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DECEMBER 29, 2020
By considering how water containing REEs interacted with calcite, a mineral that is ubiquitous in nature and often present in hydrothermal environments, the team discovered a new pathway by which bastnäsite formed. Bastnäsite is likely the primary valuable mineral for REEs in the world and was the focus of the Trinity team’s study.
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NOVEMBER 8, 2010
SITA UK, one of the country’s leading recycling and resource management companies and a subsidiary of Suez Environment, has signed an exclusive agreement with Cynar Plc to build Britain’s first fully operational plants to convert end of life plastic into diesel fuel.
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OCTOBER 12, 2012
Chemists at Queen’s University Belfast (Ireland) have devised a novel environmentally friendly technique which allows the rapid production of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). MOF manufacturing techniques have been limited as they are costly, slow and require large quantities of solvents, which can be toxic and harmful to the environment.
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JUNE 9, 2010
Scientists at the University of Kent (UK) and University College Cork (Ireland) have manipulated simple bacteria into constructing internal empty bacterial microcompartments (BMC) from five shell proteins in which biofuels or vaccines could be produced. A paper on the work was published in the journal Molecular Cell. Prentice, Daniel P.
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OCTOBER 3, 2010
This suggests that the unsaturated FAME in soy-biodiesel can react to form aromatic rings in the diesel combustion environment. John Dane, Aaron Williams, John Ireland, Jon Luecke, Robert L. Their paper was published online 1 October in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. Ratcliff, A. McCormick, and Kent J.
Green Car Congress
JULY 2, 2012
The accompanying report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) confirms an initial assessment published earlier this year, showing 12 EU Member States exceeded limits under the National Emissions Ceilings (NEC) Directive in 2010. State of the environment report No 6/2012. Earlier post.).
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APRIL 28, 2010
Based on analysis of long-term trends, a new European Environment Agency (EEA) report calls for a clear vision defining Europe’s transport system by 2050 and consistent policies to achieve it. Unlike some sectors, transport’s impact on the environment continues to be closely linked to economic growth.
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