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Gasoline With 15% Ethanol Approved
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Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34Gas Worse Than Diesel For Creating Aerosols In Air
Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34Fracking Could Hinder Underground Carbon Storage
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Tiny Submarines Gather Oil
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Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34Lawmaker Requests Bisphenol A Ban
Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34Fort Detrick Health Studies Inconclusive
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Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34Algal Toxin Breaks Ring Record
Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34Aerosols Expand Through Surface Reactions
Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34Methane: A New ‘Fracking’ Fiasco
Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34Notice For New Uses Of Chemicals Proposed
Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34BP Reaches $7.8 Billion Gulf Spill Settlement
Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34Protecting Trade Secrets
Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34Keeping Bisphenol A
Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34Beijing Sends Nitrogen Downstream
Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34EPA Targets Chemicals
Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34Green Chemistry Flap
Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34Canada Limits BPA Discharges
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Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34Dow Sponsors Sustainability Fellows
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Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34Curbing Carbon Dioxide
Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34General Duty Clause
Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34Chemical Safety Board’s Right To Probe Gulf Oil Rig Accident Questioned
Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34Nanoparticles Promote Gene Transfer
Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34U.S. Emissions Of Greenhouse Gases Rise
Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34Grab-And-Go Palladium Catalyst
Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34U.S., U.K. Renew Science Cooperation
Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34Supreme Court Limits Some Medical Patents
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Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34Heritable Epigenetics
Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34CEM
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Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34Oxford Instruments
Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34Court Backs Texas In Fight With EPA
Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34Carbon Dioxide Rise Came First
Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34Additive Boosts Organic Solar Cell Efficiency
Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34Solar Firms Scale Back
Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34Senate Nixes Natural Gas Vehicle Subsidies
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Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34Xylem Analytics
Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34China Focuses On Environment
Updated: 2012-04-30 15:44:34Mapping Genetic Diversity of Cherimoya (Annona cherimola Mill.): Application of Spatial Analysis for Conservation and Use of Plant Genetic Resources
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PLoS ONE, published 09 Jan 2012 Maarten van Zonneveld, Xavier Scheldeman, Pilar Escribano, María A. Viruel, Patrick Van Damme, Willman Garcia, César Tapia, José Romero, Manuel Sigueñas, and José I. Hormaza “There is a growing call for inventories that evaluate geographic patterns in diversity of plant genetic resources maintained on farm and in species’ natural [...]15 College Teams Win EPA P3 Award for Environmental Solutions
Updated: 2012-04-25 21:19:33Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org APR 26 Recent Comment Firstly I congratulate all the winners . And it is really great to know . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it 15 College Teams Win EPA P3 Award for Environmental Solutions Written by Megan Treacy on 25 04 12 The EPA has announced the winners of its annual P3 award that honors innovative environmental solutions developed by college teams . This year 45 teams were judged by a panel convened by the American Association for the Advancement of Science on their idea's potential to provide innovative , cutting-edge sustainable solutions to worldwide environmental problems . Fifteen teams won the award and received 90,000 each to further develop and market their . solutions Here are the winningTesla and SolarCity Team Up to Create Solar-Powered, Off-Grid Homes
Updated: 2012-04-25 20:44:55, Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org APR 25 Recent Comment Great deal . Maybe communities of off-grid homes can generate enough po . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Tesla and SolarCity Team Up to Create Solar-Powered , Off-Grid Homes Written by Megan Treacy on 25 04 12 Tesla Motors has found a new application for its battery technology off-grid solar-powered homes . The automaker is teaming up with solar panel installer SolarCity to connect its batteries to solar-powered homes , unlinking the panels from the grid and using the batteries as . back-up The team has submtited applications for 70 different projects to California utility PG E's solar incentive program that would see homes linked together with Tesla battery packs and solarIdentifying Bus Stop Redundancy: A GIS-based Spatial Optimization Approach
Updated: 2012-04-25 20:28:29Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, Available Online 25 February 2012 Eric M. Delmelle, Shuping Li, and Alan T. Murray “Highlights: A Spatial Interaction Coverage (SIC) model is used for transit planning. SIC presents an alternative modeling tool to increase system efficiency while maintaining suitable access coverage. Model parameters (access distance and facility attraction) are calibrated [...]EWG Cleaners Hall of Shame Reveals Hidden Hazards Environmental Working Group
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Updated: 2012-04-23 21:08:24Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org APR 23 Recent Comment Good post Good to know such products help our environment from pollu . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Pollution-Absorbing Paint Cleaning Up the Air in Manila Written by Megan Treacy on 23 04 12 Manila is one of the top five dirtiest cities when it comes to air pollution . Residents have high rates of asthma and air pollution is responsible for about 4,000 deaths a year The city is trying to tackle the problem with an innovative solution paint . The city has begun using a paint called Boysen KNOxOUT that is able to filter out nitrogen oxides from the air . The chemical within the paint reacts with sunlight and water vapor making it absorb NOx at a rate of about 20 percent . The cityHonda to Recycle Rare Earth Metals from Hybrid Batteries
