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Shanghai Shipping Company to save thousands of tons of fuel annually thanks to ABB Ability™ solution
ABB is to install its state-of-the-art engine diagnostics software ABB Ability™ Tekomar XPERT on 12 bulk carriers operated by Shanghai Ming Wah Shipping Co. The fleetwide deployment follows a successful trial on...
Come Rain or Shine May the CEEFOR-ce Be With You
According to the Institute for Energy Research, demand for fossil fuels globally skyrocketed during 2018, triggering a consequent increase in carbon dioxide emissions, despite the significant share of renewables in the planet’s...
Signs and Impacts of Climate Change in Atmosphere, Land and Oceans Are Rising
The tell-tale physical signs of climate change such as increasing land and ocean heat, accelerating sea level rise and melting ice are highlighted in a new report compiled by the World Meteorological...
Heat Pumps – What Savings They Make and How Much They Cost?
Advantages of heat pumpsThe main advantage of heat pumps over the competition in the market for heating and cooling appliances is that facilities equipped with heat pumps receive much more energy...
Big Pharma Emits More Greenhouse Gases Than the Automotive Industry
Rarely does mention of the pharmaceutical industry conjure up images of smoke stacks, pollution and environmental damage.Yet our recent study found the global pharmaceutical industry is not only a significant contributor to...
Time to Put the Flame out — Scented Candles Can Cause Disease and Poor Air Quality
Candle season is in full effect as winter days quickly approach. Candles are a great accent to incorporate into home decorations and also to photograph as the little flickering flames in the...
Government Approves Nottingham’s Plan to Tackle Air Pollution
It is the first local authority to have it approved as part of the government’s wider £3.5bn programme to reduce harmful emissions from road transport.
The government has given the green light for Nottingham...
Most-Polluting UK Home Fuels to Be Burned Up
The sale of the most-polluting fuels used in UK households are to get the chop as part of government plans to reduce emissions.The burning of wood and coal in homes is said...
Major Coal-Fired Power Plant in Washington to Go Solar
It was once Washington state's largest coal pit, a terraced, open-to-the-sky strip mine, five miles from the city of Centralia and halfway between Seattle and Portland, Oregon. Today, the coal beds are...
Scientists Suggest a Giant Sunshade in the Sky Could Solve Global Warming
It sounds like the stuff of science fiction: the creation, using balloons or jets, of a manmade atmospheric sunshade to shield the most vulnerable countries in the global south against the worst...
Vehicles are Now America’s Biggest CO2 Source but EPA is Tearing Up Regulations
Some of the most common avatars of climate change - hulking power stations and billowing smokestacks - may need a slight update. For the first time in more than 40 years, the...
Delhi Air Pollution Forces Public Health Emergency as Chief Minister Compares City to a ‘Gas Chamber’
Suffocating smog forced the Indian capital of New Delhi, a city of more than 21 million people, to declare a public health emergency on Tuesday.
As a thick grey haze settled on the...
Mayors of London and Paris to Steer New Car Pollution Scoring Scheme
Plans to rate cars based on the amount of air pollutants they emit in real world driving conditions are being developed in London and Paris, the two cities' Mayors jointly announced today.
Sadiq...
Use Buggy Covers to Combat Air Pollution Danger, Parents Warned
Parents should use covers on their prams during the school run to protect their infants from air pollution, experts have warned.
Scientists tested the pollution levels inside prams to assess the exposure of...
Air Quality in Holy City of Varanasi ‘Most Toxic in India’
Air quality in the Indian holy city of Varanasi is “the most toxic in the country” according to research that reveals the extent of the pollution crisis across northern India.
There has been...
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...
