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A resource for journalists, politicians, policy makers, activists and citizens interested in climate change and the environmental emergency
The ElephantA resource for journalists, politicians, policy makers, activists and citizens interested in climate change and the environmental emergency
River Thames triathletes rushed to hospital after severe vomiting over sewage fears - Mirror Online
2024-06-13 (or before) by Neil Hyde in The MirrorTagged under: Water Resources | Rivers
Mersey Tidal Power: Plans for multibillion-pound barrage connecting Liverpool and Wirral unveiled
2024-03-11 in Business GreenTidal barrage connecting Liverpool and Wirral announced as the preferred option to harness renewable energy from the River Mersey
Tagged under: UK | Tidal Energy | Rivers
Hundreds of thousands of fish found dead in Klamath River
2024-03-02 by in KRCR TVKRCR News Channel 7 and KCVU Fox 20 offers local and national news, sports, and weather forecasts to viewers in the Northstate including Redding, Shasta Lake, Shingletown, Anderson, Red Bluff, Corning, Chico, and Oroville. Coverage is also provided on the North Coast through KBVU Fox 28 and KAEF ABC 23.
WWF shelved report exposing River Wye pollution ‘to keep Tesco happy’
2024-03-02 in The GuardianThe wildlife charity allegedly dropped a study highlighting farm pollution linked to the supply chain of its former supermarket partner
Tagged under: Wildlife | Rivers
The disaster you could see from space: how a podcast went inside an eco catastrophe
2024-03-01 in The GuardianNineteen dead, hundreds homeless and 700,000 taking legal action. Eco true-crime podcast Dead River delves into a Brazilian dam’s collapse – and how it’s led to the UK’s biggest ever class-action lawsuit
Tagged under: Brazil | Collapse | Rivers
Risotto crisis: the fight to save Italy’s beloved dish from extinction
2024-02-29 in The GuardianAfter drought devastated prized arborio and carnaroli harvests in the Po valley, new rice varieties offer a glimmer of hope. But none are yet suitable for use in the traditional recipe
Tagged under: Drought | Rivers
Oxfordshire housing development ‘should be blocked due to failing sewage system’
2024-02-27 in The GuardianEnvironment Agency objects to plans for 1,450 new homes, saying Thames Water’s Oxford plant cannot cope with more demand
Tagged under: Rivers
‘Poisoned by chemicals’: citizen scientists prove River Avon is polluted
2024-02-24 in The GuardianCharity says the decline of invertebrates linked to chemicals in water while Environment Agency said Wiltshire river had not deteriorated
River 'effectively dead' and 'blighted by pollution and sewage fungus'
2024-02-21 in Brighton ArgusSewage has been pouring into a village pond and a chalk stream.
Tagged under: Rivers
‘The river has been destroyed’: expert says agriculture has overshadowed science in the Murray-Darling Basin
2024-02-20 in The GuardianAn ecologist who spent 36 years with NSW Fisheries says scientists working for the government are ‘aghast’ at the state of the Darling River but can’t speak publicly
Enbridge Wants Line 5 Shutdown Order Overturned on Tribal Land in Northern Wisconsin - Inside Climate News
2024-02-20 by in Inside Climate NewsA “Hail Mary” legal tactic by the pipeline company invokes a 1977 pipeline treaty between the U.S. and Canada. The Bad River Band says the treaty is superseded by 1854 tribal treaty rights.
Tagged under: Rivers
Fish v. electricity: Could Salem nuclear plant be shut down?
2024-02-16 in Delaware LiveA judge in an obscure administrative court in Trenton, N.J., is set to hand down a ruling that could end a challenge to the Salem nuclear plant’s ability to pump billions of gallons of water…
Tagged under: Fish | Electricity | Nuclear Power | Rivers
22: Religious groups as environmental activists
2024-02-12 (or before) in Elgaronline from Edward Elgar PublishingWe first recall counterexamples where religion is used to exclude poor people from access to nature, e.g. high-caste Hindus consider rivers as sacred and simultaneously exclude Dalits from water use. We also recall the strong links between European Christianity and coloniality. Moreover, religion does not always mean organised religions with scriptures and clergy. In human societies, the difference between natural entities and anthropomorphic or zoomorphic religious beings is not clear cut. Snowed mountain tops are worshipped as Apus in the Andes. In India many Indigenous villages conserve sacred groves. In this thematic chapter...
Tagged under: Rivers | Mexico | Religion | Indonesia | Africa | Activism
How One of the Nation's Fastest Growing Counties Plans to Find Water in the Desert - Inside Climate News
2024-02-10 by in Inside Climate NewsThe booming population in the southwest corner of Utah has tapped out the Virgin River and its dreams of piping water from Lake Powell are running dry with the reservoir, leaving wastewater recycling and conservation as the best options to keep watering the growth.
Tagged under: Rivers
DR Congo floods leave more than 2 million in need of aid: UNICEF
2024-02-08 in La Prensa LatinaKinshasa, Feb 8 (EFE).- More than 2 million people, 60 percent of them children, need humanitarian aid due to the floods in the last two months in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund said. The Congo River, the world’s third largest by water discharge volume, has reached levels …
Tagged under: Rivers | Women and Children | Congo
Toxic run-off from roads not monitored, BBC finds
2024-02-02 in The BBCRiver flowing past the famous white 'Bake Off' tent is among those polluted by chemicals and tyre particles.
Tagged under: Rivers
Fury as water firm begins pumping wastewater into one of Britain's most celebrated river that is famed for its salmon and trout fishing | Daily Mail Online
2024-01-27 (or before) in Daily Mail OnlineFurious residents living on the banks of the Test chalk stream in Hampshire have said planned pumping works from Southern Water could introduce 'an Olympic swimming pool' of sewage into the river.'
Tagged under: Fish | Rivers | Salmon
River Cleddau group forms to stop 'ecological disaster'
2024-01-26 in The BBCThe Cleddau Project group says its aim is to restore the river and stop its "irreversible decline".
Tagged under: Rivers
Check for flooding in England - GOV.UK
2024-01-05 (or before) in Check for flooding in England - GOV.UKView current flood warnings and alerts for England and the national flood forecast for the next 5 days. Also check river, sea, groundwater and rainfall levels.
Tagged under: Rivers | Sea Level
Labour accuses Sunak of being ‘asleep at the wheel’ over flood warnings
2024-01-05 in The Guardian‘Significant’ impact of surface water and river flooding continues across England, as showers forecast for Friday
Tagged under: Rishi Sunak | UK Politics | UK | Flooding | Rivers
Storm Henk-hit farmers call for stronger river defences
2024-01-04 (or before) in The BBCThousands of acres of crops and productive farmland are under water thanks to Storm Henk's flooding.
Tagged under: UK | Flooding | Storms. Hurricanes and Tornados | Extreme Rainfall | Farming | Adaptation | Rivers
Fears for river pollution as UK ditches EU farming rules after Brexit | The Independent
2023-12-23 in The IndependentFarmers will no longer have to follow EU regulations in areas such as reducing agricultural runoff into rivers
Tagged under: Farming | Rivers
‘Christmas stink’: UK’s traditional festive swims face rising tide of sewage
2023-12-23 in The GuardianLib Dem analysis finds 4,574 hours of sewage has been spilled in festive swimming spots in the last year
Tagged under: Rivers
Why Are Alaska's Rivers Turning Orange?
