by Admin | Mar 20, 2020 | Conservation, Sustainability
Since the early 1990s, businesses that have been levied fines for irresponsible polluting have been able to reduce their penalties by supporting Special Environmental Projects (SEPs), clean-world projects unrelated to their environmental infractions. Cleaning streams,...
by Admin | Mar 13, 2020 | Environmental hazards, Information
In January of 2020, the White House announced massive changes to an important suite of laws that protect sensitive environments. The National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, are the regulations which require major infrastructure projects to undergo environmental...
by Admin | Oct 25, 2019 | Environmental hazards, Sustainability
Did you know that a whopping 380 million tons of plastic are created worldwide each year? Worse yet, as the plastics market continues to increase, many analysts are predicting that plastic production could quadruple by 2050. The trouble with all this plastic...
by Admin | Dec 21, 2018 | Environmental hazards, Sustainability
We all do it: when we’re tired after a long day at work, or when we just don’t want to cook, we order take-out food. And with all that tasty goodness comes packaging. And with all that packaging comes a problem: waste. Lots of waste. A group of scientists from the...
by Admin | Apr 4, 2018 | Environmental hazards
As of March 2018, it’s been almost four years since the residents of Flint, Michigan, have had clean drinking water coming out of their faucets. There’s a colorfully painted wall near one of the main streets into Flint, where a tally is updated every day of how many...
