<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Envirocentre News</title><link>http://www.envirocentre.ie/</link><description>Envirocentre News</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>2010-03-10T07:53:11.197+00:00</pubDate><lastBuildDate>2010-03-10T07:53:11.197+00:00</lastBuildDate><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><managingEditor>envirocentre@enterprise-ireland.com</managingEditor><webMaster>envirocentre@enterprise-ireland.com</webMaster><item><title><![CDATA[Paper batteries a new flexible reality ]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=ed86a92f-b206-4377-ab06-752d0941e551&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[Stanford scientists are harnessing nanotechnology to quickly produce ultra-lightweight, bendable batteries and supercapacitors in the form of everyday paper.]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-10T07:53:11.197+00:00</pubDate><guid>ed86a92f-b206-4377-ab06-752d0941e551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biodiversity – 10 messages for 2010. Message 3: freshwater ecosystems]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=12c9d396-eff8-4985-9257-fb20ded1a92e&amp;M=2
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        </link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-09T08:16:29.463+00:00</pubDate><guid>77230256-d6e8-4d03-985a-809fb415f997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish Company helps promote energy awareness ]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=a9cb65eb-25a4-4fe3-835f-a5b3999051e1&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[Green Aware is a Dublin based company who are in the business of promoting energy awareness. ]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-09T08:10:11.417+00:00</pubDate><guid>a9cb65eb-25a4-4fe3-835f-a5b3999051e1</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EC's Scientific Newsletter Focuses on Climate Change Impacts on Coastal Management]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=b14a256b-da06-40a5-b9f7-e322dcbd4463&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[The February issue of Science for Environment Policy, the newsletter published by the European Commission to inform policy makers of recent research findings, includes a special thematic issue on coastal management that highlights links with climate change. 
]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-09T07:55:08.37+00:00</pubDate><guid>b14a256b-da06-40a5-b9f7-e322dcbd4463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New public consultation on eight potential substances of very high concern]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=d370af4f-f85a-4f35-ae95-4f80a2ae03ec&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-09T07:37:05.603+00:00</pubDate><guid>d370af4f-f85a-4f35-ae95-4f80a2ae03ec</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Enzymes Turn Waste to Fuel]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=33792bec-a9b2-4f35-82fc-f176f06424b8&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[Novozymes launches the first commercially viable enzymes for production of biofuel from agricultural waste. Breakthroughs in enzyme technology enable cellulosic biofuel as a competitive alternative to gasoline. 
]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-08T09:23:32.447+00:00</pubDate><guid>33792bec-a9b2-4f35-82fc-f176f06424b8</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minister launches the European Life+ Project Control of Aquatic Invasive Species in Ireland (CAISIE)]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=ee3550e4-13dc-4ada-8576-ce0a98f354e2&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[Central Fisheries Board secured €1.5 million in funding from the European Community (EC) under the Life + programme to control and eradicate invasive species in Lough Corrib, The Grand Canal and in the Barrow Navigation Line. ]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-08T08:50:49.62+00:00</pubDate><guid>ee3550e4-13dc-4ada-8576-ce0a98f354e2</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fermanagh renewable energy firm invests in expansion]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=2713b2af-26ca-4c35-8972-c8a20b816734&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has announced a £377,000 investment by an Enniskillen based renewable energy firm, supported by Invest Northern Ireland.]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-08T08:04:39.54+00:00</pubDate><guid>2713b2af-26ca-4c35-8972-c8a20b816734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seawater energy proposal for Mayo]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=10600564-d84b-419c-9b01-6c3c3dfba6a0&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[A Renewable energy company is preparing a planning application for a seawater pumped hydroelectric energy scheme at Glinsk on the north Mayo coastline. 
]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-08T07:57:08.713+00:00</pubDate><guid>10600564-d84b-419c-9b01-6c3c3dfba6a0</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teagasc Produce First Ever Land Cover and Habitat Map of Ireland ]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=b1d8b161-f1e8-420f-b5a7-e41eb68f2e2f&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[Teagasc has produced the first and only high resolution national land cover and habitat maps of Ireland. 