2023-12-21 (or before) by in Scientific AmericanStreams in Alaska are turning orange with iron and sulfuric acid. Scientists are trying to figure out why
‘The crisis has arrived’: An elder statesman unpacks the battle over the West's water
2023-12-18 (or before) in PoliticoFormer Interior Secretary Babbitt talks about the big meeting in Las Vegas this week and the kind of concessions needed to save the crucial waterway.
Tagged under: Rivers | Colorado River | Colorado State
Thousands of tonnes of dead fish wash ashore in Japan
2023-12-11 (or before) in riverineherald.com.auThousands of tonnes of dead sardines have washed up on a beach in northern Japan for unknown reasons, officials say.
Tagged under: Fish | Rivers | Japan
Record-breaking atmospheric river soaks Western Washington
2023-12-05 in The Seattle TimesA warm and wet system is continuing to drive rainfall through the region into Wednesday, breaking records, raising gushing rivers and causing landslides.
Tagged under: Rivers | Washington State
There's a crisis in the Yukon River
2023-12-03 in YahooEAGLE VILLAGE, Alaska - When Jody Potts-Joseph was growing up, her family mushed sled dogs during the harsh Alaskan winters to hunt and trap, feeding them salmon caught from the Yukon River by the thousands. But after rebuilding her sled dog team as an adult, Potts-Joseph, a member of the Han Gwich'in tribe, had to turn to store-bought dog food. The river that was once renowned for its salmon doesn't have enough to offer anymore.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and in
Tagged under: Rivers | Salmon | Alaska
‘The river took it all’: Somalis wait for waters to recede as floods kill dozens
2023-11-22 in The GuardianBilan reporters describe devastation across Somalia as ‘once-in-a-century’ floods hit a country reeling from a six-year drought
Tagged under: Drought | Rivers | Middle East | Africa
WE WON! DEFRA’s River Basin Management Planning unlawful, finds High Court
2023-11-20 by in Fish LegalIn landmark ruling with far-reaching implications for UK’s polluted rivers Fish Legal and Pickering Fishery Association are celebrating a legal victory today, having won a landmark judicial review in the High Court against the Government and the Environment Agency of its defective river improvement plans. The Court ruled that the Government, and the Environment Agency, […]
‘Shocking and sad’: photographer’s project reveals wildlife lost to pollution in Yorkshire’s River Wharfe
2023-11-11 in The GuardianMark Barrow returned to the site of an earlier shoot five years later and found aquatic life devastated by sewage
Tagged under: Rivers | Wildlife
20 Calif. farm families use more Colorado River water than some states
2023-11-10 (or before) in Desert SunTens of millions of people rely on Colorado River water. But as its supply shrinks, these farmers get more water from the river than entire states.
Tagged under: Farming | Colorado River | California | Rivers | Colorado State
Food, soil, water: how the extinction of insects would transform our planet
2023-11-10 in The GuardianA new study doubles the number of species at risk of extinction to 2m, driven by the latest data on insects. Losing these tiny creatures would have huge implications for life on Earth
Tagged under: Drought | Farming | Rivers | Wildlife | Insects
Amazon tragedy as endangered river dolphins die in hot water
2023-11-06 in Whale and Dolphin ConservationThe climate crisis is accelerating at such an alarming rate that some whale and dolphin populations haven’t got time to adapt. More frequent and severe droughts and heatwaves are threatening the survival of species and ecosystems that are crucial to our own existence. When 155 endangered river dolphins died suddenly in Lake Tefé in Brazil, this heartbreaking event gave us a stark warning of the severity of the situation.
Tagged under: Drought | Rivers | Amazon Rainforest | Whales and Dolphins | Brazil | Heatwaves
‘Everything is parched’: Amazon struggles with drought amid deforestation
2023-11-06 in The GuardianBy now, the rivers should be full. But large-scale cattle farming, the climate crisis and weather events like El Niño mean Brazil is near the point of no return
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Drought | Cattle and Dairy Farming | El Niño | Brazil | Trees | Rivers
Alabama in billion-dollar showdown with EPA
2023-11-01 (or before) in Alabama Local NewsCan Alabama leave its 100 million tons of coal ash in unlined ponds along rivers, or will the state be forced to dig them out?
Tagged under: Rivers | Alabama
‘For us, the Amazon isn’t a cause, it’s our home’: the riverside communities stranded by the climate crisis
2023-10-31 in The GuardianThe historic drought in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has reduced the Rio Negro to a trickle and put at risk the livelihoods of remote Indigenous and riverside communities
Tagged under: Amazon Rainforest | Drought | Brazil | Rivers
Environmental group offers tourists bird’s-eye view on Northwest conservation issues - OPB
2023-10-22 in Oregon Public BroadcastingA conservation group is helping people see a different perspective of the Snake River dams in southeastern Washington.
Tagged under: Oregon | Washington State | Rivers
Storm Babet: ‘risk to life’ flood warnings issued for parts of England and Scotland
2023-10-21 in The GuardianThree severe flood alerts in place around River Derwent in Derbyshire as Environment Agency warns flooding could last until Tuesday
Tagged under: Rivers
‘Everything out the faucet is salt’: Louisianans struggle as drinking water crisis persists
2023-10-20 in The GuardianNew Orleans has avoided losing drinking water due to a saltwater ‘wedge’ traveling up the Mississippi River – but in Plaquemines parish, it has already happened
Tagged under: Rivers | Louisiana
River Wye: Judicial review granted over agricultural pollution
2023-10-20 in The BBCCampaign group River Action argues guidance to the Environment Agency is preventing prosecutions.
Tagged under: Rivers
Unrelenting Drought Clobbers the Amazon
2023-10-20 in CountercurrentsShare:Share on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on X (Twitter)Share on TelegramShare on RedditShare on EmailGlobal warming is consuming vast portions of the planet with a swagger that defies all expectations. Rivers in the Amazon rainforest are drying up. This is not supposed to be happening to such an extent, even during the dry season. After all, […]
Tagged under: Amazon Rainforest | Drought | Rivers
Amazon River hits record low level in Brazil amid drought, heat
2023-10-18 in AxiosThe drought is also driving fires that are smothering Brazilian cities with smoke.
Tagged under: Amazon Rainforest | Drought | Rivers | Brazil
Drought turns Amazonian capital into climate dystopia
2023-10-18 in The GuardianForest fires leave Manaus with second worst air quality in the world, while low river levels cut off communities
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Drought | Forest Fires | Rivers | El Niño | South America | Brazil | Wildfires | Trees
How Climate Change Affects Water Markets Globally
2023-10-18 in BloombergMore extreme weather is reshaping the availability of water, a commodity embedded in almost every product bought and sold in international markets
Tagged under: Drought | Economics | Climate Change Impacts | Water Resources | Rivers
Strange methane leak discovered at the deepest point of the Baltic Sea baffling scientists
2023-10-11 in Live ScienceA huge methane leak discovered in the Baltic Sea spans 7.7 square miles, with masses of gas bubbles rising almost all the way to the ocean surface.
