Donkey Carts Picking Up Garbage in Bamako, Mali

Waste disposal in Bamako, Mali, has become a real issue with the population boom. While the authorities are struggling to keep up with providing...

Most European Union Countries Falling Short on Pollution Limits

According to auditors of the bloc, European Union governments are failing to comply with air quality limits, that are weaker than the World Health...
Mini-Carb

Mini-Carb – NASA’s Greenhouse Gas Measuring Instrument

NASA has developed a novel instrument that will attempt to measure atmospheric greenhouse gases from an occultation-viewing, low-Earth-orbiting CubeSat mission, called Mini-Carb. The instrument...
Metal-Organic Framework

These Microscopic Metal Sponges Might Fight CO2

Researchers at the Energy Safety Research Institute (Swansea University) found a new useful way of using defects in the realm of the nanoporous material....
Trump Administration

Trump Administration Will Freeze Emission Standards

On Thursday, the Trump administration put forth its proposal to freeze fuel-efficiency and pollutions standards for cars, weakening federal fuel efficiency policies from Obama’s era. Last...
Methane Plastic Pollution

Degrading Plastic Emits Methane and Could be Responsible for Climate Change

Plastic pollution is a huge problem since it negatively impacts marine and human life and the toxins plastic absorbs and releases move up the...
beijing

Smog-Reducing Beijing to Shut 1,000 Manufacturers by 2020

China is currently working on its program which aims to curb smog and boost income in Bejing's neighboring region. According to Chinese state media,...

Why EU Carmakers are Reporting Increased CO2 Emissions

On Wednesday, the European Commission claimed that EU carmakers are exploiting a new testing regime to inflate CO2 emissions data in an attempt to...
Emission From Industry

Renewables Reduced California And UK Carbon Emissions

California has set a goal to reduce its emissions to the 1990 level by 2020. However, according to its latest report from 2016, it...
Light To Separate Metal Ions

Using Light To Clean Nuclear Waste

A Florida State University research team found a unique way to separate metal ions. This process could help to purify water or even recycle...