Aging water infrastructure is causing water quality issues in many communities across the country, and in some cases even causing the taps to run dry. Turning on the tap to fill up a glass with clean drinking water is something...
Wild bee populations have been declining all across the world, largely due to increased use of pesticides and habitat destruction. This is not only bad news for bees, but because they play a vital role in pollination of food crops,...
The cannabis industry is booming now that it has been legalized in several states for recreational and/or medicinal use. But while this may be a boon in terms of the plants natural healing properties, it raises a key issue, which...
Collecting Chicken Poo to Prevent Accidents Keeping backyard chickens is a growing hobby and business for people living in both rural and urban areas. As this trend grows, more and more chicken owners are starting to recognize that chickens have...
To ensure the safety of both workers on landfill sites and the safety of the surrounding community, it is necessary to conduct regular inspections of leachate lines, typically every two years. A method that is commonly used for monitoring leachate...
High methane emissions undermine the argument that natural gas is better than coal in terms of its contribution to climate change. A recent study has found that 13 million metric tons of methane a potent greenhouse gas is emitted...
Opportunities Abound in the Anaerobic Digestion Sector Over the last few months there have been significant changes in government policy in various countries around the world that are expected to re-ignite the biogas sector and help it to fulfill its...
It seems the Trump administration is hellbent on shelving environmental legislation. The latest administration move to axe funding for NASA’s carbon monitoring system — a climate science research project that previously received $10 million a year to support the program...
Petroleum industry representatives have put pressure on the Trump administration to backtrack on the renewable fuel standard (RFS) — an energy policy that was introduced back in 2005 by President George Bush to give local biofuel producers access to the...