Tagged under: Oceans | Methane | Rivers
Saltwater threat to Louisiana drinking water to grow across US, experts warn
2023-10-10 in The GuardianLouisiana residents face crisis as seawater penetrates low-lying Mississippi but scientists say other coastal cities likely to be affected over time
Tagged under: Oceans | Rivers | Louisiana | Sea Level
Indigenous Amazonians urge Brazil to declare emergency over severe drought
2023-10-10 in The GuardianDrought and heatwave has killed fish in rivers as Indigenous umbrella group Apiam says villagers have no water, food or medicine
Tagged under: Fish | Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Drought | Brazil | Trees | Rivers
Weather tracker: dry September in parts of Europe leaves rivers running low
2023-10-09 in The GuardianConcern as significantly lower level of the Rhine could have big impact on transportation
Tagged under: Rivers
Flooding risk remains high in parts of Scotland despite rain easing
2023-10-08 (or before) in The BBCRiver levels are continuing to rise and the ground is saturated, increasing the risk of flooding.
Tagged under: Rivers
Hundreds of potentially toxic road runoff outfalls polluting England’s rivers
2023-10-05 in The GuardianExclusive: No regulator is monitoring scale of impact of dangerous chemicals on wildlife or public health
Tagged under: Fish | Rivers | Wildlife | Health
Deaths of 120 Amazon dolphins linked to severe drought, high temperatures | Climate Crisis News | Al Jazeera
2023-10-04 (or before) in Al JazeeraAmazon River’s pink, grey dolphins are a threatened species and among the few freshwater dolphins found in the world.
Tagged under: Amazon Rainforest | Drought | Rivers | Whales and Dolphins | Wildlife | Brazil
More than 100 dolphins dead in Amazon as water hits 102 degrees Fahrenheit | CNN
2023-10-01 by in CNNMore than a hundred dolphins have been found dead in the Brazilian Amazon amid an historic drought and record-high water temperatures that in places have exceeded 102 degrees Fahrenheit.
Tagged under: Amazon Rainforest | Drought | Rivers | Whales and Dolphins | South America | Brazil | Health
Water Wise Farming – Welsh Dee Trust River Dee
2023-09-27 (or before) in Welsh Dee Trust River Dee – Protect, conserve, promote and enhance the River DeeTagged under: Farming | Rivers
A saltwater wedge climbing the Mississippi River threatens drinking water - The Washington Post
2023-09-21 in The Washington PostA saltwater wedge is making its way up the drought-stricken Mississippi River, threatening drinking water. New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell signed an emergency declaration Friday.
Tagged under: Drought | Rivers | Louisiana
Treated and untreated sewage greatest threat to river biodiversity, says study
2023-09-20 in The GuardianMore water company regulations and improvements at treatment plants needed to protect rivers, say authors
Tagged under: Rivers
Oxygen levels are dropping in rivers across the US and central Europe | New Scientist
2023-09-20 (or before) in New ScientistRivers in the US and central Europe are losing their ability to hold oxygen because of rising temperatures, which could put fish at risk
Study finds human-driven mass extinction is eliminating entire branches of the tree of life
2023-09-19 (or before) in Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and TechnologyThe passenger pigeon. The Tasmanian tiger. The Baiji, or Yangtze river dolphin. These rank among the best-known recent victims of what many scientists have declared the sixth mass extinction, as human actions are wiping out vertebrate animal species hundreds of times faster than they would otherwise disappear.
Tagged under: Rivers | Whales and Dolphins
Rainforest Investigations Network
2023-09-19 (or before) in pulitzercenter.orgThe Rainforest Investigations Network (RIN) harnesses investigative reporting and cross-border collaboration to expose the intersection of climate change, corruption, and governance in the Amazon, Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia. READ THE REPORTING | HOW IT WORKS | JOIN THE NETWORK | IMPACT HOW IT WORKS Each year of the initiative, the Pulitzer Center puts out a call for applications to dedicate a whole year to investigating deforestation in the world’s three main tropical rainforest regions. In its first year, RIN selected 13 Fellows from 10 countries. In the second year, the group expanded to 19 Fellows from 12 countries...
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Climate Change | Congo | Rivers | Brazil | Trees
Malaysia: Timber giant Samling withdraws lawsuit against SAVE Rivers
2023-09-19 (or before) in business-humanrights.orgTagged under: Rivers
Ministers may have broken law over sewage dumping in England, says watchdog
2023-09-12 in The GuardianGovernment may be letting firms discharge raw sewage more often than law allows, says Office for Environmental Protection
Tagged under: Rivers
Po river drought in 2022 was the worst of the last two centuries
2023-09-06 (or before) in NatureAnalysis shows last year’s water shortage was by far the most severe since records began, most probably triggered by global warming. Analysis shows last year’s water shortage was by far the most severe since records began, most probably triggered by global warming.
Tagged under: Drought | Rivers
As Colorado River shrinks, California farmers urge 'one-dam solution'
2023-09-05 in Los Angeles TimesSome California farmers are urging the federal government to consider draining Lake Powell, supporting environmentalists’ push for a ‘one-dam solution.’
Tagged under: Rivers | Drought | Colorado River | California
The Climate Crisis Could Mean the Twilight of the American West
2023-09-03 by in Rolling Stone - Music, Film, TV and Political News CoverageIn an excerpt from his book River Notes, leading anthropologist Wade Davis recalls how the taming of the Colorado River in the 1960s — ‘nature serves man’ went the thinking — helped sha…
Tagged under: Rivers | Colorado River | California
Michael Gove’s U-turn on water is a weaselly move
2023-09-02 (or before) by in The Times & The Sunday TimesEarly this year The Times dedicated itself to a Clean It Up campaign to restore Britain’s rivers and waterways to ecological health. How are ministers doing in
River Mole August Health Report!
2023-08-31 in River Mole River Watch, campaigning to end water pollution, river Mole United KingdomOur August River Mole River Watch test result are in! Our fantastic citizen scientists were out collecting data across the entire catchment last weekend. Sadly the results show some of the worst phosphate pollution levels so far with the highest catchment average phosphate level yet recorded. More tributaries than ever also scored off-scale 2.50ppm which indicates a BAD water quality status, the lowest status possible indicating a major impact on ecological health. The average phosphate level fo
New Housing Plans Could Cause 'Total Ecological Collapse' Of UK Rivers, Warn Campaigners
2023-08-29 in Huffington Post UKLevelling up secretary Michael Gove is set to announce plans to make it easier to build houses near rivers, according to reports.
Tagged under: Rishi Sunak | Housing | Rivers | Collapse
Environmental crisis looms as Murray cod virtually disappear from NSW Lower Darling
2023-08-28 in The GuardianNSW Fisheries survey from May reveals attempts at repopulating river after 2018-19 drought appear to have failed
Tagged under: Drought | Fish | Rivers
England’s rivers at risk as Michael Gove rips up rules on new housing
2023-08-28 in The GuardianExclusive: Announcement set to anger environmentalists, but builders say nutrient neutrality laws are exacerbating housing crisis
Tagged under: Housing | Rivers
Rivers in the Sky: How Deforestation Is Affecting Global Water Cycles
2023-08-27 (or before) in Yale E360A growing body of evidence indicates that the continuing destruction of tropical forests is disrupting the movement of water in the atmosphere, causing major shifts in precipitation that could lead to drought in key agricultural areas in China, India, and the U.S. Midwest.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Drought | Climate Change | Rivers | Trees
Widespread Gold and Mineral Mining Causes Negative Impact on Tropical Rivers, Satellites Images Reveal
2023-08-24 by in Science Times | Daily Top Science News and FeaturesAnalysis of satellite images has revealed that the increased mining activity in rivers across the tropics has degraded the ecosystems and threatens human health. Find out more about it in this article.
