How “Forever Chemicals” Are Contaminating America’s Farmland: A Growing Crisis
For decades, American farmers have been encouraged by government agencies to use municipal sewage sludge as a nutrient-rich fertilizer on millions of acres of farmland. This practice was intended to recycle waste products and prevent the accumulation of sludge in landfills. However, recent research has revealed that this sludge, which is made from the sewage […]
India’s first fully solar village lights up the lives of poor residents
These days, Prajapati, 68, from the village of Modhera in western India’s Gujarat state, has doubled the amount of earthenware he makes compared to a few months ago since he no longer has to turn the wheel manually as he could not then afford high electricity bill that were up to 1,500 Indian rupees ($18.19) a month.
South Korea’s youth debt binge shows no sign of slowing as rate hike looms
When South Korea announced new lending curbs last month, Joe Park, a 34-year-old grocery chain purchasing manager, scrambled to borrow more money before the tighter rules took effect.
EXCLUSIVE Biden considers giving refiners relief from U.S. biofuel laws, sources say
President Joe Biden’s administration, under pressure from labor unions and U.S. senators including from his home state of Delaware, is considering ways to provide relief to U.S. oil refiners from biofuel blending mandates, three sources familiar with the matter said.
