Using Fertilizer Wisely Could Help Feed 9 Billion People

Scientific American…Lessening fertilizer use in the U.S. and China would free up nutrients to be applied to fields in eastern Europe and western Africa with no detriment to American or Chinese people. As it stands, the researchers estimate that some 11 million...

Biogas boom in Germany leads to modern-day land grab.

Creating energy from corn once seemed like a revolutionary idea in Germany. But subsidies for the biogas industry led to entire regions of the country being covered by the crop, and investors are eagerly waiting for local farmers’ land to go for sale. Some of...

EPA will clean up Lead and arsenic contaminated yards

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will clean up polluted yards in a Rosewood-area neighborhood with a recently discovered history of lead and arsenic contamination. Lead and arsenic exceeding federal safety standards first were discovered in some yards in July,...

Asian carp threaten balance in the Great Lakes

…Asian carp have had their day in the highest court of the land. Several Great Lakes states sued the State of Illinois to permanently close the navigational locks leading into Lake Michigan. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected those pleas.Illinois is President...

Fears asbestos removal cost will be too high

There are fears the cost of removing deadly asbestos fibres from millions of homes and buildings will be deemed too high by the Government.A Federal Government review has been grappling with how to remove the building material from factories, schools and houses and it...

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