The European Commission has given Italy two months to address severe pollution issues at the Taranto-based Ilva steel plant, Europe's largest iron and steel works. The Commission had previously sent Italy two letters of formal notice, in ...
Electronics manufacturer AVX Corp. will pay $1.2 million to the owners of 42 properties in Myrtle Beach where groundwater contaminated by the toxic degreaser trichloroethylene was discovered, according to a preliminary settlement approved ...
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If this printer become a reality, it will be a revolutionary concept product. This is a solar printer which is using solar power, don't need the cartridge; with no pollution; clean energy. With the solar power, it can make the paper ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $2,543,528 to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to support management of nonpoint-source water pollution. The funding will be used for a variety of projects ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized three industrial facilities today with the ENERGY STAR Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Award for their highly efficient CHP systems—energy production systems that decrease energy ...
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DALLAS – Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $2,502,401 to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana to improve coastal wetlands in Louisiana. The project will create 300 acres of barrier ...
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China's environmental degradation has become a growing source of public consternation and a potential political liability. Premier Li Keqiang declared a "war on pollution" in March 2014, vowing to reduce emissions from power generation and ...
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The Nikkei recently published a report on China's environmental pollution on August 4th, and I was shocked and dumbfounded by the sensational headline – China, A Perishing Nation Amid Environmental Pollution – written with an ...
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EPA Region 7 has reached an agreement with Griffin Pipe Products, LLC, to settle violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and Clean Water Act (CWA) at its Council Bluffs, Iowa, facility that will require Griffin Pipe to lower lead emissions ...
Perhaps because of this world environment we are living is becoming worse and worse, the designers will have such a thought, suspended green plant on the balcony – "Skyfarm". These "floating potted" tied with ropes, they can ...
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The environmental sustainability promoting NGO, Redress, has recently launched the R Cert recycled textile clothing standard, a verification standard that aims to educate consumers about the recycling process and the environmental savings ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed standards under the Clean Water Act to help cut discharges of dental amalgam to the environment. Amalgam is a mixture of mercury and other metals that dentists use to fill ...
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WASHINGTON – The EPA today announced the 2014 winners of the coveted SmartWay Excellence Awards. The awards honor freight industry companies who model environmental leadership and innovation as they move goods across America. ...
California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill to encourage the production of electric cars and making it more affordable for low-income residents. The initiative is to have at least one million zero-emission and near-zero-emission ...
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