News tagged with environmental impact assessment
Shale gas could make S.African energy self-sufficient: Shell
Anglo Dutch energy giant Shell said Thursday that shale gas could potentially meet South Africa's future energy needs if controversial "fracking" drilling uncovered large deposits.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 01, 2011 |
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38 percent of world's surface in danger of desertification
A team of Spanish researchers has measured the degradation of the planet's soil using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), a scientific methodology that analyses the environmental impact of human activities, and ...
Feb 09, 2010 |
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Grilling with charcoal less climate-friendly than grilling with propane
Do biofuels always create smaller carbon footprints than their fossil-fuel competitors? Not necessarily, finds a paper published in Elsevier’s Environmental Impact Assessment Review. The article, “Charcoal versus LPG grilling: ...
May 12, 2009 |
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Maine garbage study shows 60 percent of trash could be diverted
A recently updated 2011 study by the University of Maine School of Economics that sorted and assessed the contents of trash in a representative sample of 17 Maine communities concludes that as much as 60 percent ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
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The environment and pharmaceuticals and personal care products: What are the big questions?
Researchers at the University of York headed a major international review aimed at enhancing efforts to better understand the impacts of chemicals used in pharmaceuticals or in personal care products, such as cosmetics, soaps, ...
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Nano-structured polymer-based materials from scrap
EU researchers developed polymer blends and processing techniques facilitating recovery of scrap from industrial processes. Advances in this area have the potential to decrease costs and waste while protecting ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 25, 2012 |
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New research offers roadmap towards sustainable pole-and-line-caught tuna
Research conducted at the University of York offers a blueprint for the long-term sustainability of tuna caught using the pole-and-line method.
May 15, 2012 |
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A practical guide to green products and services
A new report published today by the European Commission's in-house science service, the Joint Research Centre (JRC), provides key information for policy makers and business managers on how to assess the environmental impacts ...
May 15, 2012 |
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Navy study: Sonar, blasts might hurt more sea life
(AP) -- The U.S. Navy may hurt more dolphins and whales by using sonar and explosives in Hawaii and California under a more thorough analysis that reflects new research and covers naval activities in a wider ...
May 11, 2012 |
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North Atlantic storm patterns throw light on 1987 gale
The cyclone that brought about the devastating winds that battered the UK in the great storm of October 1987 was exceptional in both its strength and path across the south of the country.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 10, 2012 |
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New research reveals challenges in genetically engineered crop regulatory process
A new innovation can completely reshape an industry-- inspiring both optimism and debate. The development of genetically engineered (GE) crops in the 1980's ignited a buzz in the agricultural community with the potential ...
May 08, 2012 |
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Biodiversity could be casualty of Myanmar openness
(AP) -- As many as 40,000 gorgeously plumed birds known as the Gurney's pitta thrive in the lowland rainforests of economically backward Myanmar. Across the border, Thailand's last five pairs are guarded around ...
May 07, 2012 |
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NREL develops more precise look at cradle-to-grave greenhouse gas emissions for energy technologies
(Phys.org) -- A new approach to assessing greenhouse-gas emissions from coal, wind, solar and other energy technologies paints a much more precise picture of cradle-to-grave emissions and should help sharpen decisions on ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 07, 2012 |
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