ST. LOUIS, MO, September 9, 2019 – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) through its Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) has launched a major initiative to develop bioenergy crops through genomics-based research. Danforth Center Principal Investigator, Andrea Eveland,…
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To reduce pollution, policymakers should broaden focus beyond smokestacks
Emissions from air pollutants are associated with premature mortality. Between 2008 and 2014, air pollution health damage from fine particulate matter exposure fell by 20 percent in the United States. There are four sectors in the U.S. economy that together…
A decade of renewable energy investment, led by solar, tops US $2.5 trillion
UN-backed report: Decade of investment (2010-2019) quadruples renewables capacity from 414 GW to abo
CityU scientist’s technology for generating renewable energy awarded APEC Prize
The contributions of an environmental scientist of City University of Hong Kong (CityU) to the field of photoelectrocatalysis have made him the only winner of the 2019 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Science Prize for Innovation, Research and Education (ASPIRE) .…
WVU engineer developing ‘critical’ rare earth elements from coal waste
West Virginia University mining engineers are developing a method to create a self-supply of rare earth elements in the United States from coal waste. “Rare earth elements are critical to the high-tech industry and to national defense, but we heavily…
Europe’s future is renewable
Interactive map of Europe
Would a carbon tax help to innovate more-efficient energy use?
Taxing carbon emissions would drive innovation and lead to improved energy efficiency, study finds
‘Surrey swarm’ earthquakes not caused by nearby oil extraction, says study
The series of 34 small earthquakes between April 2018 and May 2019 occurred within 10 km of two active oil extraction sites at Brockham and Horse Hill in Surrey. Many residents of Newdigate, Dorking, Horley and Charlwood in Surrey, and…
Researchers use AI to plot green route to nylon
NYU Tandon School of Engineering team discovers sweet spot in electrochemical production of nylon’s
Dangerous wild grass will be used in batteries
Scientists from NUST MISIS have turned hogweed into a material for a supercapacitor
Detecting hydrothermal vents in volcanic lakes
Combination of measurements shows hydrothermal sources under sea in Tanzania — Results could improv
Fracking has less impact on groundwater than traditional oil and gas production
Both types of oil and gas production activities inject water underground
New study: Fracking prompts global spike in atmospheric methane
As methane concentrations increase in the Earth’s atmosphere, chemical fingerprints point to a probable source: shale oil and gas, according to new Cornell University research published today (14 August) in Biogeosciences , a journal of the European Geosciences Union. The…