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HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Environmental Protection reminds homeowners with private water wells affected by flood waters to properly disinfect their wells prior to taking a water sample to test for contamination. It is important for homeowners to test their private wells to ensure that the water is safe to drink and does not have any bacteriological contamination. Homeowners can pick up water sampling kits for free at DEP's North-central,...
BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Sept. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Kellogg Company (NYSE: K) has been commended by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) for its professional and transparent approach in disclosing climate change information. The CDP is an independent, not-for-profit organization with the largest database of corporate climate change and water information in the world. The CDP's 2011 "Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index" identifies 55 companies from the S&P 500 Index with strong corporate...
NORTHBROOK, Ill., Sept. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Allstate Insurance Company announced today it has been named to the Carbon Disclosure Project's (CDP) 2011 Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index for its proactive approach to the disclosure of the company's climate change information. The index, a key component of CDP's annual S&P 500 report, highlights the constituent companies within the S&P 500 Index that have displayed the most professional approach to corporate governance regarding...
Climate change may still increase the pollution load Trends in the concentrations of nearly sixty atmospheric pollutants have been studied using the data collected in Finland at the Pallas-Sodankylä Observatory from 1996 to 2009. Concentrations of pollutants in Lapland are very low, typically about one tenth of the background concentrations in Southern Finland. Many of the concentrations studied remained unchanged over the long term and nearly half showed a decreasing trend. Lower...
LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., Sept. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Following its inclusion on the Carbon Disclosure Project's (CDP) Global 500 Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI) and Performance Leadership Index (CPLI), Air Products (NYSE: APD) also has been named a constituent of CDP's S&P 500 CDLI and CPLI for 2011. Representing 551 institutional investors with $71 trillion in assets under management, CDP holds the largest database of corporate climate change information in the world. Air...
National Science Foundation Grants Awarded for Research on Coupled Natural and Human Systems Water quality and environmental health in Botswana; wetlands in a working landscape; the collapse of the ancient Maya and what that has to tell us about society and environmental change today. These and other projects that address how humans and the environment interact are the focus of $21 million in National Science Foundation (NSF) grants to scientists, engineers and educators across the...
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), a global diversified company in the building and automotive industries, has been recognized by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) for its approach to the disclosure of climate change information. For the third year, Johnson Controls is featured in CDP's "Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index." This index, a key component of the CDP's annual S&P 500 report, highlights companies within the S&P 500 Index that have...
DALLAS, Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Dean Foods (NYSE: DF) announced today that it was commended by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) for the company's disclosure of climate change information. This is the fourth year Dean Foods has reported information to the CDP and the third consecutive year the company has been featured in the CDP's Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index. Dean Foods is one of only nine Consumer Staples companies included in the CDP's annual leadership index. The CDP...
DALLAS, Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Comerica Bank has been commended by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), which represents 551 institutional investors with $71 trillion in assets under management, for its approach to the disclosure of climate change information. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20010807/CMALOGO) For the fourth consecutive year, Comerica is featured in CDP's "Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index." This index, a key component of CDP's annual S&P 500 report,...
TORONTO, Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - ROMARCO MINERALS INC. (TSX: R) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that following the selection of the third party contractor by the US Army Corps of Engineers ("USACE") (see news release dated September 14, 2011), the dates for the first three milestones of the Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS") have been selected by the USACE for the Company's Haile Gold Mine project in South Carolina. The first three milestones and dates are as...
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Water pollution is the contamination of bodies of water including rivers, oceans, lakes, aquifers and groundwater. Water pollution is when pollutants are discharged directly or indirectly into a body of water without adequate treatment to remove harmful compounds. Water pollution affects the plants and organisms that reside in these bodies of water. In almost all of the cases the effect is damaging not only to individual species and populations, but to the natural biological communities as...
Environmental Chemistry is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published online bi-monthly by CSIRO Publishing. The journal publishes original research and review articles on all aspects of environmental chemistry, including those addressing the chemistry of air, water, soil, sediments, space and biota. Topics include atmospheric chemistry, geochemistry, climate change, marine chemistry, water chemistry, polar chemistry, fire chemistry, astrochemistry, earth and geochemistry, soil and sediment...
The International Journal of Biometeorology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of the International Society of Biometeorology. The journal publishes original research papers, review articles, and short communications on studies examining the interactions between living organisms and factors of the natural and artificial physical environment. It publishes articles in the following fields: Earth and environmental science, life...
Environmental science is a science that contains a wide range of scientific disciplines. These disciplines are grouped together based on the natural environment which they encompass and interact with. These sciences include physical, chemical, and biological components. Environmental science provides an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the environmental systems. The most common way environmental science is studied is through the work of one individual or small team drawing on the...
