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Air Quality-Climate Change Data Integration May Help Meet New Emission Targets

The EU has introduced new air pollutant emission targets. Compliance to meet these targets requires models that combine data about climate change and air quality.

16 May 2012

MIT Reseach Links Air Pollution and Early Death in the UK

In a study appearing this month in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, MIT researchers report that emissions from cars, trucks, planes and powerplants cause 13,000 premature deaths in the United Kingdom eac...

23 Apr 2012

Saline Aquifers Can Store Century’s Worth of Fossil Fuel Emissions

Researchers at MIT have revealed that the United States has sufficient capacity to store fossil fuel emissions for a century in its deep saline aquifers. Carbon dioxide emissions are released from powerplants that use coal as fuel.

22 Mar 2012

China’s Groundwater Pumping System Causes Air Pollution

A study conducted by researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) has revealed that groundwater irrigation system in China causes air pollution and releases over 30 million tonnes of carbon per year. This is the first research to estimate the amount of pollution produced by the agriculture sector.

15 Mar 2012

Earth Friendly Products Makes Manufacturing Process 100% Renewable

Earth Friendly Products, a developer and producer of environmentally friendly cleaning products for residential and commercial use, has been successful in applying 100% green energy during the entire production process of its five plants.

6 Feb 2012

OneVentures’ First Clean Technology Investment for Underground Mining Environment

OneVentures Innovation Fund has invested in first clean technology to support Peak3, a company based in Brisbane, to commercialize services and products for the treatment, management, and monitoring of particular emissions in diesel engine.

31 Jan 2012

Green Chemistry and Sustainability to be Discussed at Pittcon 2012

The Pittcon Networking Committee is pleased to announce the topics for the Conferee Networking Sessions for Pittcon 2012 which will be held from March 11 through March 15, at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida.

From Pittcon 26 Jan 2012

‘Magic’ Photocatalysts Clean Polluted Water and Extract Useful Chemicals

Researchers at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPC PAS) have utilized sun and photocatalysts for cleaning polluted water to recover useful chemicals.

20 Jan 2012

Study Shows Controlling Air Pollution Slows Global Warming

Researchers at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) at the University of York have played a key role in a new study that shows that implementing 14 key air pollution control measures could slow the pace of global warming, save millions of lives and boost agricultural production.

15 Jan 2012

Mobile Laboratory to Study Greenhouse Gas Emissions at Basque Country Pig Farm

In an endeavor to decrease the environmental impact of emissions from farms, Neiker-Tecnalia has set up a mobile laboratory. Neiker-Tecnalia is the Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development.

8 Dec 2011