Researchers invent cleaner way to produce concrete
Canadian Light Source (CLS) user Mark MacDonald is helping build better communities one concrete block at a time.
Engineering
Jun 21, 2013
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News tagged with cleaning technology
'People power' could be key to cutting workplace energy costs
(Phys.org) —maginative new ways of empowering factory employees to cut energy use have been devised and successfully trialled by a consortium of UK universities and businesses.
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 7, 2013
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Clean technology investors shift focus to drilling (Update)
A decade ago, large investors in so-called clean technology had a straightforward goal: finance companies that would help eliminate the world's dependence on oil, natural gas and coal.
Energy & Green Tech
May 2, 2013
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Research uses mirrors to make solar energy cost competitive
If the current national challenge to make solar energy cost competitive with other forms of energy by the end of this decade is met, Ranga Pitchumani, the John R. Jones III Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia ...
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 16, 2013
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EU lawmakers face close vote on pollution credit freeze
Controversial plans to revive the EU's faltering carbon cap-and-trade system so as to cut greenhouse gas emissions face a tough test in the European Parliament on Tuesday.
Environment
Apr 16, 2013
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Obama says US must shift cars, trucks off oil (Update 2)
President Barack Obama on Friday spoke of future cars that can go "coast to coast without using a drop of oil" and urged Congress to authorize spending $2 billion over the next decade to expand research into electric cars ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 15, 2013
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New device better traps viruses, airborne pathogens
(Phys.org)—Washington University engineering researchers have created a new type of air-cleaning technology that could better protect human lungs from allergens, airborne viruses and ultrafine particles in the air.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 22, 2013
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Euro MPs back plans to freeze pollution credits
The European Parliament's environment committee on Tuesday backed efforts to make investment in clean technology financially more attractive by freezing about 900 million tonnes of pollution credits available to companies ...
Environment
Feb 19, 2013
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Sewage lagoons remove most—but not all—pharmaceuticals
(Phys.org)—2012 marked the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, which established regulations for the discharge of pollutants to waterways and supported the building of sewage treatment plants. Despite these advances, ...
Environment
Feb 14, 2013
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Brussels urges quick decision on freeze in pollution credits
The EU executive Monday urged a quick decision on a freeze of 900 million tonnes of pollution credits auctioned to firms in 2013-2015 in order to raise the price of carbon and make investment in clean technology worthwhile.
Environment
Jan 21, 2013
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