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London Using Glue to Clean Up Air

Written by Megan Treacy on 28/11/11

The European Union is requiring member countries to have no more than 35 bad air days per year by 2012 or the countries will face fines of around $450 million.  In order to clean up air pollution to meet the EU’s standards,London is turning to glue.  Well, a glue of [...]

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Written by Megan Treacy on 29/11/11

For the first time, investments in renewable energy projects surpassed those in fossil fuel power plants, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.  Last year, $187 billion was invested in renewable energy installations, while $157 billion was invested in new natural gas, oil and coal plants.
The increase in investments in the sector, even [...]

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Written by Megan Treacy on 30/11/11

A new map of geothermal energy potential released by Southern Methodist University is the result of years of research funded by Google.org.  The map (click here to download and view in Google Earth) shows that there are enough viable geothermal resources in the U.S. to replace the current coal power capacity [...]

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