contamination

A breakthrough technology announced today quickly and cheaply removes metal contaminants like mercury from water. Is the breakthrough a Trojan Horse?

The Committee holds an oversight hearing on the planned Yucca Mountain site as a repository for U.S. spent nuclear fuel.

Governor Valentina Matviyenko has turned down the chance to see for herself the extent of pollution in St. Petersburg’s waterways after environmental group Greenpeace invited her to take part in an inspection of the Neva in one of its boats.

The first results of Greenpeace water patrol at the Neva River appear to be shocking. At the Okhta River which is one of the main Neva tributaries, a wastewater discharge point has been found where the oil product content exceeds the allowable concentrations by 140 thousand times

The solemn ceremony of the start-up of the new TCF-bleaching department has taken place at Neman Pulp-and-Paper Mill on the 20-th of July. This event is a landmark one not only for the North-West region but for Russia as a whole. Neman Pulp-and-Paper Mill (NPPM) is the first pulp-and-paper enterprise in Russia that has completely rejected chlorine and chlorinated substances in paper production.

How long does it take to determine if lead killed thousands of birds in an area known for lead industry related activities? Nearly two months, or so it would seem judging by a recent incident in Australia.