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You May Soon Be Able to Measure Water Pollution Levels Simply By Taking a Picture
Not only that, but researchers want to make the technology freely available to the public so that citizen scientists around the world can 3D-print their own.
This Pollution-Gobbling City Bench Can Absorb as Many Toxins as 275 Trees
The CityTree is so much more than just a park bench – and it has already been installed in five major cities.
Another City to Make Public Transportation Free – On Bad Air Pollution Days
The legislators of Brussels have announced that public transportation and bike-sharing systems will be free for use on days when air pollution exceeds quality...
Student Invents Device That Captures Tailpipe Pollution So He Can Turn it Into Ink
“Less pollution, more art. That’s what we’re going for,” says the MIT student.
India Makes Moves Toward Sustainability and Less Pollution
Though India currently generates most of its power through coal-powered plants, the country has been making great strides implementing more environmentally-friendly initiatives.
For starters, according to the...
Trees Growing Out of Buildings Could Help Heal China’s Air Pollution Problem
This Italian architect has just unveiled his plans for a groundbreaking pair of buildings that could help China with its smog problem.
Stefano Boeri's has...
Carbon Pollution From U.S. Power Plants Hits 27-Year Low
Electric power plants in the US spewed 128 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in April 2015, the lowest for any month since April...
China Fights Water Pollution, Bans Paper Mills and Oil Refineries
China will ban water-polluting paper mills, oil refineries, pesticide producers and other industrial plants by the end of 2016, as it moves to tackle...
US Factories Are More Active Yet Spewing Far Less Pollution
Here is a significant but under reported environmental success story from the US economy: Between 1990 and 2008, output by US manufacturers grew by...
An Algae Farm Designed To Suck Up Highway Pollution
A highway overpass might seem like an unlikely place to grow algae, but actually it's ideal: Car exhaust turns out to be the perfect...
Cancer-causing Air Pollution Drops More Than Half in LA
The average risk of developing cancer as a result of pollution found in the Los Angeles area has dropped by more than 50 percent,...
Air Pollution Plummets in US Cities
Anyone living in the U.S. for the past decade may have noticed an encouraging change in air quality.
These NASA satellite images demonstrate the country's...
Smog-busting Roof Tiles Could Clean Tons of Pollution, Study Says
University of California students at Riverside say they have discovered an inexpensive roof coating that can eat smog-forming particles in the air and, if applied...
New Billboard That Cleans Up Air Pollution Engineered By Same Peruvians Who Made One to Provide Water to Parched Neighbors
The University of Engineering and Technology of Peru has wowed us again. Their first billboard, shown here, provides drinking water to a parched and arid...
US Carbon Dioxide Pollution Down 3.8 Percent
The United States cut its energy-related carbon dioxide pollution by 3.8 percent last year, the second biggest drop since 1990, the Department of Energy...
China Says it Will Spend $275B to Tackle Pollution
“China will spend $275 billion to tackle air pollution over the next five years, highlighting how the issue has become a priority for the...
Danish Device Kills Air Pollution at Its Source
Scientists in Denmark have built a device designed to clean polluted air by accelerating natural atmospheric processes, helping to get rid of chemicals and...
After Century of Pollution Marine Life Makes a Comeback Along Scotland’s East Coast
More than a century ago this estuary was teeming with wildlife. Expansive beds of shellfish and huge shoals of herring and salmon fed all...
US Air Pollution Hits 10-year Low, Report Finds
A report by the American Lung Association finds that air pollution has fallen to its lowest levels since the group began collecting data in...
New Clean Air Act Protections Tackle Deadly Mercury Pollution from Dirty Power Plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency yesterday announced the first-ever national standards to reduce dangerous mercury, arsenic and other toxic air pollutants from power plants....