Europe’s microwave ovens release as much CO2 as 6.8 million cars
That's a lot of CO2.
Tag: pollution
How dirty, soot-covered birds can track down pollution over a whole century
Back in the day when Chicago and Pittsburg were the world's Beijing and New Delhi.
Dusty solar panels slash power output by over 35%, study reveales
It's called "clean" energy for a reason.
Scientists find blocks of polystyrene at the North Pole
The Arctic is screwed.
The devastating state of ocean pollution in one depressing photo
The author wishes this photo 'didn't exist'.
More problems in Texas — Chemical plants start leaking after Harvey
Everything is bigger in Texas -- floods and pollution included.
Air pollution wrecks our DNA, makes us more susceptible to heart failure
If you're expecting, taking some time to visit some more pristine areas of the world might do wonders to your ...
Rush hour pollution might be much worse than we thought, new study concludes
Stuck in traffic? I've got some bad news...
Exposure to BPA might reprogram the brains of turtles — affecting them genetically
It changes their genes.
Why Banning Styrofoam Will Improve the Environment
Styrofoam needs to go!
Wild dolphins’ immune systems are failing because of ocean pollution
Things are not looking good.
Beijing shuts down its last coal power plant, replaces with natural gas
A step in the right direction.
China will force 67,000 fossil fuel-powered Taxis to switch to electric in order to cut back on pollution
In Beijing and other municipalities, all taxi drivers will be forced to gradually switch to electric.
London to introduce £10 ($12) vehicle tax for polluting cars
The announcement comes after a disastrous couple of months for London in terms of air quality.
Johnson&Johnson to remove plastic from swabs, switch to paper
You can flush as many of these babies as you like.
Nowhere is safe from mankind — high levels of pollution found even in the deepest oceans
Nowhere on Earth is safe from humanity's impact.
London toxic air alert goes to ‘very high’
Londoners are warned not to engage in any strenuous physical activity as Britain's capital battles rough pollution.
China’s smog was so bad you could barely see its skyscrapers from air
As we previously reported, China is experiencing a dramatic smog crisis - again.
The fish that evolved to survive toxic pollution 8,000 times the lethal dose
A mutant success story.
Paris, Madrid, Athens, Mexico City to ban all diesels by 2025, mayors announce
Maybe VW shouldn't have cheated on their emissions tests.
Smog kills more than 400 people in Iran’s capital Tehran
Unprecedented levels of smog pollution in Iran's capital have killed over 400 people.
China’s new Five Year Plan calls for environmental protection, more clean energy
China has been making great progress, but there's still a ways to go.
ClientEarth vs UK Gov. verdict announced, officials have to tackle the problem
Their previous plans to clean the air were ruled to fall illegally short of the mark.
The UK government is being taken to court over air pollution…again
Canned air looking more and more like a brilliant idea.
A WHO report says 92% of humans breathe dangerously polluted air
Canned air doesn't seem like such a publicity stunt now, does it?
Pollution particles reach the brain, new study finds
Tiny pollution particles have been discovered in brain samples, a finding described as "dreadfully shocking" by researchers.
The City of London Corporation bans leasing or purchasing diesel vehicles for its businesses
The organization takes improving air quality "extremely seriously," and has thus decided to clamp down on diesel vehicles.
Dutch designer creates device that turns smog into beautiful jewelry
Wear it on your fingers, not in your lungs.
Adidas to award first 50 pairs of recycled ocean trash sneakers
The company has chosen to award the shoes via a raffle system on Instagram
97% of Diesel Cars Don’t Respect Official Pollution Limits
According to the most comprehensive set of data, almost no diesel cars respect pollution limits.
Researchers find hundreds of methane leaks at well pads in nation-wide thermal imaging study
The Environmental Defense Fund’s Oil and Gas program has released a new nation-wide report of the most common sites of ...
Chronic exposure to air pollution makes rats obese
A laboratory study on rats found that the animals that breathed Beijing's notoriously polluted air gained weight and showed sighs ...
US asks Volkswagen to start making electric cars to make up for wrongdoings
In late 2015, Volkswagen (VW) admitted to cheating on US tests to make its diesel cars seem more green than ...
London has reached its yearly NO2 pollution limit in just 8 days, and it’s being sued
The city of London is sued for polluting too much - about 40 times more than it should under EU ...
Milan and Rome introduce car bans as pollution levels rise
The two largest cities in Italy have taken drastic measures as pollution levels continue to rise and smog builds up.
NASA shows how much CO2 we really pump into the atmosphere
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have never been higher: the average global CO2 levels have reached the 400 parts ...
China pollutes more than previously thought – still way less per capita than the US
According to recently released data from Chinese authorities, the country is burning out even more than previously thought
Europe Already Beat Its 2020 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Target
The European Union, generally considered the world's 3rd biggest emitter after China and the US, reported that its emissions fell ...
US puts twice as much trash in landfills than previously thought
Americans are sending much more trash to landfills than federal agencies estimated - twice as much, according to a new ...
Your hygiene and cosmetic products are killing the oceans
Eight trillion microbeads are polluting the US waters every day. As the plastic beads are very small, they breach through ...
NASA research put together into a video showing how the ocean’s garbage patches formed over the last 35 years
Aaah, the ocean. The true final frontier. Full of wonderful and exciting things, such as strange fish, stranger crustaceans, beautiful ...
China didn’t emit as much CO2 as we think it did, Harvard study concludes
China - the world's most populous country and the world's top polluter has a lot of responsibility on its shoulders. ...
China’s smog kills 4,000 people each day
We all know that pollution and smog in China is pretty bad, but China has only recently published their air ...
Canadian fish know how to party: getting high on cocaine
New research shows that wastewater discharged from wastewater treatment plants in the Grand River watershed of southern Ontario has the ...
Chemical pollution in European waters threatens dolphin reproduction
Dolphins in European waters are struggling to reproduce because of the chemical pollution that lingers in their bodies for a ...
Aesthetic arrangements from garbage? Alejandro Duran’s site-specific dirty decorations
They say that one man's trash is another man's gold, but artist Alejandro Duran gave a whole new meaning to that saying. Walking ...
Paris takes drastic measures to limit car traffic, in an attempt to fight smog
Paris authorities have put in place 24-hour emergency measures to limit the number of cars in traffic as part of ...
Documentary on China’s pollution takes the country by storm
When she was pregnant, former Chinese news anchor Chai Jing got some tragic news - her unborn daughter was diagnosed ...
Scientists find direct evidence that CO2 heats the Earth’s crust
When we're talking about CO2 emissions and global warming, we generally mean atmospheric CO2 - where the gas is spewed ...
