Water Pollution

From this author The latest increase in crude prices announced on June 28 by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will impose an additional burden of Rs1,200 crore a year in foreign exchange. OPEC raises price The Organisation of Petrol…

Oh, it goes back further than that. We had litter pickups in the 1960s, and I recall ordering pamphlets from Pueblo, Colorado, in the 1970s for a class presentation on the causes of water pollution. But the problem is that taking care of our planet is bigger …

The Trump administration is throwing a lifeline to the massive Pebble Mine planned near Alaska’s Bristol Bay, as regulators move toward undoing Obama-era environmental restrictions that have thwarted the project. The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednes…

RSTV: THE BIG PICTURE- TACKLING OCEAN POLLUTION Introduction:             The Bangkok Declaration on Combating Marine Debris in ASEAN Region was adopted by leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which includes four of the worlds to…

HOYT LAKES, Minn. (AP) Developers of a proposed copper-nickel mine in northern Minnesota are courting bankers for $950 million in financing, even as environmental groups push back against the project over water pollution fears. PolyMet Mining Corp. CEO Jon C…

Waste streams from industry and agriculture could be used for the production of coal that can serve as a cheap adsorbent for water purification. In her thesis at the Industrial Doctoral School, Mirva Niinipuu demonstrates that the capacity of carbon materials…

The mayors connections were also important. One year after the fire, Carl Stokess brother, Louis, who represented several Cleveland neighborhoods in Congress, supported a water-pollution bill in the House and used the Cuyahoga River to defend it. The rape of…

The dairy colonies were essentially industry plots, many of which came up in the 1980s, but over the years they became dense residential areas. (Representational Image) Thousands of livestock, primarily cows and buffaloes, are deprived of basic provisions fo…

A biologist, some nuns and an endangered salamander walk into a lab. It's not the start of a bad joke, but rather the tale behind one convents' hope to save an endangered species on the brink of extinction. The Lake Pátzcuaro salamander can only be found in…

Posted June 20, 2019 06:59:18 Authorities and the company responsible remain tight-lipped about the environmental impact of 100,000 litres of PFAS-contaminated water which was dumped into the Shoalhaven River. Key points: Defence contractor Sikorsky Airc…