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 Stories About: European Union AND placemaking AND pollution and waste
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Nano, Nano
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05 Feb 2004 |
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| Nano, Nano A new paint set to go on sale in Europe in March promises to absorb the most noxious gases from automobile exhaust. Invented by British company Millennium Chemicals, Ecopaint contains spherical nanoparticles of titanium dioxide and calcium carbonate, suspended in a base of polysiloxane (a silicon-based polymer). Hey, wake up, the good part ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, England, European Union, green living, placemaking, pollution and waste, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Oil and Water Don't Mix
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14 Jan 2003 |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, European Union, marine life, oceans, placemaking, pollution and waste, Spain, toxics (all these topics) |
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Italian Nice
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29 Jan 2002 |
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| Italian Nice The president of northern Italy's Lombardy region, Roberto Formigoni, proposed on Sunday that only eco-friendly vehicles be sold in the region by as early as 2005. He hopes gas-electric hybrid vehicles and, later, hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles can help eliminate the region's pollution woes. Smog levels in Lombardy have recently surged to five times the legally permitted amounts; the region's capi ... |
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| Topics: European Union, placemaking, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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