Built on the controversial belief that "environmental technologies offer the fastest and most effective means to address our planet's urgent environmental needs," the non-profit Global Environment and Technology Foundation (GETF) "promot[es] the development and use of innovative technology to achieve sustainable development." GNET, the organization's information news source, provides current news...

This week's In The News highlights the discovery of a new process that could separate problematic chemicals from ionic liquids. In industry, chemical reactions are performed in toxic organic solvents and some can form carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Specifically, the vapor pressure of these organic solvents is hazardous because these "solvents evaporate easily into the air." The effects...