March 2009
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Oasys Secures $10 Million to Develop Breakthrough Desalination Technology
A Cambridge, Massachusetts-based desalination start-up has closed on a $10 million round of funding to develop its proprietary technology to produce clean, potable water from salt water using one tenth the amount of energy used in traditional desalination plants. Yale researchers Rob McGinnis and Dr. Menachem Elimelech have developed a proprietary desalination system called Engineered [...]
As Kansas Gov. Sebelius Heads to DC, Kansas Coal Fight Hangs in Balance
[Cross-posted at Red, Green, and Blue] When President Obama tapped Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius for Secretary of Health and Human Services, there may have been some tightening in the chests of those fighting an expansion of the Holcomb Station coal-fired power plant – an expansion Sebelius has fought hard against. In 2007, Kansas become the [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-03-14
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-03-07 http://tinyurl.com/d6ganu # Red Tape Plagues European Union Research Program http://tinyurl.com/byqzfr # Just downloaded last night’s return of Phish… Hot damn! Big ups to the band for making free soundboard MP3s avail: http://bit.ly/2CJmP # Economic Stimulus Includes $1,000 for Some Mass Transit Users http://tinyurl.com/assw79 # Coal-Friendly Campground Cancels Two Activist Retreats [...]
Want a Job in the Wind Energy Biz? Vestas Has 500
To go along with the 600 jobs that they’ve added in Windsor, Colorado, and the 1,300 jobs they will create down the road in Brighton, the Danish-owned wind turbine manufacturer, Vestas, is looking to fill 500 vacancies at their new Pueblo, Colorado tower manufacturing plant. On March 14, Vestas will hold a job fair at [...]
Waste Management Fueling Trash Trucks with Natural Gas
Waste Management of Seattle has begun construction on a new compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station and unveiled a fleet of CNG-fueled solid waste collection trucks. The Seattle project is part of a larger national effort to cut the company’s CO2 emissions by 15% by 2020. Waste Management is investing $29 million in 106 new [...]
