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1. Small Streams In Agricultural Ecosystems Are Heavily Polluted With Pesticides 6/21/2021

   Pesticides safeguard agricultural yields by controlling harmful insects, fungi, and weeds. However, they also enter neighbouring streams and damage the aquatic communities, which are crucial for maintaining biodiversity, are part of the food web and support the self-purification of water

2. UK Government Marine Experts To Support Sri Lanka With X-Press Pearl Pollution Response 6/18/2021

   ollowing the X-Press Pearl container vessel fire that started in May and raged for 12 days, the UK Government is providing marine pollution expertise to help respond to the potentially devastating impact on the marine life and coastal habitats of Sri Lanka.

3. Johnson Matthey Announces New Sustainability Goals And Targets 6/18/2021

   Johnson Matthey (JM), a global leader in sustainable technologies, today announces a new sustainability strategy framework. Ramping up activity across three pillars of activity – JM's products and services, its operations and people – the strategy enables JM to significantly increase the positive contribution it is making in accelerating progress towards a cleaner and healthier world

4. Wabtec Reduces Emissions At Port Of Kiel In Germany With Shore Power Solutions 6/17/2021

   Wabtec Corporation and the Port of Kiel celebrated the installation of a sustainable shore power solution to support cruise operators

5. EPA Continues To Protect Community By Requiring Additional Monitoring Of Emissions From Limetree Bay Refinery On St. Croix 6/17/2021

   In its ongoing efforts to protect overburdened communities from pollution, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it is establishing air monitoring requirements that Limetree Bay Terminals, LLC and Limetree Bay Refining, LLC must meet regarding the company’s refinery on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands

6. Ozone Pollution Has Increased In Antarctica 6/16/2021

   Ozone is a pollutant at ground level, but very high in the atmosphere’s “ozone layer,” it absorbs damaging ultraviolet radiation. Past studies have examined ozone levels in the Southern Hemisphere, but little is known about levels of the molecule in Antarctica over long periods

7. Bacteria Used To Clean Diesel-Polluted Soil In Greenland 6/16/2021

   Diesel-polluted soil from now defunct military outposts in Greenland can be remediated using naturally occurring soil bacteria according to an extensive five-year experiment in Mestersvig, East Greenland, to which the University of Copenhagen has contributed

8. Humanscale Becomes The First Company To Make Climate, Energy And Water Positive Products 6/16/2021

   Humanscale - the leader in responsible design and  manufacturing of high-performance seating and desking products — has just announced that 25 of their products, about 60% of sales, are certified climate, water and energy positive

9. Surge In Nitrogen Has Turned Sargassum Into The World's Largest Harmful Algal Bloom 6/16/2021

   For centuries, pelagic Sargassum, a floating brown seaweed, has grown in low nutrient waters of the North Atlantic Ocean, supported by natural nutrient sources such as excretions from fish and invertebrates, upwelling, and nitrogen fixation.

10. Bioreactors Chip Away At Nitrogen Pollution 6/16/2021

    Bioreactors are underground trenches filled with woodchips. They have been gaining traction as a tool to remove nitrogen from the water in agricultural settings.