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Earth Friendly Products Makes Manufacturing Process 100% Renewable

Earth Friendly Products, a developer and producer of environmentally friendly cleaning products for residential and commercial use, has been successful in applying 100% green energy during the entire production process of its five plants.

6 Feb 2012

OneVentures’ First Clean Technology Investment for Underground Mining Environment

OneVentures Innovation Fund has invested in first clean technology to support Peak3, a company based in Brisbane, to commercialize services and products for the treatment, management, and monitoring of particular emissions in diesel engine.

31 Jan 2012

Green Chemistry and Sustainability to be Discussed at Pittcon 2012

The Pittcon Networking Committee is pleased to announce the topics for the Conferee Networking Sessions for Pittcon 2012 which will be held from March 11 through March 15, at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida.

From Pittcon 26 Jan 2012

‘Magic’ Photocatalysts Clean Polluted Water and Extract Useful Chemicals

Researchers at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPC PAS) have utilized sun and photocatalysts for cleaning polluted water to recover useful chemicals.

20 Jan 2012

Study Shows Controlling Air Pollution Slows Global Warming

Researchers at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) at the University of York have played a key role in a new study that shows that implementing 14 key air pollution control measures could slow the pace of global warming, save millions of lives and boost agricultural production.

15 Jan 2012

Mobile Laboratory to Study Greenhouse Gas Emissions at Basque Country Pig Farm

In an endeavor to decrease the environmental impact of emissions from farms, Neiker-Tecnalia has set up a mobile laboratory. Neiker-Tecnalia is the Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development.

8 Dec 2011

Scientists Analyze Ways to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in California

A new study published by the journal Science on November 24 explains that California needs to change its technology and infrastructure to reach its goal of reducing emissions.

28 Nov 2011

Aerosols Aggravate Severe Storms and Obstruct Gentle Rains

A new study led by University of Maryland researchers has found that increase in particulate matter and air pollution in the earth’s atmosphere is leading to severe storms in wet regions and drought in dry regions.

15 Nov 2011

FIRA Share UK Furniture Industry Carbon Footprint Benchmarks

FIRA will be sharing the findings of a key furniture industry research project that has assessed the feasibility of providing the UK furniture industry with product carbon footprint benchmarks.

10 Nov 2011

New Method Reduces Soot Emissions from Newer Diesel Engines

The soot particle filters found on diesel vehicles are designed to ensure that no harmful particles make their way through the exhaust pipe. Often, though, the exhaust from newer-model engines is not hot enough to free the filters from soot particles on a regular basis. A new method removes impurities even at low exhaust temperatures.

6 Nov 2011