Water Pollution

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…

How much will be paid £1,500 per machine. Where to use this item It is available for Higher Tier only: in areas targeted for the reduction of water pollution from agriculture on farms with crops or fields, identified as at risk of soil erosion in the Farm Environment Record (FER)…

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…

No matter how bad the coronavirus epidemic gets, the crisis will not change how China is governed under President Xi Jinping. Since coming to power in 2012, Xi has strengthened the Communist Party's hold on power and developed a comprehensive national agenda from which all else – including domestic crisis…

Updated February 05, 2020 19:58:38 A team of scientists is preparing to dive deep into the depths of the Indian Ocean — into a "Midnight Zone" where light barely reaches but life still thrives. Key points:The five-week expedition plans to survey wildlife and gauge the effects of climate changeScientists expect…

The plastic bag has become anathema to the effort of saving Mother Nature from humans’ toxic ways. But humans are now being blindsided by a shortage of paper bags – which have proven to be an even worse alternative. With the old-fashioned single-use plastic …