Air and Water Quality

This Battery Turns Carbon Dioxide Into Energy

Penn State University scientists have discovered a way to build a flow battery that converts carbon dioxide into usable energy. While this technology might not be commercially available for a long time, it could eventually help to drastically decrease carbon emissions as we move away from fossil fuels.

February 13, 2017
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Category: Science

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We Need to Address the Heavy Metals Polluting Our Water

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Across the country there are open pits of water, laden with pollution, waiting for remediation while chemicals slowly seep into the ground. Bioremediation systems, ones that utilize living organisms to perform complex chemical reactions with very little input or waste, could be the answer.

February 10, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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Billions Are Being Divested from Banks that are Backing the Dakota Access Pipeline

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Thousands rally across the country to oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline as two city councils have voted to divest billions billion from the project.

February 9, 2017
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Category: Justice

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Coal: A global struggle against local impacts

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I just got back home after spending two weeks with our 350 teams in Indonesia and Japan (and connecting with the Divest East Asia Network). The trip was a tremendous learning

February 9, 2017
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Water Protectors Call for Global Mass Mobilizations as Army Plans to Approve Dakota Access Pipeline

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On Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday it will greenlight the final phase of construction of the pipeline. Amnesty International called the announcement "an unlawful and appalling violation of

February 8, 2017
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Army Approves Final Permit for Dakota Access Pipeline Without Assessing Environmental Impact

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Nick Tilson of the Indigenous People's Power Project says the decision reflects the long history of the U.S. government ignoring treaties and environmental protections.

February 8, 2017
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Category: Environment

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