvc/eVacuumStore-Takes-Measures-To-Improve-Indoor-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:47:00 GMT SATO, a leader in barcode printing, labeling and EPC/RFID solutions announced recently the release of its new ECONANO series of labels; labels that absorb and reduce the CO2 that is released into the atmosphere when labels are incinerated. http://www.pollutiononline.com/article.mvc/SATO-Introduces-ECONANO-Labels-The-Worlds-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:52:00 GMT Users of outdoor wood furnaces and wood boilers now have additional pollution control options from industry leader ClearStak, LLC. The company has expanded its line of patent pending Pollution Control Devices (PCDs) and Intelligent Bio-fuel Controllers (IBCs) to retrofit a wider variety of outdoor wood boilers and four different sizes of pipe - up to 12" in diameter http://www.pollutiononline.com/article.mvc/Expanded-Line-Of-Wood-Smoke-Pollution-Control-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:43:00 GMT Ontario, Canada is helping Pond Biofuels build cutting-edge technology that will help clean the air we breathe http://www.pollutiononline.com/article.mvc/Cutting-Edge-Technology-From-Ontarios-Clean-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT Calgon Carbon Corporation announced that it has launched an advanced FLUEPAC line of products to control an increasing environmental concern, mercury emissions in the coal-fired electric power generation market http://www.pollutiononline.com/article.mvc/Calgon-Carbon-Launches-New-FLUEPAC-Products-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:09:00 GMT