Paris might ban SUVs and other uneconomical vehicles

01/03/2011, It looks like Paris is really taking steps towards cleaning itself up. The capital city of France recently announced that they will be switching their gas guzzling refuse trucks to electric ones. Now, it looks like they’re taking it another [...]

Cell phone to detect air pollution

12/23/2010, Intel Lab’s pollution sampling project, dubbed Common Sense, aims to create hundreds of mobile air-monitoring stations that could help capture air samples and measure pollution levels at various locations. These components could be integrated into cell phones and would work [...]

Solar Powered Mototaxi Aims To Reduce Pollution

06/27/2010, A professor at the University of San Marcos has created a solar panel fitted on a “mototaxi”, designed for the streets of Lima in Peru. These zero-emission mototaxis are able to run on pedal-power, or via a battery that is [...]

Future Flower To Highlight Pollution Issues

04/06/2010, A 14 meter tall metal flower was erected beside the River Mersey over in England, in an effort to highlight the river’s pollution issues. Of course, the flower isn’t just some boring metal decoration, as it’s built from roughly hewn [...]