Tagged under: Minerals | Rivers | Health
Iowa GOP fighting water protections. KS, MO are downstream | The Kansas City Star
2023-08-24 in kansascity.comAgricultural pollution contaminates rivers and streams like the Mississippi River. Republicans shut down a chemist monitoring water quality.
Tagged under: Rivers
Our Time on the River
2023-08-23 by in resilienceWe might now wish to slow things down, but modernity was built on a lie; a fatal flaw. If we voiced the command: “Slow down, Hal,” we’d get the response: “I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.”
Tagged under: Rivers
Wild swimmers buy nose clips and snorkels to keep out sewage
2023-08-21 (or before) by in The Times & The Sunday TimesWild swimmers are investing in snorkels, nose clips and ear protection sprays to guard against sickness caused by sewage in seas and rivers.Water companies hav
Tagged under: Rivers
'Torrent' of sewage pumped into river at Leicestershire beauty spot - Leicestershire Live
2023-08-21 (or before) by Julia Breens in leicestermercury.co.ukTagged under: Rivers
France's EDF takes 1.3 GW nuclear reactor offline amid heatwave
2023-08-21 (or before) in MSNPARIS (Reuters) - French power company EDF said it took its 1.3 gigawatt nuclear reactor Golfech 2, located close to the southern town of Toulouse, offline on Monday citing environmental reasons as the country goes through a spell of excessively hot weather. Water temperature levels at two other plants along the Rhone river in the southeast were seen surpassing the government guidance for nuclear
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | France | Rivers
Fury as national health check of England’s waters faces six-year wait
2023-08-19 in The GuardianExclusive: Assessment that used to happen annually will now take six years despite rising concerns
LA Hurricane Hilary: Tropical Storm Warning issued in Southern California for 1st time
2023-08-18 (or before) in FOX 11 Los AngelesThe National Weather Service issued a Tropical Storm Warning for Southern California for the very first time as the remnants of Hurricane Hilary were expected to hit the region over the weekend.
Tagged under: Rivers | California
Floodwaters send mobile home crashing into bridge
2023-08-16 (or before) in The BBCSeveral caravans are seen floating down the Hemsila river in Norway before being crushed.
Tagged under: Rivers
River Wye: Pollution not caused by farming, says NFU - BBC News
2023-08-15 (or before) in The BBCThe river's status is downgraded to "unfavourable" due to poultry farming concerns.
Tagged under: Farming | Rivers
Ecosystems near Texas-Mexico border ‘choking’ from efforts to stop migrants
2023-08-11 in The GuardianGreg Abbott, the state governor, has deployed fences, razor wires and buoys along the Rio Grande, demolishing the environment
Tagged under: Rivers | Texas | Mexico
Heavy rains cause flooding across central Europe
2023-08-08 (or before) in europeangreens.euCountries in central Europe have been hit by severe flooding this week. Extreme rainfall has caused rivers across the region to break their banks, with the Danube and Elbe particularly affected. People living in affected regions in Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary and Slovakia have been evacuated from their homes. 13 people are known to have died.
Tagged under: Rivers
Colorado River has lost 10tn gallons of water since 2000 due to climate crisis
2023-07-27 in The GuardianVolume of water lost equal to Lake Mead, US’s largest reservoir, or enough water to fill around 15bn Olympic-sized pools, study finds
Tagged under: Rivers | Colorado River
Fish Legal taking Southern Water to the Criminal Courts - Fish Legal
2023-07-18 in Fish LegalFish Legal has started a private prosecution against Southern Water for polluting the river Test in Hampshire
Heatwave forces French nuclear power plants to limit energy output
2023-07-14 (or before) in EuronewsThe high temperature warning has come early this year but will affect fewer nuclear power plants.
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | France | Rivers
River ‘dying’ after farmers lobbied to weaken protections
2023-07-13 (or before) in openDemocracyExclusive: National Farmers’ Union boasted about months of lobbying to weaken enforcement of environmental regulation
Tagged under: Farming | Rivers
Loophole lets farmers pollute England’s rivers with excess manure – report
2023-07-13 in The GuardianInvestigation finds polluting farmers may not face action after breaking the rules
Tagged under: Farming | Rivers
FEMA Stretched Beyond Climate Response as Disasters Balloon
2023-07-13 (or before) in news.bloomberglaw.comAtmospheric rivers drenched California and deadly storms crept toward Mississippi as Deanne Criswell sat in her corner office in Washington, D.C., and tackled a loaded question: Is it all too much for FEMA?
Tagged under: Storms. Hurricanes and Tornados | Extreme Rainfall | Flooding | Extreme Weather | Rivers | California
Cornwall sea and rivers are most polluted by sewage in the UK - Cornwall Live
2023-07-08 (or before) by Lisa Letcher in Cornwall LiveTagged under: Rivers
England’s water firms should pay to fix illegal discharges, high court to hear
2023-07-04 in The GuardianWildFish charity says £56bn plan to reduce sewage dumping from storm overflows is illegal because it expects customers to foot bill
Tagged under: Rivers
Thames Water dumped ‘millions of litres’ of sewage near Gatwick Airport river killing more than 1,000 fish | The Independent
2023-07-04 (or before) in The IndependentUntreated sewage was pumped into River Mole near Crawley for six and a half hours, turning water black
Thames Water fined £3.3 million after ‘millions of litres’ of sewage pumped into rivers near Gatwick | The Independent
2023-07-04 (or before) in The IndependentThames Water had shown a ‘deliberate attempt’ to mislead the Environment Agency over the incident
Legal challenge from WildFish to be heard in the High Court | Wildfish
2023-07-03 by in WildFish | Working To Protect Wild Fish & Their Waters“We have one simple ask of the Government: enforce the existing law to stop water companies dumping raw sewage into our rivers”. On 4 July, the legal challenge brought by WildFish, which seeks to have the Government’s sewage plan rejected as unlawful and re-written, will be heard in the High Court. WildFish wants the Government […]
Tagged under: Rivers
Mounting debts and public anger could finally sink water companies in England and Wales
2023-06-28 in The GuardianFirms have loaded up debt to pay dividends and been fined millions for dumping raw sewage into rivers
Tagged under: Rivers | Finance
River Thames was pumped full of oxygen in 2022 to prevent fish deaths | New Scientist
2023-06-26 (or before) in New ScientistFalling oxygen levels caused by sewage and hot weather saw a specialised boat deployed for 11 days in August to save plants and fish
Ecological tipping points could occur much sooner than expected, study finds
2023-06-22 in The GuardianAmazon rainforest and other ecosystems could collapse ‘very soon’, researchers warn
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Oceans | Rivers | Wildlife | Collapse | Trees | Tipping Points
Tribes seek greater involvement in talks on Colorado River water crisis
2023-06-16 in Los Angeles TimesThe federal government is opening negotiations on long-term plans for the Colorado River. Leaders of tribes say they don't want to be left out of key talks.
Tagged under: Drought | Rivers | Colorado River
Rivers fishermen lament fresh oil spillage
2023-06-15 by in Punch newspapers - Breaking News, Nigerian News & Top StoriesThey lamented that the river is a major source of livelihood for about 300 registered fishermen in the area.
OMEX Agriculture Ltd to pay £510,190 for wiping out over 135,000 fish
2023-06-15 (or before) in GOV.UKA faulty pipe leaked deadly fertiliser into River Witham, stretching 46km in ‘one of the largest environmental incidents ever recorded in Lincolnshire’.
