ScienceDaily (Mar. 12, 2010) Materials scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have designed a way to harvest small amounts of waste energy and harness them to turn water into usable hydrogen fuel.
The process is simple, efficient and recycles otherwise-wasted energy into a useable form.
“This study provides a simple and cost-effective technology for direct [...]
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March 15th, 2010
Scavenging energy waste to turn water into hydrogen fuel
March 4th, 2010
EPA accepting comments on ArcelorMittal requests for hazardous waste injection well permits
(Chicago – Feb. 25, 2010) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 will accept public comments until April 7 on ArcelorMittal’s requests to continue injecting hazardous waste deep underground at its Burns Harbor facility, 250 W. U.S. Highway 12. br /br /View the a href=”http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/0170442AED7F7CE4852576D5005EA323″Original article/a
March 4th, 2010
EPA Adds Brooklyns Gowanus Canal to the National Superfund List of Hazardous Waste Sites; Agency will Pursue Polluters to Pay for Comprehensive Cleanup
/ppp(New York, NY) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it has officially placed the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, NY on its Superfund National Priorities List of the country’s most hazardous waste sites. Since EPA proposed the listing in April 2009, Agency officials have met with government and elected officials, business representatives, representatives [...]
March 4th, 2010
Nuclear waste reduction: Polymers designed to mop up radioactive isotopes
ScienceDaily (Nov. 28, 2009) Nuclear power could solve our energy problems but it has rather nasty by-products: radioactive waste. Not only the disposal of the old core rods but also reactor operation results in a large amount of low-level waste, especially contaminated cooling water. /pSee Also:Matter EnergyWeapons TechnologyNuclear EnergyPhysicsNature of WaterMaterials ScienceElectronicsReferenceHeavy [...]
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EPA accepting comments on Team Completions request for waste injection well permit
Chicago (March 5, 2010) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 will accept public comments until April 23 on a Team Completions LLC request to change its existing permit to dispose of non-hazardous waste deep underground at its facility near Kingsley in Grand Traverse County.br /br /View the a href=”http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/1035048C7B7E9930852576DD005F9F85″Original article/a