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High heat and heavy metals dampen a bumblebee’s trademark buzz, threatening pollen release and colony chatter. Tiny sensors ...
The continent wants to reduce the risks of depending so heavily on China for the valuable minerals. The question is how.
The new legislation increases fines for environmental violations and directs the money to impacted communities.
An analysis of 500 watersheds found levels of organic carbon, phosphorus, and other pollutants up to 103 times higher after a ...
Scientists at Rice University and University of Houston have developed an innovative, scalable approach to engineer ...
This law authorized the EPA to regulate point source pollution, or water pollution that comes from a single identifiable source; while the law didn't include the acronym "CAFO," it did mention ...
Power plants and industrial facilities that emit carbon dioxide, the primary driver of global warming, are hopeful that Congress will keep tax credits for capturing the gas and storing it ...
Economist Michael Ash shares new data on racial disparities in the industry — a major purveyor of environmental racism.
Drinking water treatment that pursues a multi-contaminant approach, tackling several pollutants at once, could prevent more than 50,000 ...
There was a circle in Maria Burns' yard where grass wouldn't grow and trees died. She knew what it was: An old natural gas ...
At the Soet River in Strand, Cape Town, the water is choked with waste. Plastic bags, bottles and discarded nappies form a thick, stagnant carpet. This is just one site on the frontline of South ...