Posts Tagged ‘pollution’
By NikkiJade • Jun 1st, 2009 • Category: Articles, Spotlight
Industrial environmental standards have grown in importance and national focus in recent years, providing an opportunity to improve standards to yield both health and environmental benefits. James O’Shea from the maacenter outlines the impact and health consequences of inadequate industrial standards.
By NikkiJade • May 22nd, 2009 • Category: Articles, Spotlight
In the previous two articles it was shown that there are some possible benefits of coal combustion–but CO2 emissions are still a major issue. Nicole McCallum concludes this three-part series with the question: Does the coal industry have the potential to be a part of the climate change solution?
By NikkiJade • May 11th, 2009 • Category: Articles, Spotlight
AmericasPower–one of coal’s most vocal supporters in the U.S. strongly believes coal has a role to play in the future as America’s largest source of electricity generation. Nicole McCallum provides a discussion-provoking article that looks at the question: “Does clean coal currently exist in the U.S.?”
By NikkiJade • Apr 22nd, 2009 • Category: Articles
Loblaw-owned grocery chain Zehrs celebrated Earth Day today with a bang by implementing a new policy to charge customers 5 cents for every plastic bag requested. Nicole McCallum presents information about the policy and its background.
By NunoXEI • May 18th, 2008 • Category: Blog
David Wilkes, Daily Mail–A study suggests men living in polluted areas are more likely to go bald than those who enjoy a cleaner atmosphere. Academics at the University of London linked the onset of male pattern baldness to environmental factors, such as air pollution and smoking.
By NunoXEI • May 2nd, 2008 • Category: Blog
Sarah Lozanova, Clean Technica–The average Chicagoan spends an hour and a half commuting to and from work each day. With the second largest public transportation system in the country, one million people ride city buses each day. Mayor Daley considered both facts when he devised a plan aimed at easing congestion, commuting times, and air pollution in the central business district.
By NunoXEI • Apr 29th, 2008 • Category: Blog
Environmental battles over the siting and expansion of airports are as old as the air travel industry itself, but only in recent years have the airlines themselves been under pressure to go green. Air pollution from commercial jets is a growing concern among scientists, as is air travel’s role in climate change because of the more acute warming effect of emissions when they are disbursed so much closer to the upper atmosphere.
By NunoXEI • Apr 22nd, 2008 • Category: Blog
Ocean Conservancy released its annual report on trash in the ocean with new data from the 2007 International Coastal Cleanup the most comprehensive snapshot of the harmful impacts of marine debris. The mission of Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup is to engage people to remove trash from the world’s beaches and waterways, to identify the [...]
By NunoXEI • Apr 18th, 2008 • Category: Blog
China has already overtaken the US as the world’s “biggest polluter”, a report to be published next month says. The research suggests the country’s greenhouse gas emissions have been underestimated, and probably passed those of the US in 2006-2007.
If it becomes widely accepted that China’s future emissions are likely to be much higher than previously [...]
By NunoXEI • Apr 17th, 2008 • Category: Blog
Construction will halt, heavy industries will close, and even spray painting will stop in order to clean Beijing’s polluted air for the Olympics — an issue that suddenly has taken a back seat to political protests.
An aggressive plan to temporarily shutter belching steel and chemical plants, cut back emissions by 30 percent at 19 heavy-polluting [...]
