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California board rejects Volkswagen's diesel fix plan 13/1/2016
California board rejects Volkswagen's diesel fix plan The California Air Resources Board said on Tuesday it rejected Volkswagen AG's plan to fix 2.0 liter diesel cars equipped with software that allows them to emit up to 40 times legally allowable pollution. ...more
45 whales die after southern India stranding 13/1/2016
45 whales die after southern India stranding Forty-five whales have died after stranding themselves on a southern Indian beach, a government official said Tuesday, with local fishermen struggling to save others. ...more
Clouds blamed for rapid Greenland ice sheet melt 13/1/2016
Clouds blamed for rapid Greenland ice sheet melt Clouds are raising the temperature of the Greenland ice Sheet and accounting for as much as 30 percent of the ice sheet melt, researchers say. ...more
Vattenfall starts work on UK hybrid wind and solar farm 13/1/2016
Vattenfall starts work on UK hybrid wind and solar farm Vattenfall is to start construction on its first solar project in the UK this month, as part of a pilot project to help the Swedish energy giant maximize the generation potential of its existing UK sites. ...more
No incinerators without prior approval: Environment Ministry 12/1/2016
No incinerators without prior approval: Environment Ministry Environment Minister Mohammad Machnouk has filed a request with Lebanese Customs to ban the importation of incinerators over environmental concerns. ...more
Antarctic icebergs have surprise role in slowing warming: study 12/1/2016
Antarctic icebergs have surprise role in slowing warming: study The biggest icebergs breaking off Antarctica unexpectedly help to slow global warming as they melt away into the chill Southern Ocean, scientists said on Monday. ...more
Pocket-sized device charges your phone with water 12/1/2016
Pocket-sized device charges your phone with water A sleek new device could help you charge your phone without an electric outlet. ...more
Delhi court rejects challenge to car restrictions 12/1/2016
Delhi court rejects challenge to car restrictions A Delhi court on Monday rejected a legal challenge to driving restrictions aimed at reducing pollution in the smog-choked Indian capital. ...more
GPS vultures swoop down on illegal dumps in Peru 12/1/2016
GPS vultures swoop down on illegal dumps in Peru The lowly vulture is a dirty scavenger to many, but Peruvian environmental authorities have recast the birds as superheroes and outfitted them with high-tech gear in a bid to crack down on illegal garbage dumps. ...more
Sensor network can detect exact location and size of ocean pollution 12/1/2016
Sensor network can detect exact location and size of ocean pollution In the future, when fossil fuels are no longer the leading source of energy around the world and oil platforms aren't pumping oil from beneath the ocean floor, we won't have to worry about oil spills, but unfortunately, ocean pollution from spills, leaks and other sources is still a reality. ...more
 
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