Water Pollution

FILE - EPA Administrator Michael Regan, right, speaks to reporters at the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant, a Ridgeland based facility near Jackson, Miss., about longstanding water issues that have plagued the city, on Nov. 15, 2021. The Environmental Protection Agency is taking a series of enforcement actions to address…

Lakes where most fish are male; drinking water that causes people to lose skin and feel as if their mouths are burning when they brush their teeth — these are just some of the effects of contaminated water in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet across the continent, weak government oversight and economic…

According to the recent study the water treatment system market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 8%-10% from 2020 to 2025. Growth in this market is primarily driven by rising contamination of water, increasing industrialization, stringent government regulations regarding water treatment to reduce water pollution, and increasing residential…

Chinese artist Nut Brother has spent much of 2021 on a truly surreal music tour. Over several months, he staged heavy metal gigs at a series of unusual locations, including a remote lake, a zinc plant, and a yak pasture on the Tibetan Plateau. The obscure venues were spread across…

Water and sanitation minister Senzo Mchunu on Tuesday told parliament a team of special advisers is crafting a response to a damning SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) report into the water pollution situation in the City of Tshwane. “What we are doing until end of the month is that special…

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Death’s come knocking a last time for the splendid ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 more birds, fish and other species: The U.S. government on Wednesday declared them extinct. It’s a rare move for wildlife officials to give up hope on a plant or animal, but government scientists…

PUTRAJAYA: The Ministry of Environment and Water (Kasa) is using structural and non-structural approaches to address the issue of pollution of water resources, said its Minister, Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man. (pix) He said as for the structural approach, Kasa, through the Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID), has…

The James R. Browning U.S. Court of Appeals Building, home of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in San Francisco. REUTERS/Noah Berger SummaryCompaniesRelated documentsMajority says parties 'deserve the ability' to proceed under new SCOTUS test over indirect discharges legalityThe company and law firm names shown above are generated automatically…

THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is determined to protect the country's water resources as it intensified its cleanup efforts to realize its mission. In Central Luzon, the department has pursued the clearing in the 610-kilometer coastline and seeks to protect the ecosystems and marine life against water…

Everybody's going carbon neutral these days, from the big boys - Amazon, Microsoft, , Starbucks, JetBlue - to your favorite outdoor brand, even ski resorts. Probably your neighborhood coffee roaster, too. What's not to like? Becoming carbon neutral means cutting greenhouse gas emissions as much as you can, then offsetting…