Northern Ontario Business While Ken Doupe felt the effects of the decline in the forest industry five years ago on his logging company, he wasn't quite ready to throw in the towel. “I always liked working in the bush and wanted something else to do with forestry,” said the ...
Truth-Out Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) by transnational corporations has been linked to extensive environmental hazards within the countries in which they are 'investing,' including growth in water pollution, infant mortality, pesticide use, and the use of ...
Chicago Daily Herald But we've lost close to 90 percent of our oaks since 1837, according to Ben Haberthur, restoration ecologist with the Forest Preserve District of Kane County. "For every 10 trees that were seen by the first European settlers of Kane County, nine are ...
Corvallis Gazette Times 3.5 or Better: Malak M. Abugreen, Senior, Chemical Engineering; Elizabeth O. Akinsanya, Senior, Marketing; Chesapeake Alberti, Senior, English; Gregory E. Alexander, Senior, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Mona H. Al Hamood, Freshman, ... Stephen ...
Globalnews.ca A truck carrying jet fuel for helicopters fighting forest fires crashed into Lemon Creek on Friday. The potential health and environmental hazards ... “It's a very short-lived chemical in the environment,” said Wagner. “It dissipates very, very quickly ... and more »
Scientific American mosquito. Because of a lack of research, no new chemicals for killing malaria-infected mosquitoes have emerged in more than 40 years. ... Their screenless windows and doors, open to damp forest and red, puddle-pocked fields, are bullseyes for mosquitoes. and more »
Canada Free Press The operations are conducted from atop a multi-layered felt and impermeable plastic pad, surrounded by a berm, to keep unlikely spills from contaminating farm and forest land. ... As to chemical contamination, fracturing fluids are 99.5% water and sand.
Helena Independent Record That was five years after a Forest Service regional boss sent a letter to higher-ups in Washington criticizing the idea of “dropping men from airplanes” to fight fires and suggesting that “all parachute jumpers are more or less crazy — just a little ... and more »
3News NZ "You get this monotone forest where you've got no bird life," says Peter Willsman of the Wakatipu Wilding Conifer Control Group. "You lose ... Some of the young trees are manually cut down, while other areas are sprayed with chemicals from the air or ...
