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Grants to Help Electric Car Industry

U.S. Li-ion Auto Battery Maker Ener1 Voices Support for $1.6 Billion Federal Grant to Propel Electric Vehicle Technology

21 Dec 2008

Australian Emissions Reduction Plan Branded Low, Unacceptable, Pitiful, Short Sighted and Pandering to Polluters

In the space of a year Australia has gone from climate change hero to climate change under-achiever, announcing an emissions reduction target of just 5-15 per cent by 2020

15 Dec 2008

USC Expands Green Courses and Programs

Recognizing that a humanistic education must cover sustainability, USC expands its 'green' courses and programs

11 Dec 2008

Stunted and Deformed Fish in Polluted San Francisco Water

Striped bass in the San Francisco Estuary are contaminated before birth with a toxic mix of pesticides, industrial chemicals and flame retardants that their mothers acquire from estuary waters and food sources and pass on to their eggs

10 Dec 2008

Ozone Pollution To Stunt Tree Growth

Modern day concentrations of ground level ozone pollution are decreasing the growth of trees in the northern and temperate mid-latitudes

9 Dec 2008

Chemical Contamination in School Air May Be Making Your Child Sick

This morning USA TODAY released their study of schools where the outside air poses an unacceptable health risk from chemical contamination to young children and school staff

8 Dec 2008

Ener1 to Develop Batteries for Hybrid Electric Buses

Ener1, Inc. today announced a cooperative partnership to develop high-energy batteries for hybrid bus and heavy duty vehicle markets

8 Dec 2008

Oil Sprays Used to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Pig Farms

Researchers have known that the animal feeding industry creates a significant amount of greenhouse gas emissions, particularly methane and carbon dioxide. Scientists at Purdue University and the University of Missouri have tested various types of oil sprays to measure their effectiveness in reducing these emissions

8 Dec 2008

Climate Change Laws Unlikely to Force Companies Offshore

Fears that companies will simply relocate to "pollution havens" in the face of tougher climate policies and damage the international competitiveness of countries have little support from the evidence

8 Dec 2008

Dry Winter Weather Matters to Particulate Pollution

Dry winter weather and low level mixing of pollutants from vehicle exhausts in cities leads to the highest concentrations of the tiny soot particles, known as PM10 particles, according to German scientists writing in the January issue of the International Journal of Environment and Pollution. Their findings suggest that traffic controls, other than an outright ban for several days at a time, would have little effect on levels.

4 Dec 2008