Agoura Hills wildlife crossing project preps for partial road closures
When you’re trying to build a mountain over one of the country’s busiest freeways, it’s easy to be envious of ...
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Lime-free soil treatment product can cut brownfield remediation costs, says group
A new remediation technology, ReBind, is claimed to offer a cost-effective, on-site solution for handling contaminated soil on brownfield redevelopment ...
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L.A. County finds high lead levels in soil on properties already cleaned by Army Corps
New soil testing by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has found high levels of lead and other ...
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How the Times tested for soil toxins after the L.A. fires
Over three days in late March, four Los Angeles Times environment reporters and an editor fanned out across the Eaton ...
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Lunar microwave to purify water frozen in Moon’s soil wins UK Space Agency award
A technology that uses microwaves (to defrost) and ultrasound (to break down) contaminants in melted lunar ice to provide clean, ...
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Earth’s storage of water in soil, lakes and rivers is dwindling. And it’s especially bad for farming
University of Melbourne hydrology professor Dongryeol Ryu and his collaborator Ki-Weon Seo were on a train to visit Ryu’s family ...
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FEMA rejects call by Newsom’s office to test soil in fire areas for toxic contaminants
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s chief disaster officer on Wednesday urged the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency to reconsider its decision to ...
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Feds won’t test soil after L.A. wildfire cleanup, potentially leaving contamination behind
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Wednesday that it won’t order soil testing at properties damaged by the Eaton ...
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Hidden threats to soil apparent from sewage sludge research
Image credit: Zoe Schaeffer/unsplash. Recent research from The James Hutton Institute suggests that hidden threats from the agricultural use of ...
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You’re not crazy. We’re in a drought and it’s pouring rain
I was nearing the end of my trip to my parents’ house in western Massachusetts for Thanksgiving when my phone ...
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