Hawaii Bans Plastic Bags, Imposes Use of Recycled Materials in Paper Ones
The state of Hawaii is now officially shunning plastic bags from its markets. Not only putting a tax on them, but banning plastic altogether....
E.U. Tax Imposed on Airlines “Lousy,” Says U.S. Official
A controversial carbon tax on airlines imposed by the E.U. has been disproved by the U.S., China and Russia and several other countries (>20)....
Beijing Official Protesting Against U.S. Embassy Publishing Air Pollution Data on Twitter
A (kind of) funny piece of news showed up yesterday, saying that the Chinese government is upset because the U.S. embassy is monitoring Beijing's...
Gas Resulting from Geothermal Drilling Causes Respiratory Diseases in Iceland
A three-year study performed in Iceland revealed that toxic gases associated with geothermal drilling can be dangerous to human health. The study found a...
City Center Inhabitants Prone to Heart Disease, Danish Study Reveals
A recent heart study specific to coronary artery calcification (CAC) suggests that city center pollution doubles vascular calcium build-up risk and thus raises the...
Shocking Video: How Human Pollution Affects Wildlife on Remote Pacific Atoll
I love animals. I love birds. I always imagined that birds are safe in their natural habitats, in forests or islands or places of...
Pestalotiopsis Microspora: Fungus That Eats Plastic Bottles Lives in The Rain Forest
Just when you thought that the miracles of the Amazonian forest are all known to man, a team of Yale researchers has just found...
Trees and Ecosystems Also Get Affected by Noise Pollution, New Study Finds
Usually, people only think that pollution comes from gases like CO2, NOx or different chemicals that visibly harm the environment and us. On the...
French Researcher Develops Impressive Pollution-Eating Streetlights Using Microalgae
Fermentalg, the company founded and led by French researcher Pierre Caleja, has recently developed street lighting that could one day soak CO2 from the...
Maltless Beer: The Greener and Cheaper Solution for Brewers
Like every industrial process, beer brewing has its own carbon footprint. And just like any other industrial process out there, brewing beer can be...
