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Power plants will have to cut toxic emmisions under new EU rules

Power plants will have to cut toxic emmisions under new EU rules

April 29, 2017

New rules to limit air pollutants such as nitrogen oxide and mercury could save more than 20,000 lives a year,....

Ocean Warming Risks Collapse of Marine Food Web

Ocean Warming Risks Collapse of Marine Food Web

April 29, 2017

Researchers have constructed a marine food web to show how climate change could affect our future fish supplies and marine....

Predicting the movement, impacts of microplastic pollution

Predicting the movement, impacts of microplastic pollution

April 26, 2017

Microplastics, which are particles measuring less than 5 mm, are of increasing concern.

Biggest U.S. Companies Setting More Renewable-Energy Targets

Biggest U.S. Companies Setting More Renewable-Energy Targets

April 26, 2017

Almost half of the biggest U.S. companies have established clean-energy targets for themselves, according to a report Tuesday from sustainable....

Triggering artificial photosynthesis to clean air

Triggering artificial photosynthesis to clean air

April 26, 2017

A chemistry professor in Florida has just found a way to trigger the process of photosynthesis in a synthetic material,....

THE HISTORY OF EARTH DAY

THE HISTORY OF EARTH DAY

April 22, 2017

Each year, Earth Day—April 22—marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970.

Air pollution as bad for wellbeing as partner's death, say researchers

Air pollution as bad for wellbeing as partner's death, say researchers

April 17, 2017

Authors of Can Clean Air Make You Happy? say exposure to nitrogen dioxide can be as damaging as ‘big-hitting’ life....

Electricity from Renewables Rose to 11% in 2016

Electricity from Renewables Rose to 11% in 2016

April 17, 2017

As clean technology costs continue to fall, the world added record levels of renewable energy capacity in 2016, at an....