ICCL and CI launch global mapping project to protect sensitive marine areas
...ustry in identifying practices that will lead to a cleaner marine environment. Our partnership with Conservation International on the wastewater mapping exercise is an example of our continuing commitment to the world's oceans," said Michael Crye, ICCL president. "The ICCL, as well as each of its member line...People prefer belonging to groups in which members can punish freeloaders
...own in which inhabitants punish polluters might be cleaner and thus more popular than a more polluted nearby town whose inhabitants do not punish polluters, the scientists found that a group that punishes or threatens to punish its freeloaders holds a competitive advantage over a nearly identical group that ...ENERGY STAR: Government rewards businesses and utilities with Market Transformation Awards
...ians can use to make choices that will result in a cleaner environment and lower energy costs." The ENERGY STAR symbol is applied to electronic goods, appliances, office equipment, heating and cooling equipment, and other products that are the most energy-efficient, including compact fluorescent lights, wind...A cleaner, greener rice industry
...or indicators for ASEAN rice production leading to cleaner water, healthier ecosystems and a better environment for the entire region." In February, IRRI hosted a workshop funded by Malaysia and attended by Malaysian scientists to further develop ideas for such indicators and to consider ways to have such ...ACS Weekly PressPac -- July 12, 2006
...uded a pine-oil cleaner, an orange-based household cleaner and a plug-in air freshener. Ozone interacted with the products to form secondary air pollutants that included formaldehyde, a known human carcinogen and mucus membrane irritant. Many other household cleaning and air freshening products contain simil...Industry, C-SPAN leaders energize Lugar-Purdue summit
...es and policies and to make current energy sources cleaner and more efficient," Jischke said. "The research at Purdue is exploring a number of energy alternatives, including biofuels, liquid fuels, clean-coal technologies and others." Malone serves as BP's chief executive in the United States. He is based ...NJIT researchers seed, heat and grow carbon nanotubes in long tubing
...round-breaking method will lead to improvements in cleaner gasoline, better food processing and faster, cheaper ways to clean air and water. The discovery was recently described in the Journal of Material Chemistry, June 14, 2006, by Mitra and his team in "Selective Self-assembly of Single Walled Carbon...Study considers auto industry and consumer behavior in reducing greenhouse gas emissions
... for a longer time. Or, perhaps, the production of cleaner cars would introduce environmental problems that would make it a dirtier alternative. Considering intended and unintended environmental impacts will give analysts valuable information they didn't have before. "Right now policy analysts are working i...Thorium poised to meet world's energy needs
...ycles, including less waste and a much simpler and cleaner fuel cycle," said Latkowski. "DBI hopes to offer power systems that take maximum advantage of thorium's benefits." The forum also explored the role of thorium in national security. Dr. Andrey Mushakov with Thorium Power Ltd. and DBI physicist Dr. K...New highways carry pathogens and social change in Ecuador
...isenberg said. "The higher social cohesion is, the cleaner the village," he said. Numerous studies have linked infectious disease with roads and road construction, including HIV transmission in Uganda and malaria in Peru, but the effects of roads on diarrheal diseases, which are a leading cause of mortality...Mixed prairie grasses are better biofuel source, U of M study says
...ditional benefits, such as renewed soil fertility, cleaner ground and surface waters, preservation of wildlife habitats, and recreational opportunities. There are 30 million acres of grasslands in the U.S. Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), which pays farmers to manage land to benefit the environment. Cur...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- December 6, 2006
... stripper that combines the principles of a vacuum cleaner and a pulsed lamp shows promise as a much-needed new technology for removing dangerous lead-based paint from older housing, scientists in Massachusetts are reporting. Michael J. Grapperhaus and Raymond B. Schaefer explain that existing lead abatement...Study reveals clean air challenge for major Asian cities
...re stringent vehicle emission standards Using more cleaner fuels for motor vehicles, industry and power plants Better inspection and source of emissions Stricter enforcement of legislation and more stringent standards for air quality Harmonization of air quality standards across Asia Development of more reli...Pesticides need sunscreen to beat the heat
...red and the cost to the farmer. It could also mean cleaner waters, as the risks of excess pesticide contamination will be lowered. "It can be used for many other pesticides. We are considering it as a platform carrier material for pesticides and have looked at several pesticides, including this oil-soluble...ORNL researchers, supercomputer have large roles in DOE projects
... the DOE mission, catalysts feature prominently in cleaner and more efficient energy production. Meanwhile, Don Batchelor of the Fusion Energy Division and colleagues were awarded 2 million processor hours on Jaguar to help understand and predict the effects of high-power radio frequency waves on plasma st...Aerosol pollution slows down winds and reduces rainfall
...n advocates replacing existing motor vehicles with cleaner ones, such as renewable-energy powered battery-electric and hydrogen-fueled vehicles, and substituting contaminating power plants with networked wind farms. These actions would reduce particle emissions practically to zero, he says. The second-best o...Standardized house dust aids health researchers
...llected, with assistance from the EPA, from vacuum cleaner bags collected from homes, cleaning services, motels and hotels in the states of North Carolina, Maryland, Ohio, New Jersey, Montana and Wisconsin during 1993 and 1994, and sterilized, filtered, homogenized and analyzed. Each 10-gram sample of Standa...Energy institute will put Illinois at forefront of farm bioenergy production
...el bioprocessing (converting heavy hydrocarbons to cleaner fuels) and carbon sequestration (removing or preventing increases in atmospheric carbon), socio-economic systems (social and economic issues related to these new technologies) and biofuels production. Discovery and development research centers at eac...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- March. 14, 2007
... that NNSA says will be easier and environmentally cleaner to manufacture and more difficult for potential terrorists to disassemble or detonate. The article describes details of the RRW, envisioned for production by 2012, and discusses differing opinions about the new proposals for the U.S. nuclear arsenal...'Juiced-up' battery fueled by sugar could power small portable electronics
...hemistry, we can build a better battery thats also cleaner for the environment. Using sugar for fuel is not a new concept: Sugar in the form of glucose supplies the energy needs of all living things. While nature has figured out how to harness this energy efficiently, scientists only recently have learned...