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Carnival Increases Installations of Novel Exhaust Gas Cleaning Technology

Carnival Corporation & plc, the world's largest cruise company, today announced plans to significantly increase installations of its industry-first exhaust gas cleaning technology to more than 70 vessels. The expansion covering over 70 percent of its entire fleet represents an increase from the 32 ships announced in September 2013.

23 May 2014

WHO Ranks Air Pollution as World's Number-One Environmental Health Problem

A new report by the World Health Organization ranks air pollution as the world's number-one environmental health problem, linking it to more than seven million deaths in 2012.

23 May 2014

WAS Offers Contract Based Services for Analysis of Environmental Samples

Drawing upon over 10 years’ experience - Warwick Analytical Service (WAS) is able to provide high quality laboratory analytical services for analysis of environmental samples from their facilities at the University of Warwick Science Park (Coventry, UK).

15 May 2014

Greenhouse Gas Expert: Control Methane Now to Avoid Environmental Tipping Point in the Future

As the shale gas boom continues, the atmosphere receives more methane, adding to Earth’s greenhouse gas problem.

15 May 2014

Mitigation Efforts could Decrease Nitrogen Pollution by 50%

Ambitious mitigation efforts, however, could decrease the pollution by 50 percent. The analysis is the very first to quantify this.

15 May 2014

UI Study Finds Iowa's Air Quality Falls within Federal Cleanliness Guidelines

With warmer weather, it's time to get outdoors. And now you can breathe easy about it: A new study from the University of Iowa reports Iowa's air quality falls within government guidelines for cleanliness.

14 May 2014

Johnson Matthey Honored with The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development

Johnson Matthey, a global leader in emission control technologies, has won The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development 2014. This prestigious award recognises the company’s achievements in developing and manufacturing emission control catalysts using resources efficiently, based on Lean principles and meeting challenging sustainability targets within its operations.

23 Apr 2014

Anthropogenic Aerosols from Asia Affect Storms Sweeping Across the Pacific

In the first study of its kind, scientists have compared air pollution rates from 1850 to 2000 and found that anthropogenic (man-made) particles from Asia impact the Pacific storm track that can influence weather over much of the world.

15 Apr 2014

NPL Provides Accurate, Reliable Measurements of Pollutant Concentrations

As high levels of air pollution are reported across the UK, NPL's role is to make sure that the measurements of pollutant concentrations are as reliable as possible, so that the right warnings can be given and the most appropriate actions taken.

4 Apr 2014

Lecture on Pennsylvania’s Experience with Impact of Fracking on Water

Fracking, the hydraulic fracturing technology by which shale rocks are fractured by a pressurized liquid to release oil and natural gas, is controversial with proponents citing an increase in domestic oil production and lower gas prices, and opponents voicing environmental concerns and worries over small tremors that have sometimes followed fracking.

2 Apr 2014