Officials in Colombia hope phytoremediation is applied in other places damaged by mining, after seeing quick and dramatic results in Río Viejo and other sites.
On Thursday afternoon, Mayor Danny Avula said the failure of an automatic “switch-gear” that would have transferred the city’s water treatment plant to its primary backup power source failed ...
Sorting out answers at Staten Island’s giant paper pulp vat and the massive sifter in Brooklyn — including why seeing metal thrown in the trash makes one waste expert “weak in the knees.” ...