World Water Day Appreciates Precious Wastewater

Published by the Environmental News Service DURBAN, South Africa, March 22, 2017 (ENS) – On this, World Water Day, a water-scarce world is looking to treated wastewater to help ease increasingly severe water shortages. In many of the regions projected to be hit hardest, a water crisis is already happening. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/03/22/world-water-day-appreciates-precious-wastewater/

Why rust belt states are tackling methane when Trump won’t

Published by the Environmental Defense Fund A growing number of states that supported Trump in 2016 are taking steps to rein in methane leaks from the oil and gas industry. It’s easy to see why.       Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/283809884/0/edf/blogs/feed~Why-rust-belt-states-are-tackling-methane-when-Trump-wont

Falling Trees Kill at Least 19 at Kintampo Waterfall in Ghana

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A rainstorm toppled trees onto people, most of them students who had come to swim at the popular site, Ghanaian officials said. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/world/africa/kintampo-ghana-waterfall-trees-kill-students.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

As Trash Avalanche Toll Rises in Ethiopia, Survivors Ask Why

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A landfill at the edge of Addis Ababa where at least 113 people died has been the capital’s main dumping ground for decades. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/world/africa/ethiopia-addis-ababa-garbage-landslide.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

We Might Soon Resurrect Extinct Species. Is It Worth the Cost?

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Scientists disagree about whether bringing extinct species back from the dead will result in a net loss of global biodiversity. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/science/revive-restore-extinct-species-dna-mammoth-passenger-pigeon.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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EPA set to resume cleanup at USS Lead Superfund site in East Chicago, Ind.

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preparing to resume cleanup work in zones 2 and 3 of the USS Lead Superfund site in East Chicago in April. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-set-resume-cleanup-uss-lead-superfund-site-east-chicago-ind

Despite Pollution, Coal Plant Is Cleared to Reopen in New Delhi

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In addition, India’s environment minister dismissed a report that linked air pollution to a million premature deaths each year. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/18/world/asia/new-delhi-coal-plant-pollution.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Giant Land Donation Safeguards Chile’s Wild Patagonia

Published by the Environmental News Service SANTIAGO, Chile, March 17, 2017 (ENS) – After the largest land donation in history from a private entity to a country, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and Tompkins Conservation leader Kristine McDivitt Tompkins Wednesday signed a pledge to expand Chile’s national parkland by roughly 4,500,000 hectares. Read the full article […]

Trump Budget Blueprint a Disaster for the Planet

Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, March 16, 2017 (ENS) – President Donald Trump’s first budget outline was released today, covering Fiscal Year 2018. The “Budget Blueprint” cuts deep into agencies that protect the environment, help rural people, the poor and international relations, but hands a big boost to defense spending and homeland […]

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EPA Awards $100 Million to Michigan for Flint Water Infrastructure Upgrades

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today awarded a $100 million grant to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to fund drinking water infrastructure upgrades in Flint, Mich. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-awards-100-million-michigan-flint-water-infrastructure-upgrades

Scientists Bristle at Trump Budget’s Cuts to Research

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Scientists expressed alarm at the depth of proposed cuts to climate change, medical and energy programs, saying they threaten the nation’s research infrastructure. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/climate/trump-budget-science-research.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Trilobites: A Search for Clues to What Causes Whale Strandings

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Researchers develop a model they hope can be used to understand how dolphins and whales react physiologically to threats from predators and people. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/science/what-causes-whale-strandings.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Trump Reopens Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Standards Review

Published by the Environmental News Service DETROIT, Michigan, March 15, 2017 (ENS) – President Donald Trump said today that he will cancel an Obama-era EPA determination that federal fuel efficiency standards through model year 2025 are feasible and have his administration conduct its own review, bowing to the wishes of auto industry executives. Read the […]

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EPA Continues Reimbursing Gold King Mine Costs

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has provided over $90,000 in additional reimbursements to five entities in Colorado and Utah for their costs incurred responding to the August 5, 2015, Gold King Mine release. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-continues-reimbursing-gold-king-mine-costs

World’s First: New Zealand River Given Legal Personhood

Published by the Environmental News Service WELLINGTON, New Zealand, March 15, 2017 (ENS) – The Whanganui River today was recognized by the New Zealand Parliament as having its own legal identity with all the rights, duties and liabilities of a person. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/03/15/worlds-first-new-zealand-river-given-legal-personhood/

Biotech Explosion Will ‘Overwhelm’ Regulators, Panel

Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, March 14, 2017 (ENS) – So many biotechnology products are expected to come to market over the next five to 10 years, that their number and diversity could “overwhelm the U.S. regulatory system,” advises a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Read […]

Large Sections of Australia’s Great Reef Are Now Dead, Scientists Find

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment If most of the world’s coral reefs die, some of the richest and most colorful life in the ocean could be lost, along with huge sums from reef tourism. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/science/great-barrier-reef-coral-climate-change-dieoff.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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