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Pollution
New York’s iconic hot dog carts are going electric to cut noise and pollution
New York is testing battery-powered street food carts that replace noisy gasoline generators with swappable batteries, offering a cleaner, quieter model that could reshape street vending in…
Paolo Travisi•10 August 2026
Pollution
The hidden impact of tire and…
Beyond exhaust, non-exhaust emissions from tires and brakes are a growing source…
Paolo Travisi•30 March 2026
Pollution
The staggering cost: quantifying the US…
A new study quantifies the global economic damage from individual country emissions.…
Erminia Voccia•27 March 2026
Pollution
What does it take to reduce the levels of microplastics in the…
A study published in Environmental Research Letters estimates that even cutting 20% of the world’s plastic…
28 May 2024
Scientific Reports
There is an unprecedented amount of plastic pollution in the oceans
CleanHub’s study puts all the numbers of plastic pollution in the oceans on the streets, drawing…
15 May 2024
Pollution
The CO2 concentration in the atmosphere has never increased so much as…
Hawaii’s Maunakea Observatory reported record increases in January, February and March. March’s growth over the same…
10 May 2024
Scientific Reports
CO2 removal technologies, we need to double capacity by 2050
A study published in Nature Climate Change calculates the CO2 sequestration capacity gap in the mid-century…
6 May 2024
Pollution
Companies must have a plan against microplastics losses
According to a regulation approved yesterday by the EU Parliament, companies of all sizes will have…
26 April 2024
Pollution
Alaska drills compromise: only new projects stop
The White House has announced that no more permits will be issued for new mining projects…
24 April 2024
Pollution
So far we have not seen 98% of the pollution from microplastics
Research by the University of Basel, Switzerland, employs a new sampling method that can also collect…
10 April 2024
Pollution
The plastic on the seabed could be 100 times more than expected
Canadian and Australian researchers reveal that tons of plastic on the seabed could reach up to…
8 April 2024
Pollution
Does planting trees save the Planet? Yes, if they are periurban forests
A global satellite analysis with a definition of 500 meters identifies areas within 10 km from…
30 March 2024
Pollution
A plasma detector to identify pharmaceutical waste in water
Plasma resonance can identify pharmaceutical waste in drinking water and safely remove it
26 March 2024
Pollution
A clear green light to cut 30% of microplastic pollution
The January environmental disaster in Galicia led to the adoption by a large majority of the…
21 March 2024
Pollution
EVs cut EU car emissions by 5% in 2022
The downward trend started in 2020, after 4 years of increases in average emissions, has been…
19 March 2024
Climate Change
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