Emissions
04/25/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Energy from lasers? Chemists create a new form of CO2 that can be used as an alternative energy source
What if you could turn carbon dioxide (CO2) – a common air pollutant produced by burning fossil fuel – into an alternative source of energy? Austrian researchers have reported creating a new form of CO2 with the use of lasers, according to an article on ScienceDaily. Chemists have long dreamed of converting CO2 in the atmosphere […]
01/29/2018
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By David Williams
Powering clean air: The world’s first power plant with negative emissions now in operation
It’s practically a given at this point that whenever a power plant is in operation, it is inevitably going to have at least some emissions. After all, the waste material from what’s being produced inside has to be expelled somewhere. But did you know that it’s possible for a power plant to have less than […]
12/31/2017
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By Janine Acero
Beer as a renewable fuel: Vehicles could run on it 2022, without having to be altered
Beer could soon replace diesel and gasoline as a promising source of sustainable motor fuel by 2022, thanks to chemists who developed a method for converting the alcoholic beverage into a new type of fuel without the need to alter the vehicles. Scientists from the University of Bristol have managed to create fuel from beer by converting […]
12/23/2017
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By Isabelle Z.
All electric in 20 years? California lawmaker floats a bill to ban gasoline cars by 2040
Could gasoline cars be banned in the state of California? If one state lawmaker gets his way, this could become a reality by the year 2040. Phil Ting, a Democrat California Assembly Member who represents a large swath of San Francisco, has stated his intention to introduce a bill that would see the state’s DMV […]
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