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Pollution and Soot in the Air Making Climate Change Worse

Particulate pollution thought to be holding climate change in check by reflecting sunlight instead enhances warming when combined with airborne soot, a new study by researchers at the UC San Diego has found

20 Jul 2009

MIT Researchers Tracking Trash

What if we knew exactly where our trash was going and how much energy it took to make it disappear? Would it make us think twice about buying bottled water or "disposable" razors? A team of MIT researchers today announced a major project called Trash Track, which aims to get people thinking about what they throw away

17 Jul 2009

Coal Industry Turns to Chemistry to Make Coal Power Cleaner and Greener

In an effort to make coal a cleaner energy source, an increasing number of companies are engaged in multimillion dollar efforts to develop and test technologies to capture and store carbon dioxide, a source of global warming

15 Jul 2009

How and Where Should Nuclear Waste Be Disposed

The withdrawal Yucca Mountain in Nevada as a potential nuclear waste repository has reopened the debate over how and where to dispose of spent nuclear fuel and high level nuclear waste

9 Jul 2009

Clean Fuels in Ships Could Reduce Polluting Emissions and Save 40000 Lives Each Year

Rising levels of smokestack emissions from oceangoing ships will cause an estimated 87,000 deaths worldwide each year by 2012. A new study says that government action to reduce sulfur emissions from shipping fuel could reduce that toll

8 Jul 2009

Remediation of Polluted Sites Using Nanotechnology

A new review article appearing in Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) co-authored by Dr. Todd Kuiken, a research associate for the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN), focuses on the use of nanomaterials for environmental cleanup

8 Jul 2009

Electronics Companies Fail To Improve The Eco Friendliness of their Products

The latest edition of Greenpeace's 'Guide to Greener Electronics' ranking, released today, reveals that the world's biggest PC makers - Hewlett Packard (HP), Dell and Lenovo - have failed to improve their low scores

8 Jul 2009

Toxic Chinese Made Drywall to be The Subject of July 28th Litigation and Insurance Seminar

Litigation and insurance coverage claims involving alleged personal injuries and property damage from drywall imported from China is the focus of a half-day seminar set for July 28, 2009 at the Mission Bay Conference Center at the University of California San Francisco. The event will also be webcast

8 Jul 2009

Security Device Destroys CD and DVD Data in an Environmentally Responsible Manner

Proton Data Security is announcing the new Proton model 1250A, a security device that ensures all information on compact disks (CD, CD-RW, CD-R, CD-ROM) and optical disks (DVD) is destroyed and rendered useless in an environmentally responsible manner

8 Jul 2009

Prairie Lakes Found to Have High Levels of Mercury After Rains

Prairie lakes are more likely to carry elevated mercury levels during wet cycles that can affect fish caught in them and subsequently consumed by people

6 Jul 2009