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UT Dallas Student Wants to Monetize Sustainability, Wins Hall of Fame Scholarship

Volkswagen's use of software to evade emissions standards in more than 482,000 diesel vehicles sold in the U.S. will directly contribute to 60 premature deaths across the country, a new MIT-led study finds.

29 Oct 2015

Berkeley Lab Researchers Develop MOFs for Storing Methane

With new makes of all-electric and hybrid automobiles seeming to emerge as fast as the colors of fall, it is easy to overlook another alternative to gasoline engines that could prove to be a major player in reduced-carbon transportation – cars powered by natural gas.

28 Oct 2015

Wood Could Soon Replace Petroleum for Manufacturing Chemical Substances

Petroleum might well be replaced by wood soon when it comes to manufacturing chemical substances. Research has now made significant progress towards using sustainable biomass, like wood, as an alternative raw material for chemical production.

27 Oct 2015

UA Collaborates with Johannes Gutenberg University to Find Way to Use Wood Ingredients for New Sustainable Chemistry

Researchers at The University of Alabama, in collaboration with colleagues in Germany, have developed a new way to use wood or other kinds of biomass to make chemical materials without relying on the usual non-renewable petrochemical starting materials.

26 Oct 2015

Carbon Neutrality Conference to Focus on Scalable Solutions for Achieving Greenhouse Gas Reductions

UC Riverside Chancellor Kim Wilcox and Professor Juliann Allison have prominent roles in the University of California Summit on Pathways to Carbon and Climate Neutrality: California and the World event being held Oct. 26 and 27 at UC San Diego.

22 Oct 2015

Researchers Assess Effects of Land Use on Water Availability in Himalaya Mountain Basins

As part of an multi-disciplinary study, a team of Baylor researchers found that climatic changes, an increase in agricultural land use and population growth in the Himalaya Mountain basins could have negative impacts on water availability, further stressing a region plagued by natural disasters and food insecurity.

20 Oct 2015

MIT and Norwegian Scientists Gauge Fairness and Ambition of Top Three Emitters’ Pledges

Over two weeks in December, delegates from virtually every country in the world will gather in Paris for the 21st annual United Nations Climate Change Conference. Their ambitious goal: to hammer out a binding international agreement on climate action.

20 Oct 2015

Organic Nanocomposites Hold Promise for Development of Biodegradable Displays

Researchers from the University of Missouri have formulated a method that could pave the way for the manufacture of biodegradable electronics with the use of organic components found in mobile phone screen displays. This research sets the pace for reduction of electronic waste from landfills across the world.

16 Oct 2015

Lawnmower Device that Reduces Harmful Emissions Wins National Sustainable Development Award

A team of University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering students won a national sustainable development award last week for creating a device that drastically reduces harmful emissions from lawnmowers.

14 Oct 2015

New Report on Powering Innovation for a Sustainable Future

An association of the world's leading electricity firms today lit a picture of a future high-tech enabled world energy mix that would help nations meet climate-related CO2 reduction pledges and the expanding demand for electricity.

13 Oct 2015

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UT Dallas Student Wants to Monetize Sustainability, Wins Hall of Fame Scholarship

Berkeley Lab Researchers Develop MOFs for Storing Methane

Wood Could Soon Replace Petroleum for Manufacturing Chemical Substances

UA Collaborates with Johannes Gutenberg University to Find Way to Use Wood Ingredients for New Sustainable Chemistry

Carbon Neutrality Conference to Focus on Scalable Solutions for Achieving Greenhouse Gas Reductions

Researchers Assess Effects of Land Use on Water Availability in Himalaya Mountain Basins

MIT and Norwegian Scientists Gauge Fairness and Ambition of Top Three Emitters’ Pledges

Organic Nanocomposites Hold Promise for Development of Biodegradable Displays

Lawnmower Device that Reduces Harmful Emissions Wins National Sustainable Development Award

New Report on Powering Innovation for a Sustainable Future

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