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Australia Slams Door on Invasive Weeds

URL: http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2005/2005-06-08-03.asp Website: http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2005/2005-06-08-03.asp

Many Scientists Admit to Misconduct

URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/08/AR2005060802385.html Website: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/08/AR2005060802385.html

Bank of America Named 2005 Corporate Climate Champion

Bank of America Corporation today announced that it received the 2005 Climate Champion award for advancing corporate solutions to global warming. The award, from Clean Air-Cool Planet, was presented at the Global Warming Solutions 2005 conference held in New York City. “Bank of America is performing in ways that we would like to see throughout the American private sector,” said Adam Markham, CA-CP Executive Director. “The company is the only financial institution to commit to a 2008 goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 3.5 million tons.” He said the award also lauds “the innovative and literally ground-breaking commitment” Bank of America has made in striving for Platinum Leadership in Energy & Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for the 52-story Bank of America Tower now under construction at One Bryant Park here in New York City. Other Bank of America efforts that contributed to the award were: – Setting goals to reduce heat-trapping gases from its operations by nine percent by 2009. – Maximizing on investment through energy and resource efficiency at facilities in 29 states domestically and throughout its offices internationally, including the use of technology savvy products such as WebGen to manage and reduce […]

DayStar Signs Supply Agreement with Blitzstrom GmbH

DayStar Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: DSTI), a developer and manufacturer of proprietary high performance photovoltaic products including silicon-free solar cells on specialty metal foils, today announced the signing of a purchase agreement with Blitzstrom, GmbH for Blitzstrom’s purchase of DayStar’s exclusive TerraFoil(TM) solar cells. Contingent on DayStar’s ramp-up of its production capacity, the agreement calls for monthly delivery of TerraFoil(TM) escalating in volume through the end of 2008 with price based on a variable market- competitive pricing mechanism. DayStar’s Photovoltaic Foil(TM) product line, also known as PV Foil(TM), is an entirely different entry into a solar cell market which relies heavily on legacy silicon wafer design. In comparison, PV Foil(TM) is silicon-free and highly flexible which, when combined with the Company’s unique approach to manufacturing, can result in tremendous economies of scale and volume that could lower costs and deployment barriers currently limiting the adoption of solar energy. Located in Mainbernheim, Germany, Blitzstrom, GmbH is a prevailing PV system integrator of Megawatt-scale PV power plants and distributor of photovoltaic systems and components in Germany and the European Union. The Company specializes in integrating new technology solutions for existing energy markets and is the largest provider of crystalline thin-film PV modules in […]