May 7th, 2018 | by Guest Contributor
Aquatic ecologist John A. Downing happily remembers childhood holidays at his family’s vacation home at Wabana Lake, near Grand Rapids, Minnesota. The lake was upstream “from almost everything,” making it difficult for pollution to reach it, he said. But some eventually got there anyway. “It’s still beautiful, but somewhat greener around the edges,” he said. “I have been diving in these lakes since I was 9 years old, and as I get older, I notice there are more frequent surface algae blooms.”
August 11th, 2017 | by The Beam
The term "air pollution" has become so ubiquitous that when anyone hears those words, they have an understanding of what they mean. To a degree, it is an accepted fact of the modern world that the air we breathe is contaminated in some way, but most people don’t realise the severity of the problem, the effects it can have on health, or the potential there is to combat the ongoing epidemic. In a series of articles, CleanTechnica will be examining the issues surrounding air pollution in more depth, and this first article will act as an introduction to some of the main issues
October 12th, 2015 | by Steve Hanley
Originally published on Gas2. Oh, those dirty rotten scoundrels at Volkswagen. They deliberately programmed their diesel cars to report lower [&hellip
August 18th, 2015 | by Derek Markham
The emissions of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, from agricultural operations in the central United States may be greatly [&hellip
February 20th, 2015 | by Sandy Dechert
Thanks to protracted temblors in the US (and some other English-speaking nations) over the role of fossil fuels in generating [&hellip
September 29th, 2014 | by Sandy Dechert
Almost everyone in the media has taken a stab at summarizing, if not snap-judging, the results of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s [&hellip
August 2nd, 2013 | by Guest Contributor
This article originally published on Shrink That Footprint by Lindsay Wilson In 2010 human activity caused 50 Gt CO2e of greenhouse [&hellip
June 26th, 2012 | by U.S. Energy Information Administration
Greenhouse gases trap heat from the sun and warm the planet’s surface. Of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, the majority [&hellip
July 29th, 2011 | by Tina Casey
A national research team headed by the Columbia University Engineering School has found that sewage treatment plants in the U.S. could save $100 million per year in electricity costs with a few simple tweaks to cut down on emissions of nitrous oxide, a powerful greenhouse gas.
January 17th, 2011 | by Tina Casey
Nitrous oxide is a powerful greenhouse gas that comes in part from the application of nitrogen fertilizer to croplands, and [&hellip
May 27th, 2010 | by Tina Casey
A team of scientists from Columbia University has found evidence that emissions of nitrous oxide from some wastewater treatment plants [&hellip
March 22nd, 2010 | by Tina Casey
Scientists at Stanford University have come up with another reason to eat your beans, or at least to appreciate them: [&hellip
December 16th, 2009 | by Susan Kraemer
The newest iteration of the climate bill in congress has just been scored by the non partisan congressional budget office and, as for the two previous climate bills (Waxman and Boxer), finds that Kerry-Graham-Lieberman would save money
October 28th, 2009 | by Zachary Shahan
There has been a lot of discussion over the last few years about biofuels and whether or not they are [&hellip
