Nuclear Proven to be Safe during Hurricane Sandy

by | Jan 30, 2013 | Nuclear

With Japan’s Fukushima disaster still fresh on minds, Hurricane Sandy provided the U.S. a good test against nuclear power facilities and other infrastructure along the highly populated East Coast. Nuclear proved to be the best when tested against the strengths...

Soladigm Changes Name to View

by | Jan 30, 2013 | Renewables & Energy Efficiency

View, Inc. announced last week its readiness for global deployment for its energy-efficient window glass products. Formerly Soladigm, View is headquarted in Milpitas, California, but does its manufacturing in Olive Branch, Mississippi. More information...

Did You Know?

by | Jan 27, 2013 | Energy and the Economy

Manufacturing packs an outsize punch in the economy, so much so, that only though it only accounts for 12% of total GDP, it still contributed half of all GDP growth earlier this year. (SOURCE: Kiplinger Letter) In the last two years, the EPA has passed four new rules...

EPA Updates Standards

by | Jan 23, 2013 | Regulation

The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized the first federal air and emissions standards associated with hydraulic fracturing (also known as fracking). The new standards would require companies to implement “green completion” techniques where gas is captured at...