Water Pollution

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Documents that the federal Environmental Protection Agency tried to keep confidential show that its staffers criticized how Minnesota regulators drafted a key permit for the planned PolyMet copper-nickel mine, and concluded that the permit wo…

GUA MUSANG: Malaysian authorities on Thursday (Jun 13) found four more bodies at an Orang Asli settlement in Kelantan after 14 people died of an illness that has yet to be identified by authorities. The search was initiated as part of an operation to track d…

Can you make high-end luxury furniture with a cheap material like recycled rubber? Looking at the catalog of New York City-based designer company Slash Objects, the answer is a resounding yes. The trick is all in how you use it.Slash Objects pairs rubber with…

Posted June 12, 2019 09:58:34 A new study has found that the global average of microplastic ingestion could be as high as five grams a week per person, which is the equivalent of eating a teaspoon of plastic or a credit card every week. Key points: Peopl…

Humans are putting nature in danger at an unprecedented pace. As many as 1 million plants and animals face extinction within just a few decades, and humans are to blame, according to a recently released United Nations report. All over the world, the average a…

(Rebellyous Photo) Former Boeing engineer Christie Lagally thinks vegan meat has a problem: the cheap options arent tasty, and the tasty options arent cheap. Shes on a mission to change that equation with Rebellyous Foods, a Seattle startup thats targeting c…

NEET has become mandatory to study medicine abroad as well. (Representational Image) Even as the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) has become mandatory for Indian students to pursue medical and dental courses in India and abroad, there are still …

Posted June 09, 2019 08:21:31 A wild seal has been entangled in fishing line that is slowly cutting through its neck and it will kill the animal if nothing is done. It's a job for Melbourne's Marine Response Unit (MRU), which launches an operation from Q…

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia’s top administrative court on Friday began hearings that could be long and contentious about proposals to drill for oil using the technique known as fracking, hailed for sharply boosting supplies but criticized for causing environm…

Posted June 08, 2019 05:01:05 Giant clams are a delicacy in the Marshall Islands but they've been found to contain high levels of plutonium the remnants of a long history of American nuclear tests prompting fears health issues in the country could be linke…