Category Archives: Environment

Plant Waste Used to Recover Waste Uranium

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Researchers at the UK’s Birmingham University have recovered uranium from the radioactive waters of uranium mines using bacteria and inositol phosphate, a chemical parallel of a cheap waste material from plants. The same technology can also be used to clean … Continue reading →

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Atrazine in US Drinking Water Found Widespread

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

A widely used pesticide known to impact wildlife development and, potentially, human health has contaminated watersheds and drinking water throughout much of the United States, according to a new report released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Banned … Continue reading →

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Pipeline spills crude into French nature reserve

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

In an ecological disaster, four thousand cubic meters (140,000 cu ft) of crude oil has spewed into a nature reserve on the edge of France’s Camargue national park after an underground pipe burst.The spill spread over 2 hectares (5 acres) … Continue reading →

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Major Emitters’ Meet To Tackle Climate Change

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Sixteen nations are responsible for 80 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Now those nations, dubbed the “major emitters,” are sending representatives to a conference beginning Monday in Washington, D.C., to see if they can work together to slow … Continue reading →

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