US EPA takes tougher stance on new chemicals chemicals, NEWS_ARCHIVE, RSS_NEWSBy CCR@IIXXI8March 31, 2021Agency to evaluate safety of all uses and ensure worker protections.
Antarctica is running out of wilderness chemicals, impacts, invasive species, NEWS_ARCHIVE, POLITICS, RSS_NEWSBy CCR@IIXXI8March 4, 2021The continent is crammed with “ghost” stations—just one sign of how this empty, icy place is becoming more crowded.
How Scientists Tracked Down a Mass Killer (of Salmon) chemicals, environment, FISHING_MN, NYT_RSS, RSS_NEWSBy CCR@IIXXI8December 3, 2020Something was decimating the salmon that had been restored to creeks around Puget Sound.
Fertiliser use is fuelling climate-warming nitrous oxide emissions: Study chemicals, climate, emissions, fertilizer, NEWS_ARCHIVE, POLITICS, RSS_NEWSBy CCR@IIXXI8October 8, 2020The rising use of nitrogen-based fertilisers is driving up global emissions of nitrous oxide, a lesser-known greenhouse gas, complicating efforts to limit climate change.
Bayer launches carbon capture program for U.S. and Brazil farmers chemicals, emissions, farming, NEWS_ARCHIVE, RSS_NEWSBy CCR@IIXXI8July 25, 2020Bayer AG launched a pilot program in the United States and Brazil on Tuesday that will pay farmers for capturing carbon in cropland soils, making...
Fracking chemicals dumped in the Allegheny River a decade ago are still showing up in mussels: Study chemicals, ecology, food, fracking, gas, health, Health_MN, oceansBy CCR@IIXXI8September 26, 2018"We don't know how much of an impact this has on human health, or if it has any impact at all, but this means it's...