Scientists have found that an item widely used in kitchens can absorb planet-heating carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, in what they hope will become a low-cost and efficient tool to slow climate change. Scientists from the University of Cambridge in England used activated charcoal — a sponge-like substance used in household water filters — and […]
At this time two years ago, 60-foot-tall pine trees loomed between Interstate 95 and the residents of Rice Hope. There in Port Wentworth, they had grown for at least 20 years, providing habitat for wild animals, fresh air, shade and most important to some, a sound barrier and protection from the busy highway. In mid-June […]
A Central Kentucky business has agreed to pay $1.2 million to resolve an allegation that it sold devices that disable emissions control systems on diesel vehicles, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Thoroughbred Diesel, a Winchester company, also agreed to stop selling the devices, EPA said in a news release. The products involved in […]
An air quality alert was issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for Thursday. The alert is for Wise, Denton, Collin, Hunt, Parker, Tarrant, Dallas, Rockwall, Kaufman, Hood, Johnson, Ellis and Henderson counties. “The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has issued an Ozone Action Day for the Dallas-Fort Worth area for Thursday, June […]
Jun. 4—OTTAWA — The Ohio Attorney General’s Office filed a civil lawsuit against a Leipsic farm recently, claiming it could cause pollution. The attorney general’s office wants the court to order C & K Family Farms, 2634 Township Road F, Leipsic, to implement best management practices for manure and composting animal mortality; submit an operation […]
COLSTRIP, Mont. (AP) — Actions by President Joe Biden‘s administration that could hasten closures of heavily polluting coal power plants and the mines that supply them are reviving Republican rhetoric about a so-called “war on coal” ahead of the November election. The front line in the political battle over the fuel is in the Powder […]
Toxic firefighting foam has been used at the San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport since the 1970s, polluting groundwater in the area — but a new package of laws offer the airport support as it transitions to cleaner materials. President Joe Biden signed the bills into law on May 16. Rep. Salud Carbajal, who represents […]
May 30 (UPI) — Officials in Iceland warned that gas pollution could take place in the nation’s capital Thursday amid the latest volcanic eruption. The Icelandic Met Office said wind direction was expected to shift to the southwest, sending potential pollution toward Reykjavik as lava flow spilled over main roads on Wednesday with its eruptive […]
The US may soon bail out farmers whose livelihoods were destroyed by toxic PFAS “forever chemical” contamination. The proposal for a $500m fund aims to head off a crisis for the nation’s growers and is moving through Congress amid increasing evidence that PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge used as a cheap fertilizer alternative poisoned crops and livestock. […]
The air quality in Bucks County has become much worse in the past couple of years.When my wife and I go out walking at Peace Valley Park or by the Pine Run Reservoir, we’ve noticed more bad air days, especially in the summer. According to the American Lung Association, Bucks County had 16 Orange Ozone […]
The Terrace Hill Sanitary Sewer District uses a lagoon to treat wastewater just north of Hampton. (Photo courtesy of Google Earth) A residential area near the Hampton Country Club in north-central Iowa has for years exceeded its ammonia and bacteria limits for wastewater that is discharged into a creek, according to the Iowa Department of […]
The Green Brook between Dunellen and Green Brook will be cleaner and less polluted, thanks to a trash trap installed in the brook earlier this month. Dunellen became the first municipality in New Jersey to install the Bandalong Bandit Litter Trap, designed by Stormwater Systems, which catches trash and debris that flows through the brook […]