Author: Kirsi Seppänen

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Corps: Alaska mine would have adverse impacts on salmon site

A proposed gold and copper mine at the headwaters of the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery in Alaska would cause “unavoidable adverse impacts,” the U.S….

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Australia Floats Plan to Better Protect Great Barrier Reef

Australian officials plan to redouble their efforts to save the Great Barrier Reef from the effects of global warming. The world’s largest coral reef system…

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Climate Change and Land Use Are Accelerating Soil Erosion by Water

Soil loss due to water runoff could increase greatly around the world over the next 50 years due to climate change and intensive land cultivation….

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These microbes are being used to clean up toxic electronic waste

If you were to stack up all the electronic waste produced annually around the world it would weigh as much as all the commercial aircrafts…

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Turning Toilet Water into Beer

Brewing beer uses a lot of water: from the irrigation needed to grow barley and hops to the aqua that ends up in the bottle….

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Metsä Spring and Valmet to build €20m pilot plant for 3D fibre products

Finnish firms Metsä Spring and Valmet will be working together to build a €20 million pilot plant in Äänekoski, Finland, to produce new products from…

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German state grant to boost battery production… and recycling

The funding is the first step in an initiative under the European Union’s Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) programme. eNews Bulletin reports that,…

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Jaguar Land Rover turns to recycled aluminium to cut manufacturing CO2

Jaguar Land Rover has developed an innovative process enabling it to recycle old aluminium cans, bottle tops, and end-of-life vehicles into brand new, premium cars,…

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Contaminated water sickens nearly 500 in China

Hundreds of people in eastern China have been infected with bacteria which can cause dysentery after drinking contaminated water, state media said Monday, prompting the…

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Climate change: Removing CO2 could spark big rise in food prices

Scientists say that machines that remove CO2 from the air will be needed to keep the rise in global temperatures in check. But these devices…

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