River pollution blocking new homes - but why?
Daniel Mumby, from the Local Democracy Reporting Service, finds out why a chemical is blocking the building of new homes.
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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 ...
Deep-sea mining threatens sea life in a way no one is thinking about: By dumping debris into the thriving midwater zone
Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet—where creatures glow and life survives under crushing ...
Mongabay News1d
Drowned lands and poisoned waters threaten Peru’s campesinos and their livestock
Ever since the Upamayo Dam on Peru’s Lake Chinchaycocha was built in 1932, floods have become a frequent occurrence in the ...
The Gazette2d
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 ...
Want to stop animal cruelty? AZ Humane Society says first step is clearer laws
Arizona law enforcement and animal welfare advocates are pushing for clearer language in the state's animal cruelty statutes.
Calls for major change after 'devastating' find among bones on Aussie beach
From microplastics washing up on once-pristine beaches to discarded fishing gear entangling marine animals, the impact on ...
The Cool Down4d
Concerning report reveals alarming state of continent's waterways: 'The situation ... is in bad shape'
A troubling report has found that most lakes, rivers, and coastal waters in the European Union are polluted by chemicals.
Dumping or climate solution? A growing industry bets on the ocean to capture carbon
Dozens of companies and academic groups are pitching the same theory: that sinking rocks, nutrients, crop waste or seaweed in the ocean could lock away climate-warming carbon dioxide for centuries or ...
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Bill to use water pollution funds to combat invasive species waits for Gov. Mike Braun's signature
The Clean Water Indiana Program usually provides matching dollars to help farmers and landowners implement practices like ...
Treasured California dairies to close. Point Reyes locals say it’s conservation gone mad
Environmentalists are celebrating a legal settlement that will close historic family dairies they say are degrading Point ...