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Buzz words: ‘Environmentally friendly’
A definition of ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY:
Environmental Technology is an all inclusive term used to describe pollution control devices and systems that may be utilized to remove pollutants or prevent them from entering into the environment. The term can also be applied to using natural resources or byproducts to help the environment.
Pittsburgh Connection:
A Carnegie Mellon University group has discovered how to use bacteria to counteract pollution from steel mills where the pollution was killing fish in nearby rivers and streams.
Read about the Pittsburgh Green Story – The environmental transformation of an American Industrial City. Pittsburgh is one of this nation's leaders in environmentally friendly or green architecture.
2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner and environmental activist Wangari Maathi was a student at the University of Pittsburgh.
‘Environmentally Friendly’ Applications:
Hybrid cars use a combination of electricity and gas. While they account for less than 1% of all cars on American roads, more automobile manufacturers are developing hybrids as gas prices soar.
Green Architecture is a term used to describe economical, energy-saving, environmentally-friendly, sustainable development. Energy efficient buildings and homes have become more popular in the last five years. These offices and homes are also becoming more efficient in recycling and water conservation.
Today’s chemists are developing alternative ways to produce medicines, plastics and fuels that do not harm the environment.
Electricity generated by the wind has been increasing in production for the last five years. This covers about 1% of the nation’s energy production. Increased gas prices, along with worries about greenhouse gas emissions from coal fueled power plants, are “fueling” the popularity of wind-generated electricity.
Environmental technology terms include:
Green • Greening • Eco-friendly
Energy-saving • Sustainable • Energy-efficient
Pollution control • Global warming
Greenhouse gases • Power • Ecological
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