To make a long story short, toxic emissions were one of the Chrysler Turbine Car's Achilles' heels. The engine spewed out nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbons even when idling.

Toxic exhaust from power plants accounts for much of the nation's air pollution. Congress's 1990 Clean Air Act required that all electric generating plants in the U.S. reduce their emissions by 2010.

There are very few machines as complex to build as a turbojet engine. The turbine blades on a commercial airliner are grown from a single crystal of metal. The engineering tolerances are crazy ...

Because steam turbines absorb most of the heat before the condensate returns to the boiler, cycle efficiency is relatively high. During the condensing cycle, however, the exhaust steam is brought to a ...

However, lead poisoning and death from wind turbines serve as serious threats to the species ... recent studies indicate that the population is still in danger from the toxic metal that hunters leave ...

Steam turbines have helped drive a large chunk of our technological development over the last century or so, and they’ll always make for interesting DIY. [Hyperspace Pirate] built a small ...

Welcome to the wind turbine graveyard. It stretches a hundred metres from a bend in the North Platte River in Casper, Wyoming. Between last September and this March, it will become the final ...

Some call it the “wind turbine capital of Texas.” On West Alabama Avenue in the town’s southwest corner, its history collides with a more modern legacy. There, across from the Sweetwater ...

Farmers once used windmills to grind their grains and pump water. Today, more and more wind turbines wring electricity from the breeze. Over the past decade, wind turbine use has increased more ...

Toxic positivity hinges on the failure to acknowledge or accept someone’s negative emotions. A few examples include: • Statement: “I don’t know if I can have a relationship with my sister ...

Kate Wieczorek covers leadership, work culture, and business strategy. If you find yourself in a toxic work culture, you are not alone. More than 1 in 5 workers have experienced harm to their ...

Jack Kelly covers career growth, job market and workplace trends. Toxic positivity can end up making you feel like it’s your fault. Since everyone else is playing ... [+] along, you feel like an ...