Water Pollution

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) and nitrogen water pollution from agriculture are top environmental priorities in the United States. Key to achieving climate goals is helping producers navigate carbon markets, while also helping the environment and improving farm income. A new tool developed by a University…

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, is something of a Rorschach test for climate activists and policy wonks. For incrementalists or politicians hoping to do something about the climate crisis (as long as it can’t be termed anti-industry), the multistate cap-and-trade program that debuted in New England over a…

PETALING JAYA: Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) has voiced its objection to the proposed open cast mining for manganese ore at Aring 6, Mukim Relai, Gua Musang. It fears that the mining will damage 500 acres of land and cause serious water pollution, destroy wildlife habitat and natural environment which must…

On Thursday, while President Biden met with world leaders at the climate summit, the Senate Agriculture Committee convened to vote on the Growing Climate Solutions Act. The bill seeks to create a certification program within the Agriculture Department to help establish agricultural carbon markets. Carbon markets have been integral to…

Last week, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality officially approved the installation of biogas digesters at four Smithfield-owned hog waste lagoons in the Sampson and Duplin counties. The digesters, which capture fecal fumes to be converted to natural gas, are the result of a partnership between Smithfield and Dominion Energy, one of the…

Cambridge, UK, Feb 26, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - Alchemie Technology (Alchemie), a global disruptor of textile dyeing and finishing technology, is pleased to announce an investment from At One Ventures and H&M CO:LAB, H&M Group's investment arm. The investment will support Alchemie's commercial roll-out, aiming to accelerate the transformation…

More than 300 water pollution problems in river courses were spotted in the second half of last year in Shanghai’s downtown areas, mainly concerning floating pollutants, officials revealed yesterday. Another 191 problems over pollution in nearby river courses in the city’s downtown were also found, most related to greenery pollution,…

KATHMANDU - Trash collected from Mount Everest is set to be transformed into art and displayed in a nearby gallery, to highlight the need to save the world's tallest mountain from turning into a dumping site. Used oxygen bottles, torn tents, ropes, broken ladders, cans and plastic wrappers discarded by…

Nation Thursday, 24 Dec 2020 11:09 AM MYT PETALING JAYA: A 50-year-old local fish pond owner and his four Indonesian workers were detained in connection with a water pollution offence. Selangor CID chief Senior Asst Comm Datuk Fadzil Ahmat said the five men were detained at Bukit Sentosa, Hulu Selangor…

Your Excellency, for over 40, the people of Ndokwa/Ukwani in Delta State have lived peacefully with the Nigerian Agip Oil Company and a host of other oil companies, who own massive oil production operations in the area. Despite the fortune these companies have been making from their various operations, the people…