News tagged with industrial greenhouse
Recovering water from tailings ponds
(Phys.org) -- As Alberta faces increasing pressure to make the oil industry more sustainable, one University of Alberta researcher may have found a natural solution to a problem that has been plaguing oil companies for years.
May 29, 2012 |
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Canada cuts CO2 emissions, but misses target
Canada's greenhouse gas emissions fell steadily from a peak in 2007 to 692 megatons in 2010, but remain far above its original target, according to government data released Wednesday.
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Solar thermal process produces cement with no carbon dioxide emissions
(Phys.org) -- While the largest contributor to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions is the power industry, the second largest is the more often overlooked cement industry, which accounts for 5-6% of all ...
Apr 10, 2012 |
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A 'natural' solution for transportation
As the United States transitions away from a primarily petroleum-based transportation industry, a number of different alternative fuel sources—ethanol, biodiesel, electricity and hydrogen—have each ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 03, 2012 |
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Study shines light on ways to cut costs for greenhouse growers
Greenhouse bedding plant growers can save themselves time, money or possibly both by giving cuttings in propagation more light, according to a Purdue University study.
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Conference in overtime on future of climate talks
(AP) -- Deep into overtime, negotiators from 194 nations worked straight through a second night, parsing drafts and seeking compromises to map out the future pathway to fight global warming.
Dec 10, 2011 |
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Back-room negotiations begin on climate intentions
(AP) -- Back-room negotiations began in earnest Monday on a deal to rescue the only treaty governing greenhouse gas reductions and to launch talks on a broader agreement to include the world's largest polluters: ...
Dec 05, 2011 |
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Fossil-fuel emissions unbraked by financial crisis
Emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from fossil fuels and the cement industry scaled a record high in 2010, rocketing by 5.9 percent over 2009 in a surge led by developing countries, scientists reported on Sunday.
Dec 05, 2011 |
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Shipping industry sees price on carbon emissions
The world shipping industry could accept a global levy on carbon emissions from merchant ships under a deal that would also channel proceeds to poor countries, according to an announcement at the UN climate ...
Nov 29, 2011 |
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Divergent views signal tough climate talks ahead (Update)
(AP) -- With heat-trapping carbon at record levels in the atmosphere, U.N. climate negotiations opened Monday with pressure building to salvage the only treaty limiting greenhouse gas emissions.
Nov 28, 2011 |
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NOAA greenhouse gas index continues to climb
NOAA's updated Annual Greenhouse Gas Index (AGGI), which measures the direct climate influence of many greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane, shows a continued steady upward trend that began with the Industrial ...
Nov 09, 2011 |
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Crowded Earth: how many is too many?
Already straining to host seven billion souls, Earth is set to teem with billions more, and only a revolution in the use of resources can avert an environmental crunch, experts say.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 23, 2011 |
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Urban 'heat island' effect is a small part of global warming; white roofs don't reduce it
Cities release more heat to the atmosphere than the rural vegetated areas around them, but how much influence these urban "heat islands" have on global warming has been a matter of debate. Now a study by Stanford researchers ...
Oct 19, 2011 |
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Scientists use commercial enzyme to improve grain ethanol production
A commercial enzyme could reduce overall costs linked with producing ethanol from grain, and also reduce associated emissions of greenhouse gases, according to a study by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and ...
Sep 12, 2011 |
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Paving the way to greenhouse gas reductions
Concrete is one of the most extensively used materials worldwide -- on average, more than two tons per year of the rock-like stuff is produced for every man, woman and child on Earth, making its use second only to water. ...
Aug 29, 2011 |
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