River in ‘wettest place in England’ in Lake District almost completely dry
2023-06-14 in The GuardianExperts are warning of disastrous conditions for wildlife at upper River Derwent in Borrowdale
Tagged under: Drought | Rivers | Wildlife
One of the wettest places in England has almost completely dry rivers and dangerous conditions for wildlife
2023-06-13 (or before) in West Cumbria Rivers Trust (WCRT)Tagged under: Drought | Rivers | Wildlife
Facing the Dragon: California’s Nasty Ecological Debts
2023-06-11 in California WaterBlog | A biologist, economist, engineer and geologist walk onto a bar…By Andrew L. Rypel “Every time you borrow money, you’re robbing your future self.” ~N. Morris Pre-dam view of the Tuolumne River stretching across Hetch Hetchy Valley in the early…
Tagged under: Rivers | California | Finance
England raw sewage taskforce has only met once in last year, FoI request reveals
2023-06-08 in The GuardianStorm overflows group has been promoted by ministers as evidence they are taking issue seriously
Tagged under: Rivers
Outrage over water firm’s response to concerns over quality of River Nidd - The Stray Ferret
2023-06-05 by in thestrayferret.co.ukYorkshire Water has sparked outrage by appearing to suggest pollution in rivers such as the Nidd was partly down to a “change in expectations” from residents.
Tagged under: Rivers
Pigs, rabbits and fish are dying from searing temperatures in China | CNN Business
2023-06-02 by in CNNWith parts of China experiencing record high temperatures and heavy rains, reports of farm animals and crops suffering from extreme weather patterns are dominating headlines in the country, raising concerns about food security in the world’s second largest economy.
Tagged under: Drought | Farming | Fish | Flooding | Rivers | Health | Food Production and Consumption | El Niño | Trees | Finance
River Wye ecological status downgraded as sewage turns water into ‘pea soup’
2023-06-01 (or before) in The TelegraphWaterway’s health is reclassified to unfavourable by Natural England as it faces a decline in key species
Colorado River Is on Life Support, and 40 Million People Depend on It for Water
2023-05-31 by in Truthout - Fearless Independent JournalismVulnerable communities may be at risk of reduced water supply under a new Colorado River agreement.
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Accountability Needed at the Country’s Most Toxic Site
2023-05-26 by in Counter PunchOn the edge of Washington state, just a few miles from the great Columbia River, boiling radioactive sludge is seeping out of a huge underground tank
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Minister 'pretty fed up' with sewage spills after water firms issued apology
2023-05-22 (or before) in Sky NewsUntreated sewage was pumped into England's rivers and seas at least 301, 091 times last year, according to data from the environment agency - a situation the environment secretary agreed was not "acceptable".
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‘The whole thing stinks’: water firms to pay out £14.7bn in dividends as customers foot sewage costs
2023-05-20 in The GuardianWith cost of cleanup to be passed on to bill payers, analysis shows they will also pay £624 more by 2030 to fund investor payouts
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Sepa accused of being 'asleep on the job' after more pollution pumped into River Dee
2023-05-18 (or before) in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire & Highlands news | The Press & JournalLast week's siting of heavy silted liquid being poured into the water has been reported over 15 times in the last year.
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‘The city was underwater’: quarter of a million Somalis flee flooded homes
2023-05-17 in The GuardianClimate crisis a key factor in flash flooding of Beledweyne as rains end drought and Shabelle River breaks its banks
Tagged under: Drought | Africa | Rivers | Middle East
Devastating floods in Italy claim lives and leave thousands homeless
2023-05-17 in The GuardianTwenty-one rivers burst their banks after heavy storms across country cause landslides and submerge villages
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'Without water, we are nothing!': Spain's crippling drought reignites tensions over Tagus river
2023-05-13 (or before) in InklAn early scorching heatwave across Spain has worsened the impact of the country's long-term drought, causing unprecedented damage to the country's crops. As farmers grow desperate for irrigation, the government's plan to limit the rerouting of water from the nation's longest river – the Tagus – for agricultural purposes lies…
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Firm releases almost 800kg of ‘forever chemical’ a year into Lancashire river
2023-04-29 in The GuardianExclusive: Environment Agency finds ‘very persistent, mobile and toxic’ PFAS in effluent legally discharged near Wyre estuary
Tagged under: PFAS aka Forever Chemicals | Rivers
How 'rewiggling' Swindale Beck brought its fish back - BBC News
2023-04-25 (or before) in The BBCHow re-wiggling artificially straightened rivers can give nature a boost.
American Rivers
2023-04-18 (or before) in American RiversIt’s not just that rivers make our lives better. We can’t survive without them.
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Colorado River snaking through Grand Canyon most endangered US waterway – report
2023-04-18 in The GuardianUnique ecosystem on the brink of collapse due to climate crisis and mismanagement, says conservation group American Rivers
Tagged under: Rivers | Colorado River | California | Collapse
Renationalise water companies to put 'environment before profits', says Tory councillor | bordonherald.com
2023-04-16 (or before) in Bordon News - local news at the heart of the communityThe UK’S water companies should be renationalised to put “people and our environment before private profits”, a Conservative councillor has said after the extent of sewage discharges into the River Wey were revealed.
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‘It's a community coming together’: an army of volunteers fight to save their river – video
2023-04-13 by in The GuardianAngela Jones has spent her life swimming in the Rivers Wye and Usk. Five years ago she began to notice the impact of pollution and decided to fight back. Now an army of volunteers have come together to gather data and evidence, and bring about change, before it is too late
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US considers imposing Colorado River water cuts to western states
2023-04-11 in The GuardianDepending on the plan, either California would be the most affected, or Arizona and Nevada would be parched
Tagged under: Rivers | Colorado River | California | Colorado State
Indigenous communities fight Canada's 'holy shit' fix for tar sands wastewater ⋆ The Breach
2023-04-11 by in The Breach CanadaWater protectors, environmentalists, and scientists are campaigning to stop Canada's plan to release treated tar sands tailings waste into the Athabasca River
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More Than a Decade of Megadrought Brought a Summer of Megafires to Chile - Inside Climate News
2023-04-09 by in Inside Climate NewsCHIGUAYANTE, Chile—As the dark curtain descended, turning the blazing afternoon sun over the braided currents of the Bío Bío River into a burnt orange twilight, a firefighting helicopter with a gigantic bucket dangling below it emerged from the gloom and followed the river back toward the city of Concepcion. Life in Chiguayante, across the river […]
Farmer to be sentenced for causing huge damage to river Lugg in Herefordshire
2023-04-09 (or before) in Hereford TimesA COURT has been told it could cost nearly £700,000 to restore the river Lugg and its banks in Kingsland after a farmer bulldozed and reprofiled it.
Tagged under: Farming | Rivers
Concerns mount over plans to dump radioactive wastewater into Hudson River
2023-04-08 in Hudson Valley OneStrange turns of phrase begin to crop up when the operator of a decommissioned nuclear power plant looks to dump hundreds of thousands of gallons of radioactive wastewater into a river that changes directions four times a day and provides drinking water to numerous communities up and down the river.
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EDF’s riverside reactor build plans “irresponsible” – expert | Montel
2023-04-08 (or before) in Montel(Montel) France’s plan to build two riverside reactors is “irresponsible”, given the acceleration of global warming-related water strain, nuclear expert and critic Yves Marignac told Montel.
