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Prospects to extract oil from microalgae
Research creates biofuels from microalgae that have strong growth potential, especially when Japan is looking for alternative energy sources to reduce dependence on atom…
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Techniques for fracking oil cause earthquakes in America?
Concerns that some small earthquakes in the US state of Ohio may have formed from sewage generated during the use of fracking has forced one to shut down an extraction w…
Environment
Reducing vulnerability to marine resources and environment
Over the past years, the growth of the coastal economic sectors in Vietnam has increased rapidly, but in addition to extreme natural phenomena, this is also a cause of d…
Environment
Hydropower stimulates artificial earthquakes
Large accumulation of water for hydroelectricity, oil and gas exploitation, and minerals can be stimulating factors that cause earthquakes.
Environment
Producing biofuel from Litsea tree
Students of Hanoi Architectural University have just had the idea of using Litsea oil to produce biodiesel.
Environment
Oil spill troubleshooting using SOS-1 oil filter cloth
SOS-1 oil filter fabric of Environment SOS Company of Vietnam Association for Nature and Environment Protection (VACNE) is produced entirely by recycled fiber of textile…
Environment
Biofuels from plants are equivalent to fossil fuels
Researchers at Leicester University in the United Kingdom found that CO2 emissions in oil palm plantations are more than twice as high as previously thought.
Environment
Each year, 85 thousand tons of grease, chemicals and metals are released into the sea
According to estimates by the Vietnam General Department of Sea and Islands (MONRE), there are nearly 20 thousand tons of oil and grease; nearly 16 thousand tons of plan…
Environment
Oil spreads to the shore, storms threaten stranded ships at sea
Oil spill from a containter super ship that ran aground off New Zealand today spread to shore, while rescue groups attempted to stabilize the ship before a storm was exp…
Environment
The sun and coconut instead of oil
The people in the Tolelau Islands, New Zealand in the past year have actually switched to completely using alternative energy from the Sun and coconut oil.
Environment
China closed the biggest oil well because of leaks
US oil company ConocoPhilips today announced it will set up a special fund to address the aftermath of the oil spill in Bohai Bay, after receiving a suspension decision.
Environment
Binh Thuan: Sand discharged from mines pours into people's houses
On September 11, Binh Thuan Department of Natural Resources and Environment suspended titanium mining activities of Duong Anh Joint Stock Company, because this company h…
Environment
Clean the environment with melaleuca carpet
An instructor and students in Soc Trang took the initiative to use melaleuca shells to make gas-sucking belts leak from gas stations or motorbike repair shops, and were…
Environment
216 tons of oil leaked into the North Sea
Oil company Shell today (August 16) has confirmed 1,300 barrels of oil, equivalent to 216 tons of oil that leaked into the North Sea (England), resulting in a high risk…
Environment
New discovery of oil spill disaster
The study of the oil spill at a depth of 1,500 meters below sea level in April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon explosion showed many new risks to the environment.