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Acid Rain Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Rice Paddies

Acid rain from atmospheric pollution can reduce methane emissions from rice paddies by up to 24 per cent according to research led by Dr Vincent Gauci of The Open University

6 Aug 2008

Mythic Paint Make Air Quality List With Environmentally Friendly Credentials

South Coast Air Quality Management District Includes Mythic Paints on their Super-Compliant Coatings Manufacturers List

4 Aug 2008

Eco-Friendly Desalination Plants The Goal of Researchers in Race Against Time

UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers explore options for desalination in eco-friendly ways

30 Jul 2008

Media Spotlight is Firmly on China's Polluted Air in Lead Up to Beiijing Olympics

In the months before the start of the 2004 Athens Olympics, that city's notorious air pollution was the subject of some media coverage. But it was small compared to the attention focused on Beijing's problems thus far

29 Jul 2008

Beijing Air Quality, Before, During and After the Olympic Games

As the world watches China prepare for the Olympic Games, Cornell researcher Max Zhang has his eye on less visible matters -- the particles in Beijing's air that millions breathe every day, and that many more will be breathing when they descend on the city this summer

22 Jul 2008

Widespread, Serious Impacts on Ecosystems Caused by Air Pollution

No ecosystem type in the eastern United States is free of the effects of air pollution, according to a report released today by The Nature Conservancy and the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

22 Jul 2008

Voluteering and Environmental Activism Among Older People a Big Boost to Creating a Healthier Environment

Volunteering for environmental protection activities can be physically and mentally sustaining for older people

22 Jul 2008

Beijing Officials Move to Improve Air Quality Before Start of Olympic Games

With less than a month remaining before the Beijing Olympics, Chinese officials have introduced a series of measures to improve air quality for the Games

22 Jul 2008

Fuel Cell System to Provide Backup Power to Remote Mobile Phone Base Station in France

For the first time on its network SFR, a leading French mobile phone service provider, has installed a fuel cell system using liquid methanol as an alternative backup power source

16 Jul 2008