Page 13 - Conservation Division News Today

Researchers found that people don't have to be right next to oil and gas fields to experience respiratory distress from flaring.

A new paper looking at the health impacts of flaring in the Bakken area of North Dakota found that people 60 miles away can experience respiratory distress because of flaring. The impacts have significant economic effects that should be considered in regulatory policy, the researchers said. The lead author, Wesley Blundell, said these impacts could […]

The study was funded by a $1.5 million federal grant, and the University hopes to see it renewed for another year.

The study was funded by a $1.5 million federal grant, and the University hopes to see it renewed for another year.

The Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation Division of Underground Storage Tanks (“Division”) issued a Proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) to South Broad Fueling...

The spill originated from an illegal surface water management facility about 5 miles east of Carlsbad near U.S. Highway 62/180.

The spill originated from an illegal surface water management facility about 5 miles east of Carlsbad near U.S. Highway 62/180.

With the degradation of forests and shrinking of habitats, human-elephant conflicts are rising in the northeastern states

With the degradation of forests and shrinking of habitats, human-elephant conflicts are rising in the northeastern states, mainly in Assam and Tripura, with 971 people being killed by wild elephants and 926 tuskers dying from diverse causes ...

Pacific Nickel Mines has received development consent from the Environment and Conservation Division of the Solomon Islands Ministry of Environment for the Kolosori Nickel Project.