NRDC: The Right Way to Use Biofuels
| Making Bio Fuels, Textiles and Paper With Eco-friendly Wood Dissolution Process Scientists at Queens University Belfast have discovered a new eco-friendly way of dissolving wood using ionic liquids that may help its transformation into popular products such as bio fuels, textiles, clothes and paper. |
NRDC: The Right Way to Use Biofuels When we think about sources of alternative energy, we often feel a rush of positive thoughts engulfing us. We often think that while developing alternative sources of energy we are doing nothing wrong. But building up new sources of alternative energy is a double edged weapon. If we dont tread cautiously we might hurt [.]Posted in: Biofuels, Environment, Industry |
| Global warming estimates double in severity according to new MIT modeling. Employing the MIT Integrated Global System Model, scientists have found that global warming could be more than twice as severe as previous estimates six years ago. |
| Asbestos Use Today: information from a reader Asbestos is still imported and used in the U.S. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. imported and used an estimated 1,820 tons of asbestos in 2007; see this PDF file from the USGS, please click only if you want to download the PDF. Also, the U.S. House of Representatives is considering a [.]  |