The richest one percent of the global population are responsible for the same amount of carbon emissions as the world's poorest two-thirds, or five billion people, according to an analysis published Sunday by the nonprofit ...
Environment
Nov 20, 2023
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The cement industry has long been a central part of infrastructure and development, but its impact on the environment remains a challenge.
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 7, 2023
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Germany is working on legislation to enable the use of the much-discussed technology of underground carbon storage, a top government official said Thursday, adding that it is preferable to releasing carbon dioxide into the ...
Environment
Jan 5, 2023
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has made clear there's little time left to reach net zero emissions and hold the global temperature rise to 1.5C.
Environment
Aug 23, 2021
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New technologies that capture and recycle carbon dioxide from industrial processes such as steel and cement making will be vital if the EU is to meet its goal of slashing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 and ...
Environment
Jun 15, 2021
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The consumption of raw materials has increased notably in industry in general, and in the construction industry in particular, amidst growing concerns over sustainability issues. Concrete and mortar are the most commonly ...
Materials Science
Jun 10, 2021
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Ph.D. researcher Olawale Oloye and Professor Anthony O'Mullane from the QUT Centre for Clean Energy Technologies and Practices developed the electrochemical capture and conversion of carbon dioxide process which also generates ...
Biochemistry
Mar 25, 2021
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"The building industry emits huge volumes of CO2", says SINTEF researcher Simone Balzer Le, who is part of a cross-disciplinary research team currently developing a biological cement called BioZEment. "The manufacture of ...
Materials Science
Feb 18, 2021
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Concrete has become our building material of choice for countless structures such as bridges, towers and dams. But it also has a huge environmental footprint mostly due to carbon dioxide emissions from the production of cement—one ...
Materials Science
Jan 11, 2021
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Researchers from RMIT University have developed an eco-friendly zero-cement concrete, which all but eliminates corrosion.
Materials Science
Sep 28, 2020
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