#remediation — Public Fediverse posts

In wake of #SpokaneComplex fires, helpers arrive in droves

https://www.kuow.org/climate/2026-08-13/in-wake-of-spokane-complex-fires-helpers-arrive-in-droves #conflagration #urbanwildfires #remediation #mutualassistance #climate

RE: https://aus.social/@MorpheusB/115847060290699484

New evidence Microplastics are radically transforming the planet. We must halt plastic production now, and research ways to adapt to what cannot be undone. #plasticstreaty #microPlastics #ocean #remediation

Remember the Urunga wetlands waste tailings rich in antimony, arsenic, lead and cyanide?

"For five years in the 1960s and 1970s, antimony and other heavy metals leached from an ore processing plant into the melaleuca wetlands. The wetlands used to open up into a moonscape of light grey sand with not a single bit of vegetation."
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https://www.crownland.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-07/Urunga-Wetlands-fact-sheet.pdf
https://majorprojects.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/prweb/PRRestService/mp/01/getContent?AttachRef=SSD-5357%2120190227T035916.488%20GMT

Now they want to go for Wild Cattle Creek 'high-grade and high-tonnage' antimony-gold mining >>
https://www.listcorp.com/asx/tmg/trigg-minerals-limited/news/acquisition-of-globally-significant-antimony-project-3091939.html

A Clarence Catchment Alliance community meeting

is being hosted by the Bellingen Environment Centre,
with Blicks River Guardians and Lock the Gate Nambucca,
from 2pm on Friday May 31 at 16 Cudgery St, Dorrigo.
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https://clarencevalleynews.com.au/clarence-catchment-alliance-community-meeting/
#NSW #Dorrigo #Urunga #remediation #CoffsHarbour #mining #antimony #gold #extractivism #harm #WildCattleCreek #WCC #water #contamination #wetlands #rivers #waterways #freshwater #MarineWater #platypus #biodiversity #BellingenShire

CrowdStrike Addresses Critical Windows Update Issue, Tests New Opt-In Remediation Technique https://thecyberexpress.com/crowdstrike-critical-windows-update-fix/ #TheCyberExpressNews #CybersecurityNews #CrowdStrikeFalcon #TheCyberExpress #FirewallDaily #CrowdStrike #GeorgeKurtz #Remediation

New York Times: "When Help Shows Up After a House Fire, It Might Be Gang Members. Prosecutors say a former leader of the Bloods has single-handedly remade the emergency mitigation industry in New York through intimidation and brute force." #fire #remediation #HouseFires #NYC #bloods #crips #gangs (GIFT LINK) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/03/nyregion/fire-truck-chasers-gangs-nyc.html?unlocked_article_code=xwK_YwlB19w8KOliRQSzcTAarM-r4AbCcysdlgZTJRom45HKgy2NQNlpoCpXl9AOD6dfgoK0J6Hns13n9MMxA5b2cSkUUSInwGwU8KRnO660BgLRvEiC63kS_rt4lIrm8sK7hi0L8GER9ZfJ9qLKaP0WTVpWpsLvXzi-WI_qD7odGPLjHipYdHQBnlf0GkPYOWUOfe7se-4MV8rQgthCPXkEYEg_kkOfYp25a_CzYs2RSCb8xCpAGpN7FXG4k5WhanZc0_vdgV74ITEoZh9GpnZj3Ieqs-YxvswvOadTXCdsAfmyzkvO--eXj1qyociVZHJsXZzeroieXNbnIpkOUGi42m1J2ug&smid=url-share

Two species of #bacteria, Desulfovibrio aminophilus and Sporomusa sphaeroides, have been discovered to have the ability to digest some polyfluoroalkyl substances (#PFAS), specifically chlorinated PFAS.

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/bacteria-break-down-pfas-forever-chemicals

The article references this resesarch paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44221-023-00077-6

#pollution #remediation #EnvironmentalRemediation #environment #ForeverChemicals #contamination #bioremediation #groundwater #SoilScience #biodegradation