Water Pollution

Oregon environmental authorities have denied a permit for the the Jordan Cove natural gas export project, citing concerns about water pollution and damage to waterways. The company behind it can appeal or reapply. But this latest hurdle could block what looke…

A cattle rancher in Brazil, where pressures to produce more meat collide with the need to reduce deforestation and greenhouse-gas emissions.Credit: Marco Antonio Rezende/Brazil Photos/LightRocket/Getty Land use and food production are not meeting peoples nee…

A cattle rancher in Brazil, where pressures to produce more meat collide with the need to reduce deforestation and greenhouse-gas emissions.Credit: Marco Antonio Rezende/Brazil Photos/LightRocket/Getty Land use and food production are not meeting peoples nee…

The Democratic Partys 2020 hopefuls have collectively endorsed several ideas that do not poll well. Kamala Harris has called for the elimination of all private health insurance. Bernie Sanders has vowed to enfranchise the incarcerated, and Elizabeth Warren ha…

Notre Dame should not be rebuilt, argue Guillaume Habert and Alice Hertzog. In times of climate change and in light of the current religious landscape its reconstruction is no longer a priority. As Notre Dame burnt last month, it was reported that the air hu…

Clean PowerPublished on May 6th, 2019 | by World Resources Institute 0 May 6th, 2019 by World Resources Institute  Originally published on WRIs Resource Watch platform, a platform which features hundreds of data sets all in one place on the state of the …

CO2 EmissionsPublished on May 5th, 2019 | by World Resources Institute 0 May 5th, 2019 by World Resources Institute  Originally published on WRIs Resource Watch platform, a platform which features hundreds of data sets all in one place on the state of th…

CALM IN TAAL A fisherman on a raft enjoys Taal Lakes calm waters at sunset in Mataas na Kahoy town, Batangas. REM ZAMORA SAN PEDRO CITY A sea snake seen only in Taal Lake may find itself treading the path to extinction, like the tawilis, unless actions are t…

Iraq's water pollution 'is a cancer' - BBC News

Water pollution charges have been filed against a company that owns a Houston-area petrochemical storage facility where a large fire that burned for days in March caused chemicals to flow into a nearby waterway. The Harris County District Attorney’s Office a…