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TREES AS ODOR-EATERS

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Researchers at the University of Delaware have found that planting trees around poultry farms has many benefits (Photo courtesy of the USDA)

As suburbs are built closer to farms, there are sometimes complaints about the odors. Researchers are now working to smooth things out between farmers and their new neighbors. Jessi Ziegler has the story on one of the simple solutions they found:

A related article from ScienceDaily

A related blog post from Treehugger

Producer: Jessi Ziegler
Release Date: September 1, 2008
Running Time: :47

MORE MONEY FOR POLLUTED HOT SPOTS?

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Lake Superior's South Shore, Wisconsin (Photo by Dave Hansen, courtesy of the EPA)

Congress might vote this fall on a plan to triple the amount of money for cleaning up pollution hot spots around the Great Lakes. Chuck Quirmbach reports:

More on the Great Lakes Legacy Act from the EPA

The Healthy Lakes website

Producer: Chuck Quirmbach
Release Date: September 1, 2008
Running Time: :50


	Week of September 01, 2008
	CANADA'S BLUE FLAG BEACHES


	BOTULISM AND THE BEACH


	COAL: THE COMEBACK KID


	WEEVILS VS. THE MILE-A-MINUTE WEED


	LEAFY, IRRADIATED GREENS


	TURBINES AND BATS: A DEADLY COMBO


	TREES AS ODOR-EATERS


	MORE MONEY FOR POLLUTED HOT SPOTS?