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Local groups denied access to reasons for refusal of English river bathing areas
2023-04-06 in The GuardianCampaigners aiming to clean up waterways lodge complaint after government rejects FoI requests for details why applications failed
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Water regulator's £1bn plans to reduce sewage discharges will only stop 3pc of spills
2023-04-05 (or before) in The TelegraphWater companies will be allowed to spend £1.1bn to improve over 250 storm overflows, reducing the annual average of spills by 10,000
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Raw sewage discharged into English rivers more than 300,000 times in 2022
2023-04-02 (or before) in Yorkshire Bylines‘Unparalleled negligence’ by water companies continues to create consequences
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Raw sewage dumped into english rivers over 800 times a day, data reveals - River Action UK
2023-03-31 by in River Action UKRecently released data from the Environmental Agency shows the disgraceful performance of the nation’s water companies.
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River Pollution Facts
2023-03-31 (or before) in Zero Hour - Join the campaign for the Climate & Ecology BillTagged under: Rivers
Starmer accuses government of ‘turning Britain’s waterways into an open sewer’
2023-03-31 in The GuardianLib Dems call for Thérèse Coffey to resign after raw discharges sent into English rivers 825 times a day last year
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Ocean salmon fishing ban off California and Oregon as stocks plummet
2023-03-24 in The GuardianAdult fall-run Chinook salmon returned to California’s rivers in near record low numbers in 2022
Tagged under: Oregon | Oceans | Fish | Rivers | Salmon | California
World Water Day 2023: The State of English Chalk Streams - River Action UK
2023-03-22 by in River Action UKOn this World Water Day, we want to focus our attention on the importance of chalk streams and advocate for the sustainable management of these unique and vulnerable freshwater resources.
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Politicians call for action on Menindee mass fish deaths
2023-03-19 by in The New Daily - Latest News Headlines From Australia & WorldPoliticians are calling for the urgent removal of the millions of dead fish clogging the waterways of the Darling-Baaka River near Menindee.
What you CAN'T see in the Tennessee River
2023-03-19 (or before) by in ArcGIS StoryMapsA closer look at pollution in the river
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Minnesota power plant leaks 400,000 gallons of radioactive water
2023-03-19 (or before) in YouTubeA nuclear power plant along the Mississippi River in Monticello, Minnesota, has leaked more than 400,000 gallons of radioactive water due to a broken pipe. N...
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‘Historic moment’ for nature as Europe’s first wild river national park announced in Albania
2023-03-15 in The GuardianA project with outdoor gear company Patagonia and NGOs will protect the Vjosa, one of the continent’s last free-flowing waterways
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Musk company wants to dump millions of gallons of treated wastewater in Texas
2023-03-15 (or before) by in Chron: Houston News, Sports, Entertainment, Food and Drink - ChronA Musk-affiliated LLC has filed a request to dump 142,500 gallons per day near Bastrop.
Tagged under: Colorado River | Rivers | Cars | Texas | Tesla
Protecting British Waterways
2023-03-13 in Christian Climate Action - Direct action, public witness for the climateIn recent years there has been growing outrage at the state of British rivers. For example, water companies discharged raw sewage into rivers in England more than 400,000 times in 2020, according t…
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UK river levels already at record lows forecast to be ‘devastated’ by dry spring
2023-03-13 in The GuardianCampaigners say government and water companies have not done enough to conserve water supplies
Tagged under: Drought | Rivers
‘Very precarious’: Europe faces growing water crisis as winter drought worsens
2023-03-04 in The GuardianMultiple governments warn of critical water shortages as heatwaves and lack of rain leave river systems depleted
Tagged under: Spain | Heatwaves | Drought | France | Rivers
High court grants hearing on ‘weak’ plan to cut England sewage discharges
2023-02-14 in The GuardianGood Law Project to argue government scheme will lead to raw sewage being discharged into waterways for decades
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Exporting the Colorado River to Asia, Through Hay
2023-02-06 (or before) in National GeographicAs the West suffers long-term drought, experts look for ways to save water while still supporting local farmers.
Tagged under: Farming | Colorado River | Drought | Rivers
Shrewsbury residents threaten to withhold water bill payments in disgust at raw sewage washing up
2023-02-02 (or before) in Shropshire StarEnvironmental campaigners say they are considering holding off on paying their water rates because of ongoing concerns about overflowing sewage on a footpath and pollution of the River Severn.
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Colorado River: US states fail to reach deal on cutting water use - BBC News
2023-02-01 (or before) in The BBCMore than 40 million people in seven Western states rely on the drought-stricken Colorado River.
Tagged under: Colorado River | Drought | Rivers | Colorado State
What Is the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch?
2023-01-31 (or before) in Sustainable & Eco Friendly eCommerce Packaging | SR MailingThe Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch is considered by many to be one of humanity’s biggest crimes against the planet – and really, just the name of it gives away the horror of what it actually is, considering the size of the Pacific Ocean. We talk a lot about what can be done to save the planet here at SR Mailing, and that’s because we’re absolutely passionate about it! The fact that there is so much to be done, and that there is so much that we can all be doing in our daily lives that can help us to save planet Earth from global warming and climate change. The issue, of course, is much, much bigger than...
Tagged under: Microplastics and Nanoplastics | Oceans | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Pacific Ocean | Methane | Fish | Rivers | Whales and Dolphins | Wildlife | Economic Growth | Great Barrier Reef | Coral Reefs | California | South America | BP | Sea Level | Indonesia
Thérèse Coffey gives water companies 27 years to keep polluting rivers and beaches with sewage
2023-01-31 by in inews.co.ukTagged under: Rivers
Thames Water’s real-time map confirms raw sewage discharges
2023-01-23 in The GuardianEffluent in Gloucestershire river pinpointed by digital map as water companies accused of routinely pumping out waste to rivers
Tagged under: Rivers | Wildlife
NASA Measures Underground Water Flowing From Sierra to Central Valley
2023-01-23 (or before) in NASA Sea Level Change PortalThis source accounts for about 10% of all the water that enters this highly productive farmland, including rivers and rain.
Tagged under: Oceans | Rivers | Sea Level
Fury as rivers of sewage swamp Dorset village - Dorset Live
2023-01-22 (or before) by Edward Church in Dorset LiveTagged under: Rivers
California’s rainstorm hell ‘among the most deadly disasters in our history’
2023-01-16 in The GuardianThe series of storms that have pummeled the state have killed at least 19 people and left swaths of land flooded
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Rivers | California
Landmark decision on mega poultry farm could mean ‘life or death’ of River Wye
2023-01-10 in The GuardianWelsh government considers whether to block plan after experts say manure from intensive units is turning Wye into ‘pea soup’
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'An environmental disaster': Sewage flows into iconic Hampshire chalk stream
2023-01-05 (or before) in hampshirechronicle.co.ukSEWAGE that is currently flowing into the River Itchen is an "environmental disaster", a resident has said.
