Water Pollution

CARTHAGE, Mo. (AP) — A manufacturer of commercial explosives will pay a $2.9 million civil penalty and make substantial improvements to plants in Missouri to settle a federal lawsuit contending it discharged excessive amounts of pollutants into two waterways.The Environmental Protection Agency sued Dyno Nobel Inc. in 2019 for violating…

Photo by Paweł Czerwiński on Unsplash Every business on the planet, no matter how small, has a responsibility to dispose of waste properly, as well as to participate with the global community in a search for answers. In this post, we discuss some common waste disposal problems and suggest some useful remedies. The…

Representative Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) introduced legislation today that would set a national goal of reaching net zero carbon emissions from the U.S. agriculture sector by 2040. The Agriculture Resilience Act also introduces sweeping changes to federal conservation and agriculture programs to reach that goal.“It’s definitely the biggest, most comprehensive climate…

Pronghorn and barbed wire fence, Paradise Valley, Montana. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. Recently the Greater Yellowstone Coalition announced they were working to reduce the wildlife impacts of fences. Not by removing the fences but by changing the wire on them to facilitate easier wildlife passage. Fences, as the Coalition noted,…

By Harris Emanuel Akwa Ibom State government has said that it would continue to take proactive steps in combating climate change as it was gathering data on wetlands in the state to boost the opportunities in agriculture and tourism, thus converting wetlands to wealth lands. Commissioner for Environment and Petroleum…

Laboratory glassware with plants on white background Getty The fashion industry is known for creating trends, and now it’s working on its most important trend yet: sustainability. And unlike some questionable fashion decisions, this is a trend all consumers can get behind. We know even Nordstrom is now selling used…

A meat factory has been accused of allowing harmful material pollute the Tolka River in Dublin. epak Clonee Unlimited faces prosecution by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI). It was alleged on June 10, 2019 the company threw, permitted, emptied or caused deleterious matter to go into the water of the Tolka…

This award-winning photo was made in a hellish place that has become one of the biggest electronic waste dumps in the world. Carolina Rapezzi, an Italian-born photographer now based in London, won the single image category in the LensCulture Art Photography Awards 2019. One photograph among the many that make…

Heaps of chromium-bearing waste lying on TCCL premises in Ranipet.   | Photo Credit: C_VENKATACHALAPATHY Water in five major waterbodies contaminated by the waste dumped in TNCCL unit The exchange of letters and a long haul of protests have failed to draw attention of the authorities concerned to the problem…

Tackling water pollution is another one Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Saturday visited a sewage treatment plant located in Delhi Gate and said that cleaning the Yamuna and eradicating water pollution from Delhi within the next five years are the topmost priorities of his government.Briefing the media after the visit,…