Water Pollution

The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has sued for collaboration among stakeholders; individuals, governments, civil society, organised private sector, donor agencies and trade groups, to cut back on environmental degradation and its associated threats. …

President Donald Trump and Prince Charles discussed climate change during the President’s state visit to the U.K. this week. But Trump continued to dismiss dire concerns about climate change, faulted other countries for inaction and defended the U.S. as “clea…

The National Green Tribunal has expressed concern over the large scale encroachments along the national highways and directed the government to evolve an effective monitoring mechanism in this regard. The green panel said that the monitoring mechanism should…

Jose García Nuñez works near a factory and worries about his family's health. Cities on the U.S.-Mexico border suffer in a toxic haze. The pollution is making people sick and cutting lives short, yet polluters face little enforcement. Zoe Meyers, Palm Sprin…

ISTANBUL Public beaches run by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality will begin serving this summer on June 4. Beachgoers will be served at the five municipal beaches between 8.00 a.m. and 19.00 p.m. until the end of the summer, according to an announcemen…

Things suddenly arent looking so good for what was supposed to be one of the hottest companies in America, namely, Tesla. As Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk tangles with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over his tweets and with a sales drop-of…

Vibrio anguillarum is a bacterial pathogen that causes serious damage to aquatic fish, and its rapid detection and prevention are critical. DNAzymes are DNA-based catalysts with excellent stability. In this study, in vitro selection of DNAzymes was performed …

ZHENGZHOU, China For the last decade, the city of Zhengzhou has been getting a taste of the Chinese dream. Fuelled by investment, including large subsidies from the central government in Beijing, the provincial capital of the inland province of Henan has boo…

Published: 7:00am, 26 May, 2019 Updated: 7:00am, 26 May, 2019

The worlds largest and perhaps most destructive mining industry is rarely discussed. Approximately 85 percent of all material mined from the earth is a simple and widely available resource: sand. Because it is so cheap and readily available, it is mined by ev…