Archive for September, 2009
Remembering the “Other” Energy & Climate Bill
Posted on September 30, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
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Air Pollutants From Abroad A Growing Concern, Says New Report
Posted on September 30, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
Plumes of harmful air pollutants can be transported across oceans and continents — from Asia to the United States and from the United States to Europe — and have a negative impact on air quality far from their original sources, says a new report by the National Research Council.
Read More..>>Unwavering Determination: Low-Carbon Reconstruction after Earthquake
Posted on September 30, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
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For Good and Ill the California Legislature Met its Deadline (Almost)
Posted on September 30, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
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Green Metropolis: David Owen’s urban manifesto
Posted on September 29, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
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Tell EPA to protect our water supplies from toxic coal ash and mountaintop removal mining
Posted on September 28, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
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Heavier Rainstorms Ahead Due To Global Climate Change, Study Predicts
Posted on September 27, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
Heavier rainstorms lie in our future. That’s the clear conclusion of a new study on the impact that global climate change will have on precipitation patterns.
Read More..>>Hot Microbes Cause Groundwater Cleanup Rethink
Posted on September 24, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
Australian researchers have discovered that micro-organisms that help break down contaminants under the soil can actually get too hot for their own good.
Read More..>>‘Green Clean:’ Researchers Determining Natural Ways To Clean Contaminated Soil
Posted on September 24, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
Researchers are working to demonstrate that trees can be used to degrade or capture fuels that leak into soil and ground water. Through a process called phytoremediation — literally a “green” technology — plants and trees remove pollutants from the environment or render them harmless.
Read More..>>‘Dust Alert’ Invention Monitors Air Quality, Determines Chemical Composition Of Toxins
Posted on September 24, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
Worried that dust from a nearby construction zone will harm your family’s health? A new sensor from researchers in Israel, called ‘Dust Alert’, can help families and authorities monitor the quality of the air they breathe and precisely determine the chemical composition of toxins.
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