Cleantech News from CleanTechnica Damen Launches Its First Hybrid Tugboat Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:29 PM PDT Damen Shipyards, a Netherlands-based company, has launched its first diesel-electric hybrid tugboat. It is the ASD Tug 2810 Hybrid. Iskes Towing and Salvage will be the launching customer (the first customer to use …
Conflict Minerals- Can Consumers, Manufacturers & Policy-Makers Rise to the Challenge?
Conflict Minerals- Can Consumers, Manufacturers & Policy-Makers Rise to the Challenge? (Part 2) Part 1 of this series highlighted the issues, regulatory and supply chain complexities and efforts by industry to tighten the control of precious minerals sourcing. This is especially critical in developing nations, where human trafficking, regional conflict …