The J.R. Simplot Company is being sued in federal court over allegations of ongoing polluting of the Snake River. Snake River Waterkeeper, a nonprofit advocacy organization claims its water tests near Simplot’s Grand View Feedlot show dramatically higher bacteria content due to runoff from livestock waste. “The e-coli counts and total coliform counts [fecal matter] […]
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Nature photographers posting to social media are helping improve biodiversity conservation mapping in South Asia, and the method could go global. Dr Shawan Chowdhury from UQ’s School of the Environment led an international team which scoured images on Facebook nature photography groups in Bangladesh, to add to the existing Global Biodiversity Information Facility database. “We […]
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Nairobi – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) hosted the first hackathon on “Bridging Climate Change and Human Mobility”, in collaboration with the Data Cloud company, Snowflake, to provide insights on the intersection of environmental factors with migration management and policymaking in the East and Horn of Africa (EHoA). The two-part hackathon brought together participants in […]
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