The switch to refrigerants that do not damage the ozone layer brought in a generation of chemicals with a greenhouse effect thousands of times stronger than CO2Greenhouse gases used in superÂmarket fridges and freezers pose as great a threat to the environment as plastic bags, according to a study by campaigning group the Environmental Investigation [...]
Barack Obama will also propose a tripling of government funding for new nuclear reactors to more than $54bnBarack Obama used his presidential authority to help advance his climate change agenda today, announcing that the US federal government and agencies would cut their giant carbon footprints by 28% by 2020.The announcement was held up by administration [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama Administration formally embraced the Copenhagen Accord on global warming on Thursday, a day after the president urged a fractious U.S. Congress to get to work on comprehensive legislation to stem the nation’s emissions….
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he wants to advance a climate bill that has been stalled in the U.S. Senate, but he did not say it had to include a cap-and-trade market for emissions blamed for warming the planet.
NOTTINGHAM, England and LENZING, Austria, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ — Bio-Reaction Industries, an innovator in advanced biofilter systems used to treat industrial air pollution emissions from factories, has formed an alliance with Lenzing Technik GmbH (Bio…
Energy-Efficient Cranes, Optical Scanners Reduce Emissions Footprint
NORTH BALTIMORE, Ohio, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Cutting-edge environmental technologies and green design will make the Northwest Ohio Terminal Facility, a new freight transi…
Emissions to be Cut by more than 75,000 Tons Annually
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Westar Energy has agreed to spend approximately $500 million to significantly reduce harmful air pollution from a Kansas power plant and pay a $3 milli…
VANCOUVER, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Westport Innovations Inc. (TSX:WPT/ NASDAQ:WPRT), a global leader in alternative fuel, low-emissions transportation technologies, today announced the appointment of Bill Larkin as Chief Financial Officer (CFO…
The UK is one of the least forested countries in Europe. The growing maturity of UK woodlands means that carbon sequestration is falling rapidly. From Carbon Commentary, part of the Guardian Environment NetworkThe UK is one of the least forested countries in Europe. Although the amount of woodland cover has increased substantially since its nadir [...]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The United States today filed two major Clean Air Act settlements to reduce air emissions from container glass and Portland cement plants throughout the country, announced Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Atto…