]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-08T07:49:02.76+00:00</pubDate><guid>b1d8b161-f1e8-420f-b5a7-e41eb68f2e2f</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enterprise Ireland Event: Accessing Global Green Stimulus Funds ]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=68fc3f42-726e-4492-bf44-e97cb280efa4&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[Enterprise Ireland is hosting a practical one day workshop on Tuesday April 13th aimed at helping Irish companies...]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-05T09:30:05.15+00:00</pubDate><guid>68fc3f42-726e-4492-bf44-e97cb280efa4</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Businesses want more guidelines on green issues]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=a9875b62-9967-400d-acc6-f646ea4746e7&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-05T09:05:02.087+00:00</pubDate><guid>a9875b62-9967-400d-acc6-f646ea4746e7</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Summer ozone: record low concentrations in 2009]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=ec026519-eb8c-4538-a1d7-613577bd1f71&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[Ozone levels in Europe during summer 2009 were among the lowest since comprehensive data reporting started in 1997. ]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-05T07:59:30.51+00:00</pubDate><guid>ec026519-eb8c-4538-a1d7-613577bd1f71</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dry Ice Blasting A new environmentally friendly cleaning process]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=9a0784a2-cdbf-49bc-ab26-86b77fdf39e4&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[Dry ice blasting is a new “dry cleaning” method and is increasingly used world wide for cleaning injection moulding equipment, medical device manufacturing equipment, printing equipment, power generating equipment, food and beverage equipment and fire restoration. ]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-05T07:51:15.463+00:00</pubDate><guid>9a0784a2-cdbf-49bc-ab26-86b77fdf39e4</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turning waste into money - Envirogreen Recycling]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=3d2fde82-b9f6-4a49-819f-367734bc494f&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[Co. Armagh based firm Envirogreen Recycling is urging Irish companies to re -evaluate their waste costs in an effort to reduce their outgoings and remain competitive in these difficult times. ]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-05T07:41:58.54+00:00</pubDate><guid>3d2fde82-b9f6-4a49-819f-367734bc494f</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Short-listed companies for 2010 Green awards announced ]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=4a6de4cc-4378-4216-a843-c6e166a411cd&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[The finalists have been announced for the 2010 Green Awards, with a shortlist consisting of a diverse range of companies and organisations from across Irish society. 
]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-04T09:10:22.027+00:00</pubDate><guid>4a6de4cc-4378-4216-a843-c6e166a411cd</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish charity Camara in Green Computing Drive]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=3f6f0912-613a-4ceb-b5ee-651c8edb818f&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[With global e-waste growing at about 40 million tons a year, an Irish company that refurbishes old computers and sends them to schools in Ireland and Africa has called on businesses to take a greener, more socially responsible route. 
]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-04T08:00:58.837+00:00</pubDate><guid>3f6f0912-613a-4ceb-b5ee-651c8edb818f</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marks &amp; Spencer Go Green in Ireland with Energia]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=8b821419-1b89-4119-ab67-5aad37dd65e7&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[Marks &amp; Spencer have signed a major new “green power” deal with competitive energy provider Energia.]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-04T07:47:34.073+00:00</pubDate><guid>8b821419-1b89-4119-ab67-5aad37dd65e7</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe - how to increase the mechanical recycling of post-consumer plastics]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=94b74ae7-52bd-4253-ac32-56470ffbcefe&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[The European Plastics Recyclers Association (EuPR) has published a paper offering an analysis of the plastics industry profile, paying special attention to plastics recycling. ]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-04T07:42:49.197+00:00</pubDate><guid>94b74ae7-52bd-4253-ac32-56470ffbcefe</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Northstowe Innovative Waste Collection Project - in association with WRAP]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=0155c83e-c347-47f9-9795-124d87259ace&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[Fehily Timoney &amp; Company (FTC) is on the WRAP framework to “Support the Delivery of Advice on the Prevention, Collection and Recycling of Municipal Waste”. ]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-03T08:23:35.54+00:00</pubDate><guid>0155c83e-c347-47f9-9795-124d87259ace</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Algae 'key to energy problems']]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=44096f96-b199-4b9d-aa36-95d695c4db58&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[Pond scum could become the fuel of the future, producing oils for use in transport. 
]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-03T08:12:52.01+00:00</pubDate><guid>44096f96-b199-4b9d-aa36-95d695c4db58</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Local Yoghurt Producer Savours Green Energy Savings ]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=23999b8a-3f6d-4289-a2d4-b7b4fcde03fd&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[The factory which produces Clandeboye Estate Yoghurt, sold in over 50 stores across Northern Ireland, will now run on green energy following the signing of an energy supply contract with Energia. ]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-03T08:05:58.853+00:00</pubDate><guid>23999b8a-3f6d-4289-a2d4-b7b4fcde03fd</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Urban Wastewater Treatment Courses]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=fee67d81-78b3-4b47-81d4-5f418dd485ad&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[These courses have been designed to provide training for local authority personnel to assist them in better understanding the treatment principles and operation of wastewater 
treatment facilities in the context of the requirements of WWDA. 
