NETL Researchers Test Sorbents for Carbon Capture and Disposal
Carbon Dioxide is a growing concern due to how it impacts global climate. CO2 is formed when carbon binds with oxygen at power...
Privatizing Oceans May Keep Them Safe
A panel of esteemed scientists from the World Bank's Global Partnership for Oceans has called for part privatization of oceans in an attempt to...
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Spiral Effect – Volvo Structural Batteries Increase Fuel Economy
Better than eighteen months ago, Volvo Car Group started a project that was meant to start a spiral of increasing fuel economy, starting with...
Air Pollution Classified As Carcinogenic to Humans as Tobacco Smoke
The World Health Organization finally acknowledged the danger of increased air pollution, and more specifically particulate matter, by officially classifying it as carcinogenic to humans,...
Technology Won’t Take a Hit in Supreme Court Greenhouse Gas Case
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that will cut back on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse...
Earthworms Stimulate Carbon Sequestration
After being villainized in global warming studies and accused of being major contributors to climate change, it turns out earthworms might actually be a...
Germany Convinces EU Ministers To Delay Limits On Vehicle Carbon Emissions
Limits on carbon dioxide emissions from cars in the EU will be introduced later than initially planned, as the German government convinced the European...
Euro 7 Air Pollution Regulations Could Push Diesels Out of the Market
Unlike the Unites States, diesel engines are very common in Europe, but it may not be that way for long, thanks to ever-stricter air...
VIA Motors’ First Plug-In Hybrid Electric Trucks Going to Fleets
VIA VTRUX, a lineup of full-size plug-in hybrid electric vehicle is, at the moment, the only ones of their kind being mass-produced and, thanks...
Climate Change Killing Moose at Alarming Rate
Climate change is playing a huge role in the gradual population decline and anticipated extinction of the moose.
Minnesota had two different moose populations twenty...
