August 07, 2008
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Soil & Groundwater Newsletter August 07, 2008 |
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Superfund cleanups don`t seem to be worth the cost, according to MIT study
The cost of the federal Superfund program isn`t bringing financial returns to homeowners living near the cleaned-up toxic sites, according to new research by Michael Greenstone, the 3M Professor of Environmental Economics at MIT. In a paper to be published in the August issue of the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Greenstone and a colleague analyzed housing markets affected by Superfund, a federal government program that cleans up the largest and most dangerous hazardous waste sites in the US. Greenstone compared the housing prices of homes surrounding Superfund sites to those surrounding sites ... |
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Swallowed by sand: China`s billion-dollar battle against desertification
It is estimated that desertification, a process of land degradation that occurs in dryland ecosystems due to overexploitation and land mismanagement, now costs China about US$2-3 billion each year. China’s experience is not unique. In Africa, for example, worsening soil conditions could mean that the continent could only feed a quarter of its inhabitants by 2025. Minqin County is one of the driest places in China, and it stands on the front line of China’s battle against desertification. Up until recently, Minqin acted as a natural barrier between the deserts and the rest of the country. But within ... |
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