Does the concrete industry have a big environmental impact?
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The 20 billion tons of concrete produced around the world annually account for an estimated five to 10 percent of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
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New techniques promise better containment of damaging contaminants from environmental disasters
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Catastrophic oil spills, nuclear power accidents, and erupting volcanoes all share a common thread. They are environmental disasters where the flow of hazardous materials, dispersed by the natural movements of air and/or water, seem uncontrollable.
Environmental/ethical/spiritual costs of Northern California wine industry
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I have been contemplating why the growing struggle by rural residents against the expanding, industrial wine industry in Sonoma and Napa counties, Northern California, has touched my heart and soul so deeply.
How are environmentalists putting drones to use to help further their causes?
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Conservationists are utilizing drones, or “unmanned aerial systems” (UAS) technology, to gather highly detailed imagery and other environmental data that is traditionally challenging to obtain.
Lessons from BP: Is off-shore drilling any safer for the environment today?
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Is off-shore drilling any safer for the environment today given lessons learned from the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico?
Goochland County teacher who partners with VCU earns Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators
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President Barack Obama recently named Goochland County middle school teacher Anne Moore a recipient of the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators.
Virginia Tech student investigates how environmental stress could promote tumor cell growth
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In a well-lit laboratory on the southwest side of campus, Virginia Tech undergraduate Kimberly Soto-Alvarado focused a high-resolution microscope on a bright orange liquid in a small clear flask.
Is California’s epic drought really the result of too much meddling by environmentalists?
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While no one questions that California is in the midst of one of the worst droughts in recent history, the jury is still out as to why, at least according to some conservatives like former Hewlett Packard CEO and 2016 Republican Presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina.
Local business goes solar: Bradford Staffing touts cost savings, environmental impact
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Thomas Jorgensen isn’t a tree-hugging liberal trying to sell you on the benefits of going solar. The president of Bradford Staffing in Verona is a common-sense, pragmatic businessman trying to sell you on the benefits of going solar.
U.S. Postal Service trying to reduce its environmental footprint?
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As recent TV ads have been telling us, the United States Postal Service has recently started delivering some mail on Sunday in what most chalk up to an effort to stay one step ahead of United Parcel Service and Federal Express.
