EPA Halts Efforts to Clean Up Unsafe Levels of Ozone Smog
In defiance of science and the law, EPA attempts to halt 50 years of progress delivered by the Clean Air Act.
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Smog-Free Skies Should Be The New Normal
People all over the world are reporting that the skies have cleared dramatically over the last few weeks. In the northern Indian state of Punjab, the Himalayan mountains are now visible from more than 100 miles away — some locals say they haven’t seen the peaks in 30 years.
Smogathon 2017 Global Competition For Smog-Fighting Innovations
We live on a planet beset by air pollution. We also live in a world rich in creative, innovative minds. Here is a chance for positive change and a place for those innovative minds to do their magic.
Along with all the magical gnomes, Poland is calling out to those environmental, innovative minds. If you or your company have any solution that can help fight air pollution, Smogathon is a contest for you!
Beijing (& Hebei Province As A Whole) To Create “Green Necklace” To Reduce Smog
As part of the ongoing effort to deal with the region’s extensive air pollution problems, the Chinese capital of Beijing and the surrounding province of Hebei as a whole will be planting trees and creating new greenbelts, according to recent reports.
Smog “Red Alert” In China Closes Schools & Businesses, & Ground Flights
In an example of just how bad air pollution has gotten in parts of China, and why authorities there are incentivizing electric vehicles so aggressively (both personal vehicles and public transit vehicles), a smog “Red Alert” was recently issued in 24 major cities across the northeastern part of the country.
Smog-Free Tower & Daan Roosegaarde — From Illumination To Purification
“It is really weird that we accept it as something normal,” Daan Roosegaarde says as he holds up what looks like a plastic bag of black coal dirt. It is smog, smog pulled out of the air in Beijing. The first Smog-Free Tower, a smog-cleaning tower designed by Studio Roosegaarde, … [continued]
Chevy Volt Emits Significantly Less Smog-Forming Pollution Than Other PHEVs
The Chevy Volt is in a class of its own compared to other plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). The Volt emits significantly less smog-forming pollution than other PHEVs, according to a GM study presented to the Society of Automotive Engineers. Furthermore, GM-Volt reports that the engineering analysis for the new 2016 Volt that … [continued]
Students Invent Smog-Eating House — For Only $5!
A team of students has calculated that for the low cost of $5.00, your home could be transformed into a smog-eating house that could eliminate pollution-causing nitrogen oxides from the air just by sitting there. The secret sauce is a coating of titanium dioxide (TiO2), and $5.00 reflects the cost … [continued]
Chinese Citizen Sues Chinese Government For Continual Smog
This is not the first time a citizen has tried to appeal for humanitarian rights by suing their governmental body. In my country of origin, activists even as young as Jamie Lynn Butler have done so. However, China is a governmental body that has not been challenged in this way. Things recently changed for … [continued]
Smog-Eating Pavement Featured in ‘Greenest’ Street
The Chicago Department of Transportation has publicly announced what it says is the greenest street in America. It features the use of photocatalytic cement, which has the capacity to remove nitrogen oxide gases from the air. This form of air pollution is emitted from vehicle exhaust. In the presence … [continued]
