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Toxic Air and Sickness: The Deadly Impact of Delhi’s Landfills
- Mar, 14, 2025
- Landfill Engineering Sustainable Development Groundwater & Seepage Environmental Engineering News On Projects / Industry News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- India, New Delhi
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
For years, Delhi’s landfills have symbolized an environmental disaster—massive, toxic mountains of waste, towering over neighborhoods and poisoning the air and water. Among them, the Bhalswa and Ghaz...
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Hydrogen and Nuclear Energy Unite to Cut Asphalt’s Carbon Footprint
- Mar, 03, 2025
- Concrete Structures General Construction General Civil Environmental Engineering Construction Management Sustainable Development Green Infrastructure News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The construction industry is taking a bold step toward sustainability with the introduction of nuclear-enabled hydrogen to power asphalt production. A groundbreaking initiative, led by a team of engi...
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Paving the Future: Sustainable Concrete from Plastic Waste
- Jan, 22, 2025
- Concrete Structures Sustainable Development Green Infrastructure General Civil General Construction News On Research / Academia News On Projects / Industry Environmental Engineering
- United States, Delaware
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
In a remarkable innovation, engineers have developed sustainable concrete pavers made from nearly 1,000 pounds of non-recyclable plastic waste. Installed on a prominent sidewalk, these pavers symboli...
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A Milestone in Mumbai's Sewage Disposal Project
- Sep, 02, 2024
- Tunneling Green Infrastructure Environmental Engineering News On Projects / Industry
- India, Mumbai
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The Mumbai Sewage Disposal Project (MSDP) has achieved a significant breakthrough with the completion of a crucial phase involving tunnel boring machines (TBMs). As part of the city's ongoing efforts...
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Foundation Installation Campaign Begins on Dogger Bank B
- May, 16, 2024
- Foundations Structural Control Environmental Engineering Wind Engineering News On Projects / Industry
- North Sea
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The journey to establish the world’s largest offshore wind farm, Dogger Bank, has reached a significant milestone with the commencement of the foundation installation for the second phase, Dogger Ban...
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New Delhi Suffocates as Toxic Smoke from Landfill Fire Engulfs the City
- Apr, 22, 2024
- Landfill Engineering Forensic Engineering Contaminant Transport Environmental Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- India, New Delhi
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
New Delhi is engulfed in hazardous fumes as a massive fire erupts at the Ghazipur landfill, exacerbating the city's chronic air pollution crisis. The blaze, which started on Sunday, releases dangerou...
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An assessment of the Chernobyl disaster 38 years after it happened
- Apr, 26, 1986
- Forensics Other Geotechnical General Civil General Construction Environmental Engineering Geoenvironmental Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Ukraine, Pryp'yat'
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Saturday, April 26, 1986, 01:23:45 AM local time. A terrifying accident was taking place in the northern Ukraine, in the former USSR. Few people realized it immediately, and even fewer were aware of...
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A Comprehensive Overview of San Francisco's Waterfront Flood Study
- Apr, 25, 2024
- Protective Structures Sustainable Development General Civil Environmental Engineering News On Projects / Industry
- United States, California , San Francisco
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The San Francisco Waterfront Flood Study, a collaborative effort between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the City of San Francisco, has unveiled its Draft Plan, marking a significant milestone i...
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Largest dam removal in US history reaches important milestone
- Jan, 11, 2024
- Dam Engineering Environmental Engineering Geoenvironmental Engineering News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The largest dam removal in the history of the United States is currently taking place on the Klamath River, which flows through Oregon and northern California. The Klamath River has historically been...
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UN warns on the effects of sand dredging to the ocean floor and marine life
- Sep, 05, 2023
- Environmental Engineering Offshore Geotechnics Other Geotechnical General Civil General Construction Hydraulic Engineering News On Research / Academia News On Publications News On Products & Services Other News
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warned on Tuesday about the impact that sand dredging has on the ocean floor and marine life. Furthermore, UNEP’s Centre for Analytics, GRID-Geneva, has developed...
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