70 tons of chemical waste need to be removed from Yucatan’s aquifer
More than 70 tons of waste have been detected in the aquifer of Yucatán, said Eduardo Batllori, State Secretary of Environmental and Urban Development (Secretaría de Desarrollo Urbano y Medio...
Kampala, Jinja air polluted – report
Residents of Kampala and Jinja in India should brace themselves for harder times as the air they breathe becomes polluted by the day, scientists at the Makerere University School of Public Health...
India: Hydropower developers in Arunachal asked to follow pollution norms
The Arunachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board (APSPCB) has directed hydropower developers to strictly follow the guidelines of the Central Pollution Control Board for monthly monitoring of...
UK light pollution ‘causing spring to come a week earlier’
Light pollution is causing spring to come at least a week earlier in the UK, a new study has revealed. The report, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, found that budburst in...
Deadly California wildfires spark debate about development
A speeding wildfire in California that turned hundreds of homes near Lake Isabella to piles of twisted rubble has forced a conversation about how to minimize destruction in the most populous state...
New lawsuit accuses 3M of contaminating Tennessee River, drinking water
An environmental group has filed a federal lawsuit against 3M Company and others for polluting the Tennessee River. This is the second lawsuit against the company related to the river’s...
India consider umbrella legislation on climate change
India is considering the possibility of bringing an umbrella legislation on climate change to move ahead towards the ratification of the Paris climate agreement—a legacy that the US President Barack...
Spain’s most polluted and worst managed beaches win Black Flags
SPAIN may not have won the Eurovision song contest or managed to form a government (yet) but when it comes to sun, sea and sand we have got it covered. We welcomed a staggering 68.1 million tourists...
