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• Lucky $26m green recipients

  Is $26m enough to partially fund development of new energy efficient industrial processing? The US Department of Energy (DOE) seems to think so and has given the three-year funding to be shared by eight lucky projects: Energy Reduction and Advanced Water... Posted Aug 27 2008, 01:17 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: funding, DOE, Company initiatives, Products, Investments, General, R&D, Government, energy-efficient, Award, industrial processing

• Busting solar myths

  Wind turbine syndrome, vibro-acoustic disorder, and now solar blindness...Fact or fiction? The myth busters may have to work on these ones but for now, other myths in the solar energy area are being dispelled by the company Sunrise Solar . Myth 1: Solar... Posted Aug 27 2008, 10:32 AM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Company initiatives, Investments, General, studies and reports, solar, wind, energy, Health and safety, myth

• Green marketing 101

  Marketers may have to attend Greenwashing seminars and classes if they want to learn the do's and don'ts on how to use green words in their advertisings. All over the world, public advocates are scrutinizing every green word in marketing and advertising... Posted Aug 26 2008, 12:08 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: US, UK, Regulation, Company initiatives, Products, General, Australia, Shell, Goodyear, greenwash, beer, Clorox

• Shell out of wind

  Are major oil companies just full of hot air when it comes to their clean energy strategies? Last month, Shell decided to abandon its stake in a large offshore wind farm in the UK , which was then bought by energy company E.ON and Danish utility firm... Posted Aug 26 2008, 10:11 AM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Company initiatives, Investments, General, wind, renewable energy, Shell, divestment

• Green casino coming soon

  Atlantic City in New Jersey will have a new player in their midst...and it will be green. Revel Entertainment is building Atlantic City's 12th casino , which it claimed will be the world's greenest come 2010. The $2 billion casino resort will... Posted Aug 25 2008, 12:08 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Company initiatives, green, Investments, General, building, Atlantic City, casino, concrete

• Chrysler now produces hybrid electric cars

  Chrysler said it has begun rolling off its new hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) assembly line in Newark, Delaware, in time for the introduction of the company's new 2009 Dodge Durango HEMI Hybrid and 2009 Chrysler Aspen HEMI Hybrid . The company said... Posted Aug 22 2008, 02:00 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Company initiatives, Products, Investments, General, Chrysler, hybrid, electric vehicles

• The mystery of bioplastics

  Plastic bags' disposal and waste issues are under scrutiny all over the world but is bioplastic really the solution? There are buzzing questions whether some of the bioplastics currently being offered in the market are 100% biodegradable or maybe... Posted Aug 22 2008, 12:38 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Podcast, Company initiatives, Products, General, BASF, bioplastic

• Lanxess' green chemistry goals

  If a chemical or chemicals can help make cars reduce fuel consumption and carbon emission; help create cheaper fuel cells or solar panels; or make existing or new sources of water drinkable, does this mean the chemical or chemicals can be categorized... Posted Aug 21 2008, 11:59 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Environment, Company initiatives, green, Products, Investments, General, R&D, Lanxess, fuel-efficient, chemistry, energy-saving

• Save earth...through a game

  I'll soon be posting some green chemistry news from the specialty chemical company Lanxess. But while I'm working on it (and sipping my green tea frapp from a nearby Starbucks here in Pittsburgh, Pa), here's a cool game to ease your pain in... Posted Aug 21 2008, 12:11 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Environment, Company initiatives, General, game, Gamewala, plant, Treewala

• Dwindling virgin plastic demand

  Here's more bad news for plastic producers but good news for the environment. According to ConAgra Foods , a major US packaged food manufacturer, they are planning to recycle 8 million pounds of plastic waste into new frozen meal trays for their brands... Posted Aug 19 2008, 02:50 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Environment, ConAgra, Food, Company initiatives, Products, General, plastic, recycle, FDA, EFSA, frozen tray

• Stronger US wind power

  Here's a nice cool story from the New York Times about a certain Nebraska town and its growing pride in their windy condition. Ainsworth, Nebraska, according to the article, became the state's first major wind farm with 36 wind turbines erected... Posted Aug 19 2008, 01:57 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: chemicals, Company initiatives, Investments, General, Government, investment, wind, energy, Nebraska

• Organic store bans bottled water

  Step aside Whole Foods! This up and coming organic retail chain store from Washington metro area, MOM's (which stands for My Organic Market) is taking its green initiative to the next level by phasing out all imported bottled water from their shelves... Posted Aug 19 2008, 01:48 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: bottled water, Company initiatives, Products, General, Washington metro, imported, organic store

• California: Bright and green

  Why is California always seem to be ahead when it comes to ginormous green projects? In the solar sector, Pacific Gas and Electric Company will soon be able to supply enough clean energy to 239,000 homes in California with its recent solar power contracts... Posted Aug 15 2008, 04:21 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: electricity, Company initiatives, Investments, California, solar, PG&E, project

• The smaller the better

  Ford's new motto seems to be focus on getting smaller...with their vehicles that is. The company's new Ford Fiesta, said to be the first of a generation of new global small Ford cars, is now being mass produced in Cologne , Germany. The Fiesta... Posted Aug 15 2008, 01:48 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Company initiatives, Products, Investments, General, vehicles, carbon emission, Ford, global

• Garbage war in Pennsylvania

  Disposing trash must be really getting costlier if a hauler has to sue its municipal garbage authority for landfill discrimination. Lebanon Farms Disposal, a hauler from Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania, was fined in 2003 for violating Lebanon County's... Posted Aug 14 2008, 12:19 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: Environment, Company initiatives, General, Government, landfill, fine, Pennsylvania, county, garbage