Water Pollution

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission is mulling targets to cut fertiliser use in the European Union over the next decade to bring the agriculture sector into line with its climate policy aims, according to a draft document seen by Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A farmer works on her field near…

The U.S. pipeline regulator late on Monday blocked an effort by Washington state to tighten vapor pressure restrictions on the transport of crude oil by rail, saying the measures would not lower the risk of explosions. The decision by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) marks the latest…

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – There is a meme circulating in this time of pandemic that we are all in this together, that Covid-19 is, as New York Governor Cuomo stated, the “great equalizer.” From one vantage point, this appears to be true: last week a staff person…

Robyn Edie/StuffForest and Bird chief executive Kevin Hague.Forest and Bird's chief executive Kevin Hague says the Government's Thursday Budget provides a "once in a lifetime opportunity" to focus on the environment. The conservation advocate praised the increased conservation spend of this Government during the past two Budgets, but said there…

It has slowed down the spread of infections; air and water pollution have also come down TopicsCoronavirus | Supreme Court | Lockdown At the end of May 3, the 40th day of the lockdown, there were 42,505 cases of infection and 1,391 deaths. The hardship the lockdown has imposed on the country is well…

Industrial animal farming has caused most new infectious diseases in humans in the past decade – and risks starting new pandemics as animal markets have done, experts are warning. Experts from both the UN and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) have pinpointed animals or food of animal origin as…

In early April, as much of the East Coast continued to sink into COVID-19 crisis mode, a heavy storm dumped rain across Massachusetts and New Hampshire, overwhelming local wastewater treatment plants. Plant operators would later report that millions of gallons of raw sewage overflowed into the Merrimack River, which supplies…

Water pollution is real and a menace that can ruin the quality of life for the generations to come. In addition to uncontrolled fishing and dumping, the use of luxury yachts and ships is a potential problem – which if unchecked, could ruin the environment. However, helping us with a…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain On March 1, New York State instituted its plastic bag ban, joining seven other states in an attempt to lessen litter, garbage in landfills, ocean pollution, and harm to marine life. March 1 was also the day that New York acknowledged its first coronavirus case. And…

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit has ruled that a lawsuit can proceed challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s failure to update national standards to control water pollution from slaughterhouses. Wednesday’s decision, in a lawsuit filed by community and conservation groups late last year, deferred for later consideration…