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YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Growing opposition to coal-mining rules in Alberta, Canada forces the provincial government to backtrack. Hackers try to pollute the drinking water of a Florida town. A flood in Morocco kills almost 30 workers in an illegal garment factory. Tribal and environmental groups say they will continue efforts to halt Enbridge’s Line 3 […]
North Carolina’s top environmental regulator would seek “common ground” if confirmed in the federal role.
The Army Corps of Engineers finalized a rule on January 4 that further retracts federal protections for the nation’s smallest streams.
GLOBAL DAILY WATER NEWS The owner and president of a Flint, Michigan chemical company is being charged with dumping millions of gallons of untreated liquid into the Flint River. Private investors looking to buy water rights poses a threat to United States waterways. A United States federal judge dismisses a lawsuit from environmentalists challenging a water-quality […]
GLOBAL DAILY WATER NEWS The Army Corps of Engineers holds a public hearing over the future of Enbridge’s Line 5 in Michigan. Agricultural runoff is contributing to water pollution in communities of color in parts of California. Streets in Venice, Italy are flooded before newly installed flood gates are activated. Water sampling from city officials […]
GLOBAL DAILY WATER NEWS An environmental coalition in the state of Georgia releases a new report on the state’s most polluted waterways. A recent economic analysis of a proposed dam in Australia found it could have a costly environmental impact. Governors in California and Oregon take control of four controversial dams on the Lower Klamath […]
Conservation groups and state regulators are alarmed by proposed changes to nationwide permits that authorize construction across streams and wetlands.
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Water shortages and economic stress have caused Nepal’s rice farmers to illegally seek work in India. Loosened federal environmental protections allow a mining company to move forward on a project that could drain wetlands in Georgia. Native American tribes are asking a federal judge to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline. A […]
Across the U.S., aging infrastructure, legacy pollution, and emerging contaminants are creating a growing urgency to pay attention to the quality of the water we drink.
The Global Rundown A new study has linked skyrocketing suicide rates in rural India to extreme weather events. Nornickel in Russia says about 10 percent of fuel remains in rivers after a spill earlier this year. Five tropical storms are simultaneously moving through the Atlantic. Torrential rainfall causes a mine to collapse in the Democratic […]
The Global Rundown The UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs sets up a taskforce to reduce sewage spills in rivers and seas. The US Gulf Coast tries to recover from Hurricane Laura during extreme heat and the pandemic. Cavities found in the Thwaites glacier are contributing to rising sea levels in the Antarctic. […]
