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With an increasing potential as a 'very Indian silk' in the world market and the rising eco-friendly consciousness, India is emphasizing on growing more 'vanya' or forest-grown silk. It can also help compete with the Chinese silk...

When one talks of saving water and energy, it all reminds us of dripping water from your taps and showers. But, here is a solution to both the environment and your love for revitalizing shower. This innovative showerhead not only offers a truly...

The Public Works Department's diesel vehicles of Cheshire will soon be powered by the renewable energy source - biodiesel. With the founding of BioPur, earlier this year, the company is now capable of producing 450,000 to 1.5 million gallons of biodiesel.

Biocardel Vermont LLC is building the largest bio-diesel fuel plant in New England. The company will be producing fuel from 'soybean'. To build the plant, the Biocardel Inc. and Guilmax Inc. of Quebec received a loan-approval of $645,355 from the Vermont.

Recycle the lees! Yes, Japan has come up with the innovative idea of recycling the solid and liquid dregs produced from shochu - a distilled Japanese liquor - and transform them into compound feed materials and ethanol. The majority of these lees that.

With the aim of becoming the greenest city in the world, Chicago is moving toward new green infrastructure technologies. The Chicago Department of Transportation has initiated its pilot program to built 550 feet of 'recycled rubber sidewalk' over the...

Georgia's DeKalb becomes the first county government to go 'green' with recycling landfills and providing power to the Atlanta homes. The DeKalb County landfill harness power from gas produced from rotting food scraps and moldering paper of its...

After the failure of the 2000's step-by-step program by David Gershon -- a la Weight Watchers -- to guide reduce carbon footprint of a person, the world seems to have, by now, shifted its attitudes toward global warming - followed by perhaps the...

Don't dispose those castoff wood just to let them head for the landfill. Rather, send them to the owner of Windfall Lumber, Scott Royer, who has carved out a boutique niche in Washington's wood-products industry. Sure to gain praises and admirations..

Philippines will soon be seeing a coconut-derived bio-diesel plant in Northern Luzon. The $300 million (roughly P15 billion) plant of the Philippine company Bio-Energy NL Inc. will be integrating coconut plantation with its bio-diesel plant....