Updated: 2012-04-20 21:05:05Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org APR 20 Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Honda to Recycle Rare Earth Metals from Hybrid Batteries Written by Megan Treacy on 20 04 12 If you follow clean tech news at all , you've heard of the impending shortage of rare earth metals that are used in everything from electric vehicle batteries to solar panels , which could cause major problems for clean tech growth down the road . The solutions to this problem are to both source alternative materials for these technologies and to develop large-scale recycling for these metals . Honda has apparently been paying attention because it announced this week that it would start recycling the rare earth metals used in the nickel-metal hydride batteries in its hybrids to be used againLight Bulb Finder App Calculates What You'll Save By Swapping Out Your Bulbs
Updated: 2012-04-18 17:50:42Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org APR 18 Recent Comment I can't believe that at this moment anyone needs an app to convince th . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Light Bulb Finder App Calculates What You'll Save By Swapping Out Your Bulbs Written by Megan Treacy on 18 04 12 A free app that won the EPA's Apps for the Environment contest lets you calculate the energy and cost savings you'd see by swapping out your light bulbs for more efficient versions The EPA estimates that using the app can help homeowners cut their electricity bill by 120 a year and cut their CO2 emissions by 1,360 lbs a . year The Light Bulb Finder app lets you choose the type of fixture and bulb that you want to replace and then recommends a good replacement based onNASA Funding Satellite That Would Beam Solar Power Down to Earth
Updated: 2012-04-17 20:44:41Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org APR 17 Recent Comment If you go through the design of a power satellite , such as was done he . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it NASA Funding Satellite That Would Beam Solar Power Down to Earth Written by Megan Treacy on 17 04 12 NASA is providing Artemis Innovation Management Solutions with seed money to build a satellite that could collect solar energy and beam it back down to Earth . Harvesting solar energy from space has been talked about for a long time but has been deemed too expensive or the technology just wasn't there . Now with former NASA engineer John Mankins at the helm , it looks like this concept is finally set to take . off The turning point for this technology is all due to the biomimeticExamining Electric Vehicles' Emissions
Updated: 2012-04-17 17:23:09Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org APR 17 Recent Comment The grid data used to perform this report's analysis was taken from 20. . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Examining Electric Vehicles' Emissions Written by Philip Proefrock on 17 04 12 A recent report suggests that electrical vehicles EVs are not always the cleanest option among automobiles when you take into account the source of the electricity used for recharging . According to the Union of Concerned Scientists report on emissions and electric vehicles in some instances , electric vehicles may sometimes be responsible for more emissions than some very efficient conventional . vehicles Obviously , the electricity used to charge the vehicle must come from somewhere , and the fuelCourt Hears Oral Argument on Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
Updated: 2012-04-13 23:21:30Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington D.C. heard oral arguments on legal challenges to EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. As I wrote yesterday, the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule reduces emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from power plants in 28 eastern states. EPA issued the rule to implement the “Good Neighbor” provision [...]Solar Thermal Heating Could Eliminate CO2 Emissions from Cement Production
Updated: 2012-04-13 20:52:39Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org APR 13 Recent Comment You can't call it zero CO2 footprint if the electricity used from this . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Solar Thermal Heating Could Eliminate CO2 Emissions from Cement Production Written by Megan Treacy on 13 04 12 Cement production is the second largest human-caused contribution of CO2 to the atmosphere responsible for five to six percent of all human-caused CO2 emissions . So far , many researchers have concentrated on creating cement that can sequester CO2 to balance out the CO2 its production releases , but now researchers at George Washington University are going to the root of the problem and eliminating CO2 emissions at the . source The researchers have found a way to useEnvisat Environmental Monitoring Satellite Goes Silent
Updated: 2012-04-12 21:32:50Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org APR 12 Recent Comment This is very suspicious . I suspect that the satellite has been sabotag . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Envisat Environmental Monitoring Satellite Goes Silent Written by Megan Treacy on 12 04 12 The Envisat the largest environmental monitoring satellite in history , has gone silent after a decade of operation . The satellite was launched in March 2002 by the European Space Agency and has been sending information on the planet's oceans , ice , land and atmosphere since then . The ESA says it failed to make contact on April 8 as it passed over a Swedish ground . station Envisat is equipped with 10 different instruments for collecting environmental data that has been used in 4,000Prototype Battery Explodes at GM Tech Center
Updated: 2012-04-12 18:36:35Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org APR 12 Recent Comment Has the author written stressful testing when they meant stress tes . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Prototype Battery Explodes at GM Tech Center Written by Philip Proefrock on 12 04 12 A battery pack undergoing extreme testing caused an explosion at the GM Technical Center in Warren , Michigan earlier this week . Local news reports indicate that 5 people were injured in the explosion . According to a statement from the company , the battery that caused the blast is unrelated to the Chevrolet Volt or any other production vehicle . The GM statement also indicated that , Chemical gases from the battery cells were released and ignited in the enclosed chamber . The battery itself wasCross-State Goes to Court: Oral Arguments Start Tomorrow in Lawsuits about Clean Air Rule
Updated: 2012-04-12 15:24:37Another big day in court looms for EPA’s clean air protections. This time it’s the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule that’s under fire. Tomorrow, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear oral arguments in lawsuits over the rule – a rule that provides vitally important clean air protections for families [...]