Intensive efforts in recent years to prevent fires in Indonesia’s Riau province, the country’s perennial epicentre of forest and land fires, will be put to the test this year as the dry season makes a full return. At the heart of these efforts are community-led initiatives aimed at restoring degradedContinue Reading
Community-led efforts to restore degraded peatlands in Indonesia’s Riau province could be put to the test in early 2023 as the dry season sets in. Riau is the perennial epicenter of the burning season on Sumatra Island, and is expected to have a more intense dry season after three consecutiveContinue Reading
INTERIM DIVIDEND The Board has resolved not to recommend the payment of any interim dividend for the quarter ended 30 September 2022. REVIEW OF OPERATIONS Third Quarter of 2022. Dry bulk shipping market enjoyed a strong first half backed by the robust demand for dry bulk commodities, limited new supplyContinue Reading
Water companies have been releasing sewage on to beaches and in rivers even when it is not raining, according to a report from Surfers Against Sewage. Sewage spills are only supposed to happen under exceptional circumstances; when it is raining so heavily that the system cannot cope with the amountContinue Reading
“Water poses a significant food safety risk in dry and low moisture food processing environments,” says Nathan Mirdamadi, a Senior Food Safety Specialist with Commercial Food Sanitation. That makes cleaning and sanitizing these areas challenging, particularly considering the detrimental effects of microorganism growth on human health. Microorganisms need moisture, theContinue Reading
Wet dog and cat food is far more environmentally damaging than dry food, a new study has found. Scientists at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil found that feeding your pet a meat-based wet diet results in eight times more climate-heating emissions than dry food, giving dogs the sameContinue Reading
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The federal government must rapidly prepare plans to redesign Glen Canyon Dam’s plumbing to keep the Colorado River flowing through the Grand Canyon as the water levels behind the dam continue to fall, a coalition of environmental groups warned on Wednesday. Lake Powell is just a quarter full, its surfaceContinue Reading
There’s that unpleasant moment when you get home from the dry cleaner: You remove the plastic film covering your clothes, and since most curbside recycling programs won’t accept it, you have no choice but to throw it in the trash and feel guilty about how you’re contributing to the plasticContinue Reading
Amplified by human-induced Climate change and water over-consumption, southern Europeans in particular are feeling the consequences of more extreme heat waves and longer droughts. Now governments from Portugal to Italy are calling on citizens to limit water use to the bare minimum. But in some places this is not enough. While private consumption of water in the EU accounts for just 9% of total usage, around 60% is absorbed by agriculture. “Droughts are one thing,” said NihatContinue Reading
