http://www.greenprogress.com Green Progress provides current news and resources on environmental technology and green innovations that can improve our quality of life by ensuring that our health and environment are protected. www.greenprogress.com en-us Environmental Protection and Preservation Green Progress rss@greenprogress.com Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:24:01 MST http://www.greenprogress.com/environment_article.php?id=1717&ref=rss SOL Inc’s solar lights are shining brightly all night long, expanding relief and recovery efforts at several Port-au-Prince sites following the devastating earthquake on January 12, 2010. rss@greenprogress.com Environmental Protection and Preservation Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:35:53 MST http://www.greenprogress.com/environment_article.php?id=1713&ref=rss Sharp Corporation will commercialize a mobile phone equipped with a solar cell module for the Chinese market from this February. rss@greenprogress.com Environmental Protection and Preservation Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:33:31 MST http://www.greenprogress.com/environment_article.php?id=1708&ref=rss At an event in Columbus, Ohio, Secretary Chu announced that the Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems that will help build a smarter, more efficient, more resilient electrical grid. rss@greenprogress.com Environmental Protection and Preservation Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:20:19 MST http://www.greenprogress.com/environment_article.php?id=1706&ref=rss Caribou Coffee, the second-largest company-owned gourmet coffeehouse operator based in the US, has made a commitment to energy efficiency by mandating compact fluorescent lamps in its lighting design specifications for corporate-owned locations. rss@greenprogress.com Environmental Protection and Preservation Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:00:00 MST http://www.greenprogress.com/environment_article.php?id=1698&ref=rss US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that $55 million will be made available to develop advanced technologies that can capture carbon dioxide from flue gases at existing power plants so that the greenhouse gas may be sequestered or put to beneficial use. rss@greenprogress.com Environmental Protection and Preservation Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:46:39 MST http://www.greenprogress.com/environment_article.php?id=1691&ref=rss Hunters Point Shipyard on California's San Francisco Bay has gone through several rebirths in its more than 100 years of existence. rss@greenprogress.com Environmental Protection and Preservation Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:00:00 MST http://www.greenprogress.com/environment_article.php?id=1681&ref=rss Drexel University has become the first institution in the country that will deploy Viridity's VPower System energy monitoring system on its main campus, located in Philadelphia's University City District. rss@greenprogress.com Environmental Protection and Preservation Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:00:00 MST http://www.greenprogress.com/environment_article.php?id=1679&ref=rss More than a hundred scientists specialising in climate change, the environment and ecology came together in London to support the Environmental Parliament's launch of the TEN BY TEN campaign. rss@greenprogress.com Environmental Protection and Preservation Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 MST http://www.greenprogress.com/environment_article.php?id=1677&ref=rss The Green Business Bureau helps eco-minded businesses and consumers across the nation save money while saving the environment. rss@greenprogress.com Environmental Protection and Preservation Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 MST http://www.greenprogress.com/environment_article.php?id=1676&ref=rss Microsoft Corporation has launched a Web-based home energy management service, Hohm, which uses the energy models in the Home Energy Saver, developed by the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). rss@greenprogress.com Environmental Protection and Preservation Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 MST http://www.greenprogress.com/environment_article.php?id=1673&ref=rss Johnson Controls has been named Green Business of the Year in southeastern Wisconsin as part of the inaugural Green Business Awards program by the Business Journal Serving Greater Milwaukee. rss@greenprogress.com Environmental Protection and Preservation Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 MST http://www.greenprogress.com/environment_article.php?id=1659&ref=rss Two University of California, Berkeley, faculty members will receive $30 million over the next five years from the US Department of Energy to find better ways to separate carbon dioxide from power plant and natural gas well emissions and stick it permanently underground, according to an announcement yesterday (Monday, April 27) from the White House. rss@greenprogress.com Environmental Protection and Preservation