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China’s Premier Unveils Smog-Busting Plan to ‘Make Skies Blue Again’
The Chinese premier, Li Keqiang, has promised to step up his country’s battle against deadly smog, telling an annual political congress: “We will make our skies blue again.”
China’s cities have become synonymous...
UK Car Industry Warns ‘Anti-Diesel Agenda’ Harming CO2 Reduction Progress
Average new car CO2 emissions fell to an all-time low for the 19th consecutive year in 2016 thanks to billions of pounds of investment in advanced engine, fuel and battery technology and...
MPs Warn Heathrow Expansion is ‘Magical Thinking’
UK MPs have said that the Heathrow Airport expansion can only be justified if the government proves it will not break laws on climate change and pollution.
Ministers say a third runway would...
Smog-Fighting Music Academy Proposal Uses an Air Purifier System as Effective as 33,000 Trees
The Polish city of Krakow has some of the worst air pollution in the world. In hopes of improving the city’s air quality, FAAB Architektura proposed a smog-fighting music academy fitted with...
Campus Greenhouse Gas Emissions Down 7 Percent Since 2014
MIT’s total campus emissions have dropped by 7 percent since 2014, according to MIT’s second annual greenhouse gas inventory. The inventory, whose results were released by the MIT Office of Sustainability in...
Coal Demand Growth to Stall as Appetite Wanes, According to IEA
BEIJING — Growth in global coal demand will stall over the next five years as the appetite for the fuel wanes and other energy sources gain ground, according to the latest coal...
We Produce Biogas and Save up to 140,000 Euros per Year
Plant for the waste water treatment in the Carlsberg beer factory in Čelarevo opened in 2010 in the presence of the top state officials. This brewery is among the first in Serbia...
Sydney Air Pollution Alert Issued as Temperature Heads to 38C
An air pollution alert has been issued for Sydney residents due to a high level of ozone, already exceeding government standards for the entire year.
The NSW Office of Environment and Heritage put...
London Exceeds Annual Air Pollution Target in Just Five Days
London broke the annual limit for air pollution just five days into 2017, according to data from the capital’s main monitoring system.
A site on Brixton Road in south London surpassed hourly limits...
First US Petcoke-To-Methanol Plant With Carbon Capture Tech Gets DOE Loan Guarantees
On the shortest day of 2016, the US Department of Energy announced that it has made the “first ever offer for a conditional commitment” of loan guarantees under its Advanced Fossil Energy...
New Global Database Will Help Scientists Track Role of Lakes in Earth’s Ecology
The total shoreline of the world's lakes is more than four times longer than the global ocean coastline. And if all the water in those lakes were spread over the Earth's landmass,...
UK Has Second-Highest Number of Deaths From NO2 Pollution in Europe
The UK is second only to Italy in Europe for the highest number of annual deaths from a major air pollutant, a report has found just days after a court gave UK...
Indian Government Declares Delhi Air Pollution an Emergency
The Indian government has declared severe levels of toxic air pollution in Delhian “emergency situation” as administrators announce a plan to temporarily shut construction sites and a coal-fired power station to bring...
Madrid Poised to Restrict Cars in City Centre Amid Air Pollution Fears
Madrid’s city council is on the verge of temporarily slashing the number of cars allowed into the city centre by half as the Spanish capital struggles with high levels of air pollution.
With...
Petrol Cars Allowed to Exceed Pollution Limits by 50% Under Draft EU Laws
New European cars with petrol engines will be allowed to overshoot a limit on toxic particulates emissions by 50% under a draft EU regulation backed by the UK and most other EU...
New Source Solar Panels Pull Clean Drinking Water from the Air
A new kind of solar panel is being tested in water scarce regions of Ecuador, Jordan, and Mexico where the device, called Source, pulls moisture from the atmosphere to provide clean drinking...
