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Toxic Drywall Solution Now Available

The only effective solution with proven performance to manage and remove the harmful contaminants being emitted from Chinese Drywall is now available. The RISS System(TM) removes the inorganic and organic sulfur based contaminants from indoor air

26 Aug 2009

Australian Oil Spill May Be A Disaster For Marine Life

WWF warned today that an oil spill off Australia’s North West coast may take a heavy toll on the region’s globally significant wildlife

25 Aug 2009

Brookhaven Statement on Radiation From Marshall Islands Atomic Weapons Testing

In 1956, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) turned to Brookhaven National Laboratory to continue a program of medical evaluation and care of Marshall Islanders accidentally exposed to radioactive fallout following a U.S. nuclear weapons test at Bikini atoll on March 1, 1954. Brookhaven Lab was not involved in the weapons test

25 Aug 2009

Law Firm Announces Chinese Drywall Litigation and Petitioning Homeowners with Chinese Drywall in Their Homes

A leading local and national law firm in the field of Chinese Drywall litigation, has announced that it will be pursuing claims against contracting companies that used Chinese Drywall in the construction of single and multi-family homes

25 Aug 2009

Researchers Develop Porous Materials For Storing Carbon Dioxide Exhaust Emissions

Efficient methods for the separation of this greenhouse gas from industrial exhaust are being sought. Korean researchers have now developed a porous material that can bind and store CO2 efficiently and highly selectively

24 Aug 2009

Rocket Science and The Environment Meet in Space With Eco-Friendly Rocket Fuel of Water and Aluminium

NASA and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, or AFOSR, have successfully launched a small rocket using an environmentally-friendly, safe propellant comprised of aluminum powder and water ice, called ALICE

24 Aug 2009

Zero Waste and Carbon Neutral City to be Built

Masdar and BASF today announced a strategic partnership agreement for collaboration on the construction of Masdar City, the world’s first carbon-neutral and zero-waste city

20 Aug 2009

First CO2 Scrubbing Plant in Germany Inaugurated

Dr Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, Federal Minister of Economics and Technology, and Dr Juergen Ruettgers, State Premier of North Rhine-Westphalia, officially put into operation the pilot scrubbing plant for power station flue gases

20 Aug 2009

Microbes Point Scientists to Better Understanding of Nanoparticles and Pollution

Naturally occurring organic matter in water and sediment appears to play a key role in helping microbes convert tiny particles of mercury in the environment into a form that is dangerous to most living creatures

19 Aug 2009

Pollution Changes Rainfall Patterns in China

New research shows that air pollution in eastern China has reduced the amount of light rainfall over the past 50 years and decreased by 23 percent the number of days of light rain in the eastern half of the country

17 Aug 2009