ANNAPOLIS, Md., July 23 -- Paper or plastic? It is a question that has long dogged grocery shoppers. But the debate may soon be settled for this maritime city, where a bill aimed at protecting marine life would ban plastic bags from all retail stores. San Francisco enacted a ban ... Read more (780 words)

ARE you willing to spend more so that electricity will be generated from animal manure instead of coal? If you live in Vermont, the public utility there will use your money to buy "cow power" made on local farms. Skip to next paragraph Angela Jimenez for The New York Times<p ... Read more (778 words)

As all this rubbish flows all throughout our oceans, it is sometimes eaten by tiny creatures who're then eaten by bigger creatures. Further up the food chain it goes until larger birds, fish plus other animals literally die from ingestion of chemical compounds that are not present within Eco Bags. ... Read more (811 words)

Several solutions are being employed and several more can help. We do not need to be specialists or activists to do something as small as switch to eco or purchase products with less to throw away. Everyone is just one human being, Reusable Grocery Bags but while we begin to ... Read more (846 words)

The Russian UN House hosted a conference on "Energy Efficiency - lighting problems and solutions." The conference participants talked about the need to move a project aimed at transforming the market to promote energy-efficient lighting. According to them, today in Russia there is a full-fledged production of energy saving lamps, ... Read more (513 words)

Nikolay FedorovGeneral Director of ZAO Corporation Fusion 'That the initiative of Russian President to establish an analogue of Silicon Valley in our country - in Skolkovo - taken seriously in the West, argues David Cameron's recent statement, Prime Minister of Great Britain. British Conservative leader on Nov. 5 announced an ... Read more (663 words)

Since the lamps emit only down on the pavement, is excluded evening "light pollution" of air (observe the instructions of "Dark Sky") and eliminates the discomfort for the participants of traffic. Today, in most cases, especially in the "mushroom" lamps instead of mercury lamps (DRL) are established sodium, since they ... Read more (524 words)

PHILIPS LIGHTING: LED modules "LEDGINE" - a convenient, fast and effective way to upgrade street lighting The modular concept of the series of LED modules "LEDGINE", developed by Philips GmbH (Hamburg), opens up new possibilities in addressing the urgent problem of increasing the efficiency and quality of outdoor lighting cities. ... Read more (433 words)

Falling LED prices and a reduced demand for LED-backlit TVs will result in a slower growth rate for LED revenues this year compared with 2010, according to Strategies Unlimited.The high-brightness LED market is projected to grow by 9.8% year-on-year in 2011, reaching $12.3 billion in revenues, according to a new ... Read more (597 words)

Austriamicrosystems targets large-scale indoor/outdoor LED displays, mall dot-matrix displays, and camera flash applications with three driver IC announcements.Austriamicrosystems has announced the AS1123 16-channel LED driver for applications in large LED panels and video walls in indoor/outdoor applications. The company has also announced the AS1130 driver capable of powering 132 LEDs ... Read more (779 words)