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EDM Map | Storm discharge data | River health | Thames Water
2023-01-05 (or before) in thameswater.co.uk‘Streams as toilets’: Thames Water’s real-time map shows scale of sewage dumps
2023-01-05 in The GuardianData reveals hundreds of hours of discharges via storm overflows in some locations
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Opinion | Arizona Is in a Race to the Bottom of Its Water Wells, With Saudi Arabia’s Help
2022-12-26 in The New York TimesTagged under: Farming | Colorado River | Rivers | Saudi Arabia | Water Resources
In Arizona, Colorado River crisis stokes worry over growth and groundwater depletion
2022-12-26 in Los Angeles TimesEven as Arizona grapples with cuts in Colorado River water, Phoenix’s suburbs are expanding. Experts warn that desert growth based on groundwater poses risks.
Tagged under: Colorado River | Drought | Rivers | California
A Water War Is Brewing Over the Dwindling Colorado River
2022-12-23 (or before) by in Pro PublicaDiminished by climate change and overuse, the river can no longer provide the water states try to take from it.
Tagged under: Colorado River | Climate Change | Rivers | California | Colorado State
What will it take to stabilize the Colorado River?
2022-12-23 (or before) in Science | AAASA continuation of the current 23-year-long drought will require difficult decisions to prevent further decline
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Fueling Resistance
2022-12-14 (or before) in MITIn Fueling Resistance, Kate Neville dissects the processes, and political economy framework, of resistance to two different alternative fuel projects in two distinct and disparate locations. The comparison centers on resistance to a biofuel project in Kenya and a fracking project in the Yukon territory of Canada. The unwritten premise is that these two energy projects, and the subsequent resistance to them, may not have obvious similarities given their distinct characteristics and locations but in fact have several elements in common. Neville outlines how these cases can be viewed as similar and concludes that understanding the ...
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Climate Change | Colonialism | Rivers | Fracking | Fossil Fuels | Wind Power | Health | Climate Justice | Food Production and Consumption | Finance
‘The Roding is sacred and has rights’: the hammer-wielding barrister fighting for London’s forgotten river
2022-12-05 in The GuardianThe unloved waterway that winds its way to the Thames has a staunch defender. Paul Powlesland has spent five years calling out polluters and keeping footpaths open – sometimes with the law, mostly with his bare hands
Tagged under: Rivers | Wildlife
Dying lands: Farmers fight to save the 'skin of the Earth'
2022-11-14 in ReutersIn America's dusty Corn Belt this spring, the land was drowning. In China's Yangtze river basin, it's bone dry. Farmers in both are fighting a losing battle to save the soil that produces our food.
Tagged under: Farming | Rivers
Colorado River conditions are worsening quicker than expected. Feds prepare to step in.
2022-11-02 in The Denver Post - Colorado breaking news, sports, business, weather, entertainment.Running out of time and options to save water along the drying Colorado River, federal officials said they’re considering whether to release less water from the country’s two largest re…
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Home - River Action UK
2022-10-25 (or before) in River Action UKRiver Action is a campaigning body committed to addressing the severe problem of river pollution across the UK.
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Two-thirds of cattle farms in north Devon cause river pollution
2022-10-25 in The GuardianNearly nine in 10 farms inspected failed to comply with regulations, according to a report from the Environment Agency
Tagged under: Farming | Rivers | Cattle and Dairy Farming
OPINIONISTA: Fossil fuel multinationals can never pay Africa enough compensation – the price is life on Earth
2022-10-24 by in Daily Maverick - South African news, opinion and investigationsMany Africans live close to the land – as subsistence or small-scale farmers, or from fishing in rivers, lakes and coastal waters. When the oil and gas industry trumpets the jobs it will create, it never mentions the jobs, the land and the water it will destroy.
Tagged under: Africa | Fish | Rivers
Flood: Price of rice to increase due to crops lost, says Olam | TheCable
2022-10-07 in thecable.ngOlam Nigeria Limited, an agri-business company, says the price of rice will go up by December as massive flooding from River Benue damaged the company’s crops and infrastructure. Speaking on
Tagged under: Nigeria | Flooding | Rivers
Persistent drought, heat wave continue to smother South China in October; scope of affected area rare case on record - Global Times
2022-10-03 (or before) by in Global TimesWith heat waves continuing to engulf most areas of South China at the beginning of October with some places still record temperature more than 40 C, which break the historical record of same period in previous years, northern and middle parts of China look likely set for a cold snap, followed by a drastic drop in temperature overnight.
Tagged under: Drought | China | Rivers
Chaos and incompetence; we deserve better
2022-09-28 in wickedleeks.riverford.co.ukIf ELMs are lost, the future of our food and farming will be shaped by the commercial interests of a rich landowning elite and the agrochemical industry, and subsidised by your taxes.
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UK environment laws under threat in ‘deregulatory free-for-all’
2022-09-23 in The GuardianCampaigners say revoking of post-Brexit protections amounts to legislative vandalism
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The Ocean Cleanup
2022-09-21 (or before) in theoceancleanup.comThe Ocean Cleanup is a non-profit organization developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic. We aim to remove 90% of the floating plastic with the help of ocean cleanup systems and river interception technologies.
It’s the thirstiest crop in the US south-west. Will the drought put alfalfa farmers out of business?
2022-09-12 in The GuardianAgriculture – mainly alfalfa – consumes 80% of the Colorado River’s dwindling water supply, prompting calls for conservation efforts. Read the other stories in our megadrought series
Tagged under: Farming | Colorado River | Drought | Rivers | California
Eustice defends ‘utter failure’ of efforts to cut raw sewage discharges in England
2022-09-06 in The GuardianEnvironment secretary responds to criticism of plan to stop ‘literal shit being pumped into rivers and seas’
River pollution goes unchecked as testing in England falls to 10-year low
2022-09-02 in The GuardianExperts warn drop from 100,000 samples in 2012 to 41,519 last year means huge risk to water quality
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Conservationists seek judicial review of UK sewage discharge plan
2022-08-31 in The GuardianCharity says strategy is unlawful and will allow storm overflows to dump raw sewage for next 28 years
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Environment Agency tells staff to ignore pollution complaints, says ex-employee
2022-08-29 in The GuardianEA ‘shutting down’ calls from public about rivers, says former worker Helen Nightingale, leading waterways to deteriorate
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The Colorado River drought is the first climate disaster the U.S. legally has to deal with
2022-08-28 (or before) in grid.newsThe Colorado River is dying and is one of the rare climate disasters that government officials will be legally required to address if current trends continue.
Tagged under: Colorado River | Drought | Rivers | Electricity Grid
Liz Truss allowed farmers to pollute England’s rivers after ‘slashing red tape’, say campaigners
2022-08-27 in The GuardianAgricultural waste outstrips sewage as the main danger – and activists blame the ex-environment secretary’s cuts to farm inspections
Tagged under: Farming | Activism | Fish | Rivers | Wildlife
China drought causes Yangtze to dry up, sparking shortage of hydropower
2022-08-22 in The GuardianNationwide alert issued with south-west especially badly hit, as major companies forced to suspend work
Tagged under: Drought | Rivers
'Very scary': European agriculture hit hard by climate change and drought
2022-08-13 (or before) in Yahoo is part of the Yahoo family of brandsWith Europe suffering through an extreme drought worsened by climate change that has dried up rivers and left millions sweltering in triple-digit heat this summer, farmers across the continent are sounding warnings about crop losses.
Tagged under: Farming | Extreme Weather | Drought | Climate Change | Rivers
Drought hits Germany's Rhine River: 'We have 30cm of water left' - BBC News
2022-08-13 (or before) in BBCThe Rhine is a key shipping route for Germany and Europe - so what happens if it's too shallow to use?
