Category Archives: Useful Information

London’s nitrogen dioxide pollutants are highest in Europe

London has a dirty secret. Levels of the harmful air pollutant nitrogen dioxide at a city center monitoring station are the highest in Europe.

Concentrations are greater even than in Beijing, where some have dubbed the city’s smog the “airpocalypse.”

Fiat, BMW, others may miss Europe’s 2021 CO2 target, study says

Fiat, BMW, others may miss Europe's 2021 CO2 target, study says

Fiat and BMW may miss the European Union’s tougher CO2 target that takes effect in 2021, according to a study, which would force both automakers to spend more heavily on emission-reduction technology to avoid fines.

Canada probing GM car fatal crashes amid complaints over faulty switches

Canada probing GM car fatal crashes amid complaints over faulty switches

Canada is probing two fatal crashes in General Motors vehicles which were subject to a recall to fix faulty switches and has received nine further complaints from drivers, the country’s top transportation official told Reuters on Monday.

Marbel the Tesla of electric skateboards

Skateboarders looking for an awesome new board should check out Marbel, an electric skateboard currently raising money on Kickstarter that looks very much like an ordinary board.

Study for European Parliament assesses options for turning CO2 into methanol for use in transport

Carbon dioxide recycling in the methanol economy Source: Olah et al. 2009

A report prepared by ISIS (Institute of Studies for the Integration of Systems – Italy) together with Tecnalia (Spain) for the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) discusses the technological, environmental and economic barriers for producing methanol from carbon dioxide, as well as the possible uses of methanol in car transport in Europe.