Survey Reports ‘High Risk’ of Council Tax Rises if Government Targets Missed A ground-breaking campaign is launched today by the plastics industry to challenge itself, government and consumers to step up recycling and to stop sending plastic to landfill. The Plastics 2020 Challenge, backed by MPs from across the political divide, is the first time [...]
The 2009 Frost & Sullivan European Automotive Safety Systems Product Innovation of the Year Award is presented to NAVTEQ Europe B.V. (NAVTEQ) for its Map and Positioning Engine (MPE) MPE Reference Solution. This innovation creates a simple, efficient and highly cost-effective architecture, along with all the building blocks necessary for digital map-based informational and map-enabled [...]
USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan, in her keynote address at the Organic Trade Association (OTA)’s All Things Organic(TM) Conference and Trade Show, announced that an equivalency agreement has been reached between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). This historic equivalency agreement will allow the continued smooth flow of [...]
Over the next five years, water efficiency and conservation will become critical factors in green design, construction and product selection, according to McGraw-Hill Construction’s latest SmartMarket Report, Water Use in Buildings, released with support from The Chicago Faucet Company and Sloan Valve Company. Architecture and engineering (A/E) firms, contractors and owners report that water efficiency [...]
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will announce an historic blueprint to carry out rigorous greenhouse gas emission standards for passenger cars and trucks while giving the nation’s automakers the certainty of cohesive regulatory standards. By model year 2016, the new federal standards would achieve, on a national basis, the 30 [...]
The National Restaurant Association today launched a new campaign – the National Restaurant Association Conserve/EPA ENERGY STAR Challenge – and is encouraging the nation’s nearly one million restaurants, their 13 million employees, as well as their suppliers and guests to reduce energy and water use in establishments. More information on how to participate is also [...]
Single unit integrates audio, driver information and climate control electronics with unique styling; allows flexibility for automakers and personalization for consumers Global automotive supplier Visteon Corporation will present a new concept platform – a cleanly styled center stack that integrates audio, climate controls, and driver information electronics (ACDI) in one single unit – at the [...]
The UK government subsidies to boost low-carbon transport will not be a significant cost for the Treasury, but at the same time they will not improve the UK’s carbon footprint in the first few years of its roll out. The announcement comes as an exciting boost to the UK automotive industry and those European automakers [...]
Despite a short-term reduction, electricity prices are estimated to rise by 10 – 15% in 2013, following the tightening of restrictions on emissions levels. This has caused concern amongst intensive energy users such as the steel, aluminium, cement and paper industries. They fear that the price increase, along with other related factors, will significantly increase [...]
Newman Wachs Racing, The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), and Entergy Nuclear have teamed up once again for the 2009 Cooper Tires Presents the Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda. NWR and NEI joined in 2008 with Entergy Nuclear in the “Nuclear. Clean Air Energy” public awareness program, designed to educate fans and consumers about the carbon-free [...]