May

9

Calculate Your Carbon Footprint

May 9, 2007 | 1 Comment

Carbon Footprint – It doesn’t cost the Earth to save the planet. ‘Carbon Footprint is a measure of the impact human activities have on the environment in terms of the amount of green house gases produced, measured in units of carbon dioxide. Carbon Footprint’s mission is to educate and inform how we can all make [...]

May

9

Towards a Greener Capitol

May 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Greening the Capitol’ Gets Technical Assistance from Berkeley Lab. ‘The House of Representatives of the United States Congress has decided to set an example by reducing its carbon footprint, an announcement which came from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and colleagues on April 19. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) [...]

May

1

The Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment

May 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment. ‘The Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment has been written by the Atmosphere, Climate & Environment Information Progamme, and is supported by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The Encyclopedia is a one-stop source of information, for younger and older users alike, on a range of atmospheric issues, [...]

May

1

New Catalyst Helps to Reduce Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) Emissions

May 1, 2007 | 1 Comment

New catalyst helps eliminate NOx from diesel exhaust. ‘A catalyst developed by Argonne researchers could help diesel truck manufacturers eliminate harmful nitrogen-oxide emissions from diesel exhausts. The technology — which has a patent pending — appears so promising that multiple large and small companies have expressed interest in licensing it and working with Argonne researchers [...]

Apr

27

Sunlight CO2 Splitting: Transforming CO2 into Fuel

April 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Device Uses Solar Energy to Convert Carbon Dioxide into Fuel. ‘Chemists at the University of California, San Diego have demonstrated the feasibility of exploiting sunlight to transform a greenhouse gas into a useful product. Clifford Kubiak, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and his graduate student Aaron Sathrum have developed a prototype device that can capture [...]

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