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TERS Experts Contain Oil Spill on NY Residential Property

Total Environmental Restoration Solutions (TERS) has recently helped a family in Westchester County, NY which was facing an environmental emergency. In their New York residential property, 100 gallons of oil got accidentally spilt and became a biohazard.

14 Jun 2012

Safe and Sustainable use of Pesticides

Over the next two days, a delegation of over 50 crop protection industry and authority representatives together with farmers from various European countries gather in Sinaia, Romania, for a conference on the safe and sustainable use of pesticides.

12 Jun 2012

USCM Calls for Amendments to the Clean Water Act

On May 31, 2012, the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) held a panel discussion to mark the Clean Water Act’s (CWA) 40th anniversary.

2 Jun 2012

Air Quality-Climate Change Data Integration May Help Meet New Emission Targets

The EU has introduced new air pollutant emission targets. Compliance to meet these targets requires models that combine data about climate change and air quality.

16 May 2012

MIT Reseach Links Air Pollution and Early Death in the UK

In a study appearing this month in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, MIT researchers report that emissions from cars, trucks, planes and powerplants cause 13,000 premature deaths in the United Kingdom eac...

23 Apr 2012

Saline Aquifers Can Store Century’s Worth of Fossil Fuel Emissions

Researchers at MIT have revealed that the United States has sufficient capacity to store fossil fuel emissions for a century in its deep saline aquifers. Carbon dioxide emissions are released from powerplants that use coal as fuel.

22 Mar 2012

China’s Groundwater Pumping System Causes Air Pollution

A study conducted by researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) has revealed that groundwater irrigation system in China causes air pollution and releases over 30 million tonnes of carbon per year. This is the first research to estimate the amount of pollution produced by the agriculture sector.

15 Mar 2012