positive Land news
China province may close down industrial pollutersThe Chinese province of Hunan, home to China's largest zinc smelter, is considering closing heavy industrial plants that pollute, a senior government official said on Monday. |
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Guernsey receives first Ramsar designationGuernsey, in the Channel Islands, is celebrating the designation of its first Ramsar site, under the UN Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, otherwise known as the Ramsar Convention. |
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Reproducing Amazon Soils Could Boost Fertility And Scrub CarbonThe search for El Dorado in the Amazonian rainforest might not have yielded pots of gold, but it has led to unearthing a different type of gold mine: some of the globe's richest soil that can transform poor soil into highly fertile ground. |
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Seattle’s Waterfront Reshaped by New Sculpture ParkArtists and city planners are reshaping the city's largest undeveloped downtown water front -- a toxic vacant lot -- into a sculpture park, museum and environmental restoration project that officials hope will become a new landmark alongside the Space Needle and Pike Place Market. |
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New water bottle makes appearance in Boca Publix storesA new environment-friendly water bottle has recently made an appearance on Publix store shelves throughout Boca Raton. |
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China’s pollution galvanises peasants to actionChina: Mrs Song never had much interest in politics but when factory pollution began poisoning well water and killing crops, the young mother got angry. |
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Singapore firm produces biodegradable, compostable bagsThe bags that you use to carry your groceries home from the supermarket can soon be used to fertilise your plants. |
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Agency to buy land for wildlifeA conservation agency will buy dozens of parcels of land in northern Los Angeles County where owners have failed to pay property taxes. |
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United Nations outlines plans to clean toxic sites in IraqThe United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced plans to clean up an industrial site in Iraq believed to hold several tons of an acutely toxic compound that is lethal at a dose of less than one gram. |
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UK sites in acid rain ‘recovery’Some of the UK's most environmentally sensitive upland lakes and streams are recovering from the impact of acid rain, the government has said. |
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Organic Pesticide can Kill Locusts, Scientist saysResearchers have developed an organic pesticide that can control deadly locust swarms in Africa, reducing the need to use traditional insecticides that harm the environment, a senior scientist said on Wednesday. |
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The Eco-Cowboys: Big land buys signal greens are moving into ranchingIf you're going to to break into the cowboy business, this is as good a place as any to do it. |
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Africa, Donors Unveil Plan to Fight DesertificationAfrican governments and donors on Monday launched an ambitious plan to fight desertification, which causes chronic food shortages and threatens to drive millions from their homes in coming decades. |
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Contractor Declares Rocky Flats Nuclear Cleanup CompleteThe contractor hired to clean up the former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant declared the $7 billion, 10-year project completed Thursday, a major milestone in the conversion of the site to a wildlife refuge. |
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Environmental news headlines
- Small Canadian Town Bans Shark Fins
- 60 percent reduction in acidity of Delaware rain
- Microsoft Commits to Carbon Neutrality
- South Korea adopts greenhouse gas regulations
- California public to vote on GMO Label Act after 1 million signatures
- From concrete jungle to urban oasis
- Honolulu City Council backs bill to ban plastic bags at store, restaurant checkouts
- Peru is latest developing nation to adopt climate change initiative
- Momentum builds: Burger King Switches to Cage Free Pork and Eggs
- State of Himalayan Glaciers Less Alarming Than Feared
- Ford Cuts Global Waste by 100 Million Pounds and Counting
- Mexico becomes 2nd country in the world to pass national climate-change law
- Mad frog bonanza: up to 36 new frogs discovered in tiny Madagascar forest
- How High Gasoline Prices are Creating Jobs and Growing The Economy
- Russia creates massive park for rare cats
- Toronto Becomes First City To Mandate Green Roofs
- Study: Wildlife survive nuclear accidents
- Saving Right Whales? There’s an app for that.
- US sets new carbon standard for power plants
- World’s largest preserve forming in Africa
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