Water Pollution

By Marvin Charles Feb 19, 2020Cape Town - Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning MEC Anton Bredell has intervened in the water pollution crisis at the Milnerton Lagoon. “There are still areas of concern and one of these includes the Potsdam Wastewater Treatment Works which has been found to…

ManitobaPortage la Prairie will tackle a stinky problem with help from the Manitoba and federal governments.Manitoba government puts up $61M, with Ottawa and Portage la Prairie chipping in $60M, $59M respectivelyCBC News · Posted: Feb 18, 2020 10:57 AM CT | Last Updated: February 18Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says his…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly passed $10 million package of 13 bills designed to combat groundwater contamination on Tuesday, with lawmakers calling it a good start but not enough to address the persistent and growing problem.Ten of the 13 bills passed unanimously. Despite the broad support, it’s not…

Sébastien Godinot, Economist with the WWF European Policy Office, welcomes new European laws that will make it much clearer which investments are genuinely sustainable and help shift funding from fossil fuels to clean energiesA ray of light is set to penetrate the murky world of finance thanks to a new…

Updated February 15, 2020 19:25:13 Authorities have reconnected drinking water in Greater Sydney to Warragamba Dam after it was cut off due to bushfire contamination caused by last week's flooding. Key points:Sediment, ash and debris from burnt bushland was seen floating on the surface of Lake Burragorang near the dam…

Mt. Hood from Lookout Peak, Badger Creek Wilderness. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. The Trump administration is stampeding ahead with a rewrite of the regulationsimplementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). This landmark law requires federal agencies to study—and let the public weigh in on—the environmental impacts of federal actions. Ironically,…

PALOCH, South Sudan (AP) — The oil industry in South Sudan has left a landscape pocked with hundreds of open waste pits, the water and soil contaminated with toxic chemicals and heavy metals, according to four environmental reports obtained by The Associated Press. The reports also describe alarming birth defects,…

Feb. 12, 2020 at 3:19 pm Updated Feb. 12, 2020 at 4:22 pm NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana will get $130 million in BP oil spill money to link its second-largest coastal swamp back up to the Mississippi River, and Alabama will receive funds to add up to 12,000 acres…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana will get $130 million in BP oil spill money to link its second-largest coastal swamp back up to the Mississippi River, and Alabama will receive funds to add up to 12,000 acres (4,800 hectares) to a wildlife management area.The RESTORE Council, made up of officials…

As rain offers a welcome relief to fire-scorched Australia, concerns over flash floods and freshwater contamination cast a shadow on the joy. Already, massive fish kills have been reported due to heavy ash and sediment in local stream. Local reservoirs and municipal water supplies might become so polluted from the…