Starting November 1, the winter burning curtailment season begins, which can cause confusion about the restrictions that may be imposed on fireplace usage by local air districts. Residents in the Western U.S. can check www.WhenToBurn.com for a single-point resource on when they can burn and ways to reduce emissions from their fireplaces.
REGENESIS, a global leader in advanced technologies for contaminated site remediation, recently announced PersulfOx™ Catalyzed Persulfate. This new environmental technology is a patented, sodium persulfate-based in situ chemical oxidation (ISCO) reagent designed specifically for groundwater and soil remediation at contaminated sites, including brownfields.
Leipzig. Researchers from Germany and Slovakia have pointed out that the chemical triclosan is one of those particularly harmful substances for the ecological status of rivers that are still not sufficiently monitored.
By fundamentally altering its freight-shipping practices, Kyocera Communications Inc., a San Diego-based provider of wireless phones in the Americas and a wholly owned subsidiary of Kyocera International Inc., was able to prevent more than 4,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions in 2011.
Researchers at the Universidad Miguel Hernández in Elche have shown that introducing new materials and modifying the manufacturing process of tires, drivers can save fuel and reduce noise generated by their vehicles. The University has worked for a year with Industrias del Neumático S.A. (Grupo Soledad) to achieve significant environmental improvements in their product.
Arizona State University researchers have developed a new software system capable of estimating greenhouse gas emissions across entire urban landscapes, all the way down to roads and individual buildings. Until now, scientists quantified carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at a much broader level.
University of Ulster scientists are collaborating with international research partners to develop a new ‘clean’ technology to destroy water toxins caused by harmful algal blooms.
Green technology company, HDS International, has been awarded a patent for a method to capture and reutilize carbon from waste gases.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a 2012 Green Power Leadership Award for sustained excellence to Whole Foods Market, a food retailer, for purchasing 800 million kWh of renewable energy.
Plastic nanoparticles in oceans seem to have a damaging effect on sea life. Called as ‘plastic soup,’ this occurs when plastic debris entering the sea decomposes. Plastic nanoparticles also enter from washed clothes and from cosmetics.
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