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Innovation News Network
APRIL 17, 2024
The EPA has announced $1bn in funding through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to address PFAS pollution in drinking water. The post PFAS pollution addressed with first-ever national drinking water standard appeared first on Innovation News Network.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 27, 2011
Coast Guard (USCG) will jointly enforce US and international air pollution requirements for vessels operating in US waters. The most stringent requirements apply to ships operating within 200 nautical miles of the coast of North America. Earlier post.). million tons per year.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 24, 2010
Researchers from Nihon University in Japan have reported widespread global contamination of sea sand and sea water with the endocrine disruptor bisphenol A (BPA) and said that the BPA probably originated from a surprising source: hard plastic trash discarded in the oceans and the epoxy plastic paint used to seal the hulls of ships.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 27, 2012
But while leaded gasoline usage has decreased drastically in the last few decades, lead is still pervasive in the environment. Most recently, Boyle and his students in MIT’s Trace Metal Group have analyzed water and coral samples from the Indian Ocean, using the coral to trace the history of anthropogenic lead over the last 50 years.
Cars That Think
JUNE 28, 2023
“People were really interested in clean air and clean water, so I decided there would always be interest in the environment,” Crawford says. You study many areas in civil engineering, including structures, soils, transportation, and the environment,” she says. She switched her major to civil and environmental engineering.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 24, 2013
Volkswagen inaugurated its largest solar facility in the world—also the largest solar facility operated by an automaker in the US—at its plant in Chattanooga, TN, which produces the Passat model for North America. 25% less energy and water consumption, waste and emissions. T5 fluorescents are use don the inside.).
Green Car Congress
JUNE 20, 2011
The awards recognize pioneering chemical technologies developed by leading researchers and industrial innovators who are making significant contributions to pollution prevention in the United States. Fermentation requires no organic solvent, and the water used is recycled. billion in 2011 to $98.5 billion by 2020.
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