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In a collaboration with Genesis Soils, dust control and soil stabilization specialist PennzSuppress has announced the introduction of PZS/Bio-Gen.

Due to the increased need for aggressive mine tailing remediation and erosion control, PennzSuppress D has been combined with mycorrhizal fungi and beneficial bacteria and grass seed in a liquid combination which virtually eliminates the need for traditional hydro seeding applications in most situations.

On American Independence Day, we hear that patriotism is the US plays a big role in consumers’ choice of automobiles.

According to the July edition of the Shopper Insights Report from the AutoTrader.com trend engine, 41 percent of car shoppers recently surveyed say that it is important to purchase a vehicle built in the US by US workers, versus 28 percent who say it is important to purchase a vehicle made by a US automaker somewhere else.

Richard Kelertas, senior vice president, corporate development, explains why the Dallol Project in Ethiopia is perfectly placed to satisfy the growing demand for potash.

The race is on to satisfy accelerating world demand for potash, and in this Olympic year Allana Potash is in gold medal position as its Dallol Project in the Danakhil region of Ethiopia has the finishing line in sight.

US-based Parker Hannifin Corporation has successfully completed its previously announced agreement to acquire the Olaer Group, headquartered in Deeside, UK.

The Olaer Group is a leading manufacturer of advanced hydraulic accumulator and cooling technologies for energy, mobile and industrial markets. The company has sales of approximately €150 million and 550 employees.

Rex Tillerson, CEO of the world’s largest oil company ExxonMobil, told a New York audience yesterday that fears about climate change, drilling and energy dependence were exaggerated.

"We have spent our entire existence adapting. We'll adapt," he said in a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations. "It's an engineering problem and there will be an engineering solution."

Tillerson acknowledged that burning fossil fuels contributes to global warming but questioned the ability of climate models to predict its impact.

Westport Innovations Inc. has entered into an additional agreement with General Motors for a second advanced technology development program.

Westport and GM are now developing two different combustion, controls and emissions approaches to natural gas engines, with the first cooperative technology project being announced in June 2011.

The new program will optimize advanced natural gas technologies and applications for maximum CO2 reduction and fuel efficiency in light-duty vehicles.

Savannah River Remediation (SRR) uses up to the minute technology and the smartest industrial methodology to carry out its taxing contract – to clean up a 60-year legacy of radioactive liquid waste in South Carolina.

Canada Energy Partners has acquired all of the outstanding shares of Hudson's Hope Gas Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GeoMet Inc, for a consideration of two million shares.

GeoMet is the 50 percent owner and operator of Canada Energy Partners’ Peace River Coalbed Methane (CBM) Project. The two million shares of the company issued to GeoMet are subject to a 12-month hold period.

UK-based oil giant BP has agreed to sell its interests in the Jonah and Pinedale upstream operations in Wyoming to Houston, US-based LINN Energy LLC.

Natural gas processor Atlas Pipeline Partners LP has brought online the expansion at Velma, a new state-of-the-art cryogenic facility in Oklahoma.

The expansion supports the partnership's long-term, fee-based agreement with XTO Energy Inc, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, to provide natural gas gathering and processing services for up to an incremental 60 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) from the Woodford Shale.