[Croke Park Conference Centre on the 26th and 27th May]]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-03T07:55:37.463+00:00</pubDate><guid>fee67d81-78b3-4b47-81d4-5f418dd485ad</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waste Matchers launch SMILE]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=b6c57c8b-b0fa-4087-9f1d-b24230753785&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-03T07:44:46.807+00:00</pubDate><guid>b6c57c8b-b0fa-4087-9f1d-b24230753785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bid for credits to offset emissions ]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=e627a1cf-6029-4e79-b35a-bbb280c5afd8&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[A voluntary Irish carbon offset market is being developed to assist firms based here to lower their emissions.]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-02T11:15:09.353+00:00</pubDate><guid>e627a1cf-6029-4e79-b35a-bbb280c5afd8</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grass can turn energy green]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=95394aee-821c-46c9-ad14-d213091fc279&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[An EU-funded team of researchers has discovered that grass can be used to produce energy that doesn't harm the environment]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-02T10:02:41.133+00:00</pubDate><guid>95394aee-821c-46c9-ad14-d213091fc279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AIRMEX cautions indoor pollutants are too high]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=1f146688-5505-44d8-8361-044e49949419&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[EU-funded research shows that many harmful air pollutants make their presence known more indoors than outdoors. ]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-02T09:34:23.743+00:00</pubDate><guid>1f146688-5505-44d8-8361-044e49949419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ECHA Publishes Evaluation Report ]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=e20e926f-6ed5-45ac-b854-921a8f77a2c6&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-02T08:55:59.307+00:00</pubDate><guid>e20e926f-6ed5-45ac-b854-921a8f77a2c6</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Green energy experts to speak at Enterprise Week event ]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=878f7d5c-8371-4323-9eac-bd05ce86a40e&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[Enterprising Donegal Business Week. 5th - 12th March 2010]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-02T08:06:11.26+00:00</pubDate><guid>878f7d5c-8371-4323-9eac-bd05ce86a40e</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harsh winter 'not a sign of stalled warming']]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=46e9c036-c50f-4fb4-ae1b-43272b79d404&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[The pace of global warming continues unabated, scientists have warned despite images of Europe crippled by a deep freeze and parts of the United States blasted by blizzards. ]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-01T10:24:35.213+00:00</pubDate><guid>46e9c036-c50f-4fb4-ae1b-43272b79d404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[M&amp;S aims to be most sustainable retailer by 2015]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=dae70009-5f09-4bc2-8878-40b65b246075&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[Britain's Marks &amp; Spencer is to step up its plans to go "green" by opting for more sustainable ingredients and agreeing a living wage for suppliers in its bid to become the world's most sustainable retailer by 2015.]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-01T09:42:45.527+00:00</pubDate><guid>dae70009-5f09-4bc2-8878-40b65b246075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Cup 2010: goals, glamour and recycled bottles]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=ec901a2d-6558-4a9f-8045-441a05a7f9d5&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[Nike announces World Cup shirts will be made from recycled plastic bottles]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-01T09:09:07.587+00:00</pubDate><guid>ec901a2d-6558-4a9f-8045-441a05a7f9d5</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flooded valleys key to huge power plan]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=0ecc6e78-3936-4ea5-b2b2-b0b758c6f2dc&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[Plans to build a new electricity generating system, combining large-scale wind farms with huge hydro-power storage reservoirs in valleys on the west coast, are at an advanced stage]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-01T08:30:00.633+00:00</pubDate><guid>0ecc6e78-3936-4ea5-b2b2-b0b758c6f2dc</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New LIFE project focuses on reducing CO2 emissions in industrial areas]]></title><link>News.aspx?ID=79D21E24-862B-4685-A66A-2D7059FB72E2&amp;PID=a257bece-c1e7-464a-9cd0-fde10d3a18c3&amp;NID=31b55d61-aea2-487d-9e1e-e06148661096&amp;M=2
        </link><description><![CDATA[The recently selected H-REII LIFE+ project will investigate the potential to reduce CO2 emissions by improving heat recovery in energy intensive industries.]]></description><pubDate>2010-03-01T08:17:51.917+00:00</pubDate><guid>31b55d61-aea2-487d-9e1e-e06148661096</guid></item></channel></rss>