Tag: emissions

Venture Explains: Volkswagen’s Defeat Device

November 22, 2015 / 2020 views

What is it? Volkswagen has admitted to cheating official emissions tests in the United States. The Environmental Protection Agency found that certain diesel engines made by Volkswagen were fitted with a so-called defeat device. The piece of computer software senses…

A Cleaner Way to Refine

October 20, 2015 / 2560 views

France’s Le Gaz Integral has helped slash emissions at Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company’s Zarqa facility. By Elisa Oddone Harmful sulfur dioxide emissions have almost been eliminated at Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company’s (JPRC) Zarqa facility after Le Gaz Integral recently replaced…