Melbourne, Australia Certified as Carbon Neutral

The National Carbon Offset Standard of Australia (NCOS) certified the city of Melbourne as the latest carbon-neutral metropolis in the country. Although this is already...

Newly Discovered Crystal Rids Radioactive Waste

How can radioactive waste from nuclear-fuel reprocessing plants be banished? Nature Communications published research by scientists at the national level at EPFL and the...

Pollution and Climate Change Threaten World’s Fresh Water Supply

World's fresh water resources might soon become exhausted as the severity of climate change and pollution levels continue to increase at enormous rates. This warning...

Huge Fines for French Supermarkets That Throw Food

France is the first country in the world to fine supermarkets for throwing away food. Millions die of starvation and lack of food around the world-...

Smart Traffic Light System Reduces Traffic Jams and Pollution, Boosts Fuel Efficiency

Researchers at MIT have found a way to drastically reduce urban air pollution, traffic jams and even boost fuel economy. The solution is an...

EcoBot III Cleans Sewage Water Powered by Human Waste

A robot that cleans human waste from wastewater was invented by a team of researchers from Wessex Water and the Bristol Robotics Laboratory in...

Strawgate: a Critical and Practical View on Replacing Plastic Straws

The popular tide has turned against plastic straws bringing them from objects of convenience down to symbols of waste and pollution, particularly of marine...

First Ever Superficial CO2 Turbine Turns Emissions into Power

Five of the world's greatest energy and technology giants have teamed up to construct a demonstration power plant, which will host the first ever superficial...

NASA Scientists Just Located Unreported Sources of Sulfur Dioxide Emissions

Team of scientists at NASA, in collaboration with two US universities, managed to find almost 40 previously unknown man-made sources of emissions, using satellite data. It...

Most Drivers Would Pay More to Encourage Carbon-Reducing Policies, Study

A survey conducted by scientists at University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute revealed that the majority of drivers are willing to pay a little...