Pollution

Dorchester County’s Valley Proteins plant suspends operations amid pollution woes; State says lawsuit is coming

Leave a Comment / Climate Change, Environment, Global Warming, Pollution / By / December 23, 2021

Valley Proteins, Dorchester County’s troubled chicken rendering plant, has suspended operations after environmental groups and state inspectors raised pollution concerns, the Maryland Department of the Environment said Wednesday. The plant attracted scrutiny earlier this year after lawmakers discovered it was to receive a $13 million subsidy from the state for a wastewater system upgrade, even after previous …

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Plastic-degrading enzymes on the rise in pollution hotspots

Leave a Comment / CSR, CSR Reporting, Environment, No Plastic, Pollution / By / December 17, 2021

The number of microbial enzymes with the ability to degrade plastic is growing in correlation with local levels of plastic pollution, a new study has found. Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden measured samples of environmental DNA from around the globe and used computer modelling to search for microbial enzymes with plastic-degrading potential. …

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With Mission To Reduce Waste, Two Delhi Brothers Are Fighting Pollution The Right Way

Leave a Comment / ChangeMaker, No Plastic, Pollution, sustainability / By / December 10, 2021

Two Delhi-based teenage brothers are setting the right example for the Gen Z to act up on the deteriorating environment, pollution and the shaping the future in the right way.  Vihaan Agarwal (17) and his brother Nav Agarwal (14) have a mission to reduce waste pollution and plant more trees in their home city — …

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21-year-old student Thoronka wins $100,000 global student prize

Leave a Comment / ChangeMaker, Innovation, Pollution, research, Save Earth, sustainability, Technology / By / November 12, 2021

Picture Credit: Jeremiah Thoronka Jeremiah Thoronka, a 21-year-old Sierra Leonean student, who invented a device that uses kinetic energy from traffic and pedestrians to generate clean power, has won the 2021 Chegg.org Global Student Prize. The prize is worth $100,000. This year also saw US teacher Keishia Thorpe named as the winner of the 2021 …

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Launch of Green Grids Initiative – the biggest global coalition for clean energy

Leave a Comment / Climate Change, CSR, CSR Reporting, Global Warming, Pollution, Save Earth / By / November 3, 2021

A new high-level coalition for clean energy – The Green Grids Initiative, was announced today at the Glasgow climate summit. It will bring together a group of governments, legislators and international organisations, business leaders, researchers and citizen groups to accelerate the construction of the new infrastructure needed for a world powered by clean energy. The Green …

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