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From Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" to heated Congressional debates about federal tax incentives for new alternative fuels, the issue of coal's place in supplying America's energy and fuel needs ...
A Cardiff University research collaboration is working to recycle precious metals from road dusts and vehicle exhausts to create greener energy.
The innovative research by scientists from the School of Earth, Ocean an...
Professor Dr. Friedrich Wagner from Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics (IPP), Greifswald Branch, has been awarded the Hannes Alfvén Prize 2007 of the European Physical Society (EPS) for his outstanding contribut...
Within a few years, China will almost certainly become the world's largest consumer of petrochemicals. It is already the key export focus for producers in Asia Pacific and the Middle East, and what happens in China w...
Basell Australia is pleased to announce its Geelong polypropylene plant has received the 2007 Sustainability Award for Chemical Plants for the successful completion and commissioning of its expansion project in 2006. The...
Rio Tinto has approved a US$1.8 billion expansion of the Yarwun Alumina Refinery in Gladstone, Queensland. The expansion will more than double annual production, increasing output by two million tonnes to 3.4 million ton...
The Norwegian Ministry of the Environment has set new emission limits for the Hydro's Søderberg aluminium production line at Karmøy.
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While the shiny material of pearls and abalone shells has long been prized for its iridescence and aesthetic value in jewelry and decorations, scientists admire mother-of-pearl for other physical properties as well.
A...
East Kentucky Power Cooperative, a coal-fired electric utility based in Winchester, Ky., will spend approximately $650 million on pollution controls and pay a $750,000 penalty to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act a...
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