Home may be where the heart is, but these days it's also where the toxins are. According to The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the average American home generates over 20 pounds of household hazardous waste every year. Cumulatively it's a whopping 1.6 million tons -- that's 3.2 billion pounds -- of household hazardous waste per year, of which 176,000 tons is just from cleaning products.
Dominion today dedicated a new pollution-control system at its Chesterfield Power Station that will help continue Virginia's move toward cleaner air. The equipment, called a "scrubber," removes more than 95 percent of sulfur dioxide emissions and more than 90 percent of mercury emissions from the company's largest coal- fired generating unit.
On May 13, 2008, the 5th World Water Forum, the largest water-related event in the world, will be presented during the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-16) in New York, with a special emphasis on its political dimension.
The Amazon rainforest, so crucial to the Earth's climate system, is coming under threat from cleaner air say prominent UK and Brazilian climate scientists in the leading scientific journal Nature.
Intel Corporation, Samsung Electronics and TSMC today announced they have reached agreement on the need for industry-wide collaboration to target a transition to larger, 450mm-sized wafers starting in 2012. The transition to larger wafers will enable continued growth of the semiconductor industry and helps maintain a reasonable cost structure for future integrated circuit manufacturing and applications.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities has approved NSTAR Green, a program that gives customers the option to purchase clean electricity and reduce their impact on the environment.
Research published in Inderscience's International Journal of Environment and Pollution suggests that artificial wetlands could be used to clean up urban gray water for flushing lavatories without compromising health or comfort, for gardens, cemetery and campus lawns and even golfing greens.
The American Lung Association issued its annual report card on air pollution today, ranking cities most affected by three types of pollution: short-term particle pollution, year-round particle pollution and ozone pollution.
The new 2008 program includes new vehicle models and equipment that increase fuel savings and enhance your driving experience. These features include new automatic gearboxes similar to a Tiptronic automatic transmission. These new gearboxes save 8% on fuel versus a full automatic transmission and 4% fuel savings versus a manual gear transmission. The gearboxes are also better rated for anti pollution records with lower CO2 emissions.
Fuel Tech, Inc., a world leader in advanced engineering solutions for the optimization of combustion systems in utility and industrial applications, today announced receipt of multiple air pollution control (APC) orders totaling $5.0 million.
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