How Sinixt people overturned their ‘extinct’ status and helped begin restoring Upper Columbia
The resilience of the Sinixt people has led to a brighter future for the Upper Columbia River, for years polluted by mining ...
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North Carolina’s Cape Fear River Is a ‘Forever Chemical’ Hotspot—What Does That Mean for Its Birds and People?
Amid mounting global health concerns about PFAS, communities living along the waterway must grapple with how contamination is ...
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How Severe Droughts Are Causing River Levels to Plummet Worldwide
Droughts are a natural phenomenon that can have devastating effects on the environment. In recent years, severe droughts have ...
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The impact of informal settlements on water quality
UCT lecturer and PhD candidate Kalpana Maraj delivered her research findings at the International Water Association Water ...
Columbia Basin copper mining has clean-energy promise, risks
A copper mine in British Columbia produces a metal the world needs to phase out fossil fuels. It holds promise — and danger.
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World record for volunteer river clean-up smashed
The world record for a volunteer river clean-up has been smashed by ... "And as someone who is working on plastic pollution that is incredibly important," he added. The event also hopes to assess ...
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BCP Council approves Christchurch Harbour and Marine Society’s proposal for new environmental protection policy for harbour
BCP councillors voted to introduce a new environmental protection policy for Christchurch Harbour as hundreds of protesters ...
These are the impacts some scientists fear most from EPA deregulation
Several of the environmental benefits Americans experience today -- clean air, clean water, clean rain -- could soon be in ...
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Ship-pollution cuts have an electrifying effect: less lightning at sea
A crackdown on sulfur in ship fuel is linked to a steep drop in thunderclouds in the Indian Ocean and South China Sea.
E.P.A. Investigations of Severe Pollution Look Increasingly at Risk
The agency will no longer shut down “any stage of energy production,” absent an imminent threat, a new memo says, and will ...
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Iowa’s polluted waterways rarely see improvement. Lawmakers still resist efforts to regulate industrial ag
An analysis by Investigative Midwest found that a substantial share of Iowa’s rivers and lakes labeled as impaired have ...
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Global Cooperation Needed to Tackle Air Pollution
Government officials, local authorities, health professionals, and civil society are gathering today at the second global conference on air pollution and health in Cartagena, Colombia. As ...