positive Land news
Green explosive is a friend of the EarthA new type of explosive may make blowing things up a little more environmentally friendly, according to a new study. |
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Michigan Officials Seek Tough Clearing RulesTighter restrictions should be imposed on clearing vegetation from Great Lakes shorelines because it alters water chemistry and damages fish habitat, state regulators said. |
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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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Environmental news headlines
- EU to ban pesticides in bee scare
- New law to protect Puerto Rico leatherback turtles
- China, world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gasses, will tax carbon
- New wind power cheaper than coal or gas in Australia
- Gorillas to Be Protected with New Congo National Park
- From the brink of extinction: elephant seals stage remarkable comeback
- Nations agree on legally binding mercury rules
- Six million turn out for global garbage clean-up
- Obama triples area of protected California coastline
- Swiss Parliament Passes Plastic Bag Ban
- This week, a shark sanctuary the size of Australia has been established
- French move boosts shark sanctuaries
- Canada introduces new rules to curb future vehicle emissions
- Brazil says Amazon deforestation at record low
- Australia outlaws illegally-logged wood from abroad
- Tokelau islands shift to 100% solar energy
- Another city in BC bans shark fins
- EU on track to exceed Kyoto emissions goal
- Victory for Forests: Disney Stands Up for Endangered Forests and Animals
- new mammal menagerie uncovered in remote Peruvian cloud forest
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