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Posted May 9, 2008:

• New Gas Sensors For Monitoring Carbon Dioxide Sinks

Posted May 7, 2008:

• Ultrasound Can Drain The Color From Toxic Dyes
• Rice Plants That Resist Uptake Of Arsenic Could Ease Shortage
• Mercury Levels From Products Decreasing, Though Still At Dangerous Levels

Posted May 6, 2008:

• New Tests Make Antibiotic Monitoring Easier

Posted May 5, 2008:

• Environmental Fate Of Nanoparticles Depends On Properties Of Water Carrying Them
• Turning Fungus Into Fuel: Organism With Taste For Olive Drab Shows Promise For Greener Energy

Posted May 3, 2008:

• What Can Be Done About Pollution In Ganges River?

Posted May 2, 2008:

• Wakame Waste: Composting Polluted Seaweed

Posted April 30, 2008:

• Silver Nanoparticles May Be Killing Beneficial Bacteria In Wastewater Treatment

Posted April 28, 2008:

• Desalination Can Boost US Water Supplies, But Environmental Research Needed

Posted April 27, 2008:

• Technological Breakthrough In Fight To Cut Greenhouse Gases

Posted April 22, 2008:

• Questioning Nuclear Power's Ability To Forestall Global Warming

Posted April 21, 2008:

• Making Environmentally Friendly Plastics

Posted April 14, 2008:

• Manufactured Buckyballs Don't Harm Microbes That Clean The Environment, Study Shows

Posted April 11, 2008:

• Safe 'Green' Decontamination Method Detoxifies Nerve Agents In Chemical Weapons And Pesticides
• Expert Foresees 10 More Years Of Research & Development To Make Solar Energy Competitive

Posted April 8, 2008:

• Energy Research: Researchers Consider Future Challenges, Opportunities

Posted April 7, 2008:

• As Nanotechnology Goes Mainstream, 'Toxic Socks' Raise Concerns; Unknown Risks From Nanosilver Cited
• New Method For Combating The Greenhouse Gas Nitrous Oxide Developed

Posted April 1, 2008:

• Elevated Concentrations Of Toxic Metals In China's E-waste Recycling Workshops

Posted March 29, 2008:

• Kilauea Volcano Erupts Explosively And Vents Noxious Gas

Posted March 21, 2008:

• Sanitation Investment In Poor Countries Would Yield $9-to-1 Benefits In Productivity, Health

Posted March 18, 2008:

• Majestic Lesser Flamingos Survive In Contaminated Indian Waters
• Promote Green Buildings For Biggest, Easiest Cuts In North American Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Posted March 12, 2008:

• Synthetic Fuel Concept To Steal Carbon Dioxide From Air

Posted March 11, 2008:

• Major Advance In Biofuel Technology: Trash Today, Ethanol Tomorrow

Posted March 10, 2008:

• Funding Cuts Jeopardize Cleanup Of Nuclear Waste Sites

Posted March 7, 2008:

• Mercury Threatens Next Generation Of Loons

Posted March 5, 2008:

• New Material Shows Great Promise For Nuclear Waste Clean-Up

Posted March 4, 2008:

• Key For Converting Waste To Electricity Discovered

Posted February 27, 2008:

• Earthworms Found To Contain Chemicals From Households And Animal Manure
• Bacteria And Nanofilters: Future Of Clean Water Technology
• Compost Can Turn Agricultural Soils Into A Carbon Sink, Thus Protecting Against Climate Change

Posted February 26, 2008:

• Cheap, Clean Drinking Water Purified Through Nanotechnology

Posted February 25, 2008:

• Could Waste Heat From Car Exhausts Be Recycled To Help Power Cars?

Posted February 21, 2008:

• Impacts Of Fossil Fuels On Fish And People
• Chemicals In Our Waters Are Affecting Humans And Aquatic Life In Unanticipated Ways

Posted February 20, 2008:

• Fish Devastated By Sex-changing Chemicals In Municipal Wastewater

Posted February 18, 2008:

• Nitrous Oxide: Definitely No Laughing Matter When It Comes To Global Warming

Posted February 16, 2008:

• Managing Cattle Operations To Protect Lakes And Rivers From Pollution

Posted February 15, 2008:

• Ethanol Revolution Links Agriculture, Energy Sectors In New Model

Posted February 13, 2008:

• Cheap, Environmentally Friendly Extraction Method For Titanium Dioxide Developed

Posted February 4, 2008:

• Bio-crude Turns Cheap Waste Into Valuable Fuel

Posted February 3, 2008:

• Finding New Oil In Long-exhausted Oil Wells

Posted January 31, 2008:

• Oil Exploration In Arctic Highly Risky: 'Response Gap' In Case Of Oil Spill, According To New Report
• Toward A Cleaner, More Effective Method For Destroying Hormone-like Pollutants In Wastewater

Posted January 30, 2008:

• Converting Sewage Into Drinking Water: Wave Of The Future?

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