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EPA allows mining companies to destroy America`s streams, say NRDC experts
In the latest move by the Bush administration to undo environmental protections, the US Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to relax the conditions under which mining companies -- particularly those engaged in mountaintop removal -- may bury waste. According to experts at the Natural Resources Defense Council, this change, which undermines the Clean Water Act, will weaken environmental standards for mountaintop removal mining operations. The changes to the Stream Buffer Zone rule will bury hundreds of miles of streams with rock, soil, mining sludge and other wastes, contaminating drinking ... |
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Managing carbon loss
As the United States continues to develop alternative energy methods and push towards energy independence, cellulosic-based ethanol has emerged as one of the most commercially viable technologies. Corn stover remains the most popular source available, but the loss of soil organic carbon (SOC) associated with the removal of corn fodder as a cellulosic ethanol feedstock is of agricultural and environmental concern. In the November-December 2008 issue of Agronomy Journal, scientists from Michigan State University report on the effectiveness of carbon augmentation practices, including the integration ... |
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- US$3.6m USAID grant to develop and improved crops in India
Arcadia Biosciences, Inc., an agricultural technology company focused on developing technologies and products that benefit the environment and human health, ...
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- Livermore Lab and American Shale Oil team to study carbon sequestration
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- Increased amphibian mortality due to agri-chemical pollution
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- Drying peatlands will exacerbate climate change, say scientists
Peatlands hold vast stores of carbon, preventing it from being released into the atmosphere. However, a new study suggests global warming could cause ...
- Stantec makes offer to acquire environmental consulting firm Jacques Whitford
North American design firm Stantec has announced it has offered to acquire Jacques Whitford, an environmental consulting services firm with more than ...
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