Tagged under: Drought | Germany | Rivers
Europe’s rivers run dry as scientists warn drought could be worst in 500 years
2022-08-13 in The GuardianCrops, power plants, barge traffic, industry and fish populations devastated by parched waterways
Tagged under: Drought | Fish | Rivers
Europe’s Parched Earth Hits Corn as Climate Crisis Resounds
2022-08-07 (or before) in BloombergSearing temperatures are shriveling corn crops across Europe, in the latest sign of a deepening crisis that spans everything from Rhine River transport to Spanish olive growers.
Tagged under: Spain | Farming | France | Rivers
Sewage sleuths: the men who revealed the slow, dirty death of Welsh and English rivers
2022-08-04 in The GuardianThe long read: A tide of effluent, broken laws and ruthless cuts is devastating the nations’ waterways. An academic and a detective have dredged up the truth of how it was allowed to happen – but will anything be done?
Tagged under: Rivers | Wildlife
Source of River Thames dries out ‘for first time’ during drought
2022-08-04 in The GuardianHead of the Thames is now more than 5 miles downstream as forecasters warn of further high temperatures to come
Tagged under: Drought | Rivers
RIVERCIDE live documentary [EDITED VERSION] with George Monbiot, Charlotte Church, B Zephaniah
2022-07-14 (or before) in YouTubeThis is the edited version of the live broadcast: it's shorter, snappier, includes the archive shots we didn't managed to get into the live version and also ...
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Cancer fears plague residents of US region polluted by ‘forever chemicals’
2022-07-12 in The GuardianExposure to harmful PFAS remains almost impossible to escape – particularly for the people of the Cape Fear River basin
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Italians wait for rain where longest river runs dry - BBC News
2022-07-10 (or before) in The BBCFarmers in the north fear for the future as the River Po runs dry in the worst drought in 70 years.
Tagged under: Farming | Drought | Rivers
Weather tracker: La Niña and climate crisis behind recent Australia floods
2022-07-08 in The GuardianWarmer conditions around the western Pacific have led to torrential rain and burst rivers
Tagged under: Pacific Ocean | Rivers
It’s democracy v plutocracy – this is the endgame for our planet | George Monbiot
2022-07-06 in The GuardianThe US supreme court is helping to destroy our climate. But it was a much smaller decision, closer to home, that was the final straw for me, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Rivers | Wildlife | US Politics
Big Shock in Big Bend
2022-06-29 by in The Texas Observer: Investigating Texas Since 1954No one alive has seen the Rio Grande as it looks today. A dry, cracking riverbed now snakes through Big Bend National Park.
FEMA to uninsured Montanans: ‘Manage your own recovery'
2022-06-25 in KTVH - MontanaAs Fromberg residents worked to clear the muck and river water from their homes Thursday, a FEMA spokesperson said people should manage their expectations about federal aid.
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Major water cutbacks loom as shrinking Colorado River nears 'moment of reckoning'
2022-06-19 (or before) in Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and TechnologyAs the West endures another year of unrelenting drought worsened by climate change, the Colorado River's reservoirs have declined so low that major water cuts will be necessary next year to reduce risks of supplies reaching perilously low levels, a top federal water official said Tuesday.
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As Po dries up, Italy's food and energy supplies are at risk
2022-06-17 in Associated Press NewsBORETTO, Italy (AP) — Water is so low in large stretches of Italy's largest river that local residents are walking through the middle of the expanse of sand and shipwrecks are resurfacing. Authorities fear that if it doesn't rain soon, there'll be a serious shortage of water for drinking and irrigation for farmers and local populations across the whole of northern Italy.
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‘Hidden world’ of marine life discovered in Antarctic ‘river’ under ice
2022-06-06 in The GuardianNew Zealand scientists ‘jumping up and down’ at find during investigation of climate-induced melt of ice shelf
Tagged under: Antarctic | Rivers | Wildlife
“We’re staring down the gun barrel”: singer Feargal Sharkey on Britain’s polluted rivers
2022-06-02 by in New Statesman MagazineThe Undertones frontman sees echoes of Northern Ireland’s Troubles in today’s environmental struggles.
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Sooty hands and damaged lungs: the toll of Nigeria’s illegal refineries
2022-05-29 in The GuardianA recent clampdown on illegal oil refineries in Rivers State was welcomed by campaigners alarmed at the mounting medical toll on those living in the area. But will it have a lasting impact?
Tagged under: Nigeria | Africa | Rivers | Fossil Fuels
The longest river in Italy is drying up: How will locals survive?
2022-05-15 (or before) in EuronewsThe mighty Po River nourishes a vast area of northern Italy, but climate change is causing a devastating drought.
Tagged under: Drought | Climate Change | Rivers
Environment tipping points fast approaching in UK, says watchdog
2022-05-12 in The GuardianFrom fisheries collapse to dead rivers, official body urges government to urgently turn ambition into action
Tagged under: Fish | Rivers | Wildlife | Collapse | Tipping Points
Anglian Water fined £18k after sewage flooded river in Yaxley - BBC News
2022-05-07 (or before) in The BBCAt least 60 fish died when two pumps failed and raw sewage entered the waterway.
Colorado River Reservoirs Are So Low, Government Will Delay Releases
2022-05-03 in The New York TimesTagged under: Colorado River | Drought | Greenhouse Gases | Rivers
Is this the end for the traditional British watermill?
2022-04-30 in The GuardianHundreds of mills could be converted to generate clean electricity – but the Environment Agency has just raised application fees by up to 790%
Tagged under: Rivers | Electricity
Raw sewage discharged into English rivers 375,000 times by water firms
2022-03-31 in The GuardianData from 2021 released at same time as government plan to stop 40% of untreated sewage releases by 2040
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Microplastics found deep underground in UK waters
2022-03-21 in The GuardianFears for water quality as swimmers discover invisible microfibres in samples 400 feet underground
Tagged under: Microplastics and Nanoplastics | Rivers
Manchin Just Delivered Another Blow on Climate. He’s a Threat to Humanity.
2022-03-16 by in Truthout - Fearless Independent JournalismThe absence of Manchin's support was a death knell for Sarah Bloom Raskin's nomination. Her crime: caring about climate.
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Environment Agency downgrading 93% of prosecutions for serious pollution
2022-03-02 in The GuardianExclusive: leaked internal report adds to concerns cutbacks have undermined England’s regulator
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Lake Malawi's Fish Defy Death - While Their World Heritage Home Is Threatened | We Don't Have Time
2022-02-28 (or before) in app.wedonthavetime.orgBy Jeffrey Barbee January 27, 2022 In the shallow rocky waters below a high granite outcrop a fish lies sideways, fallen onto the sand below. Its skin the hue of a rotting corpse, the fish is unmoving, apparently dead. But looks can be deceiving. As scavenger fish approach, the play-dead fish springs into action, snapping up the would-be eaters in a flurry of motion. One of hundreds of new fish species discovered in the warm waters of Lake Malawi in the last four decades, the play-dead fish’s only home is now in danger of being destroyed. Play dead fish Nimbochromis livingstonii. Picture: Ken McKaye/allianceearth.org Lake...
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‘Everything is on fire’: Flames rip through Iberá National Park in Argentina
2022-02-24 in MongabayThe fires were still several miles away, but Talía Zamboni and her colleagues wanted to work fast. Early in the morning on Feb. 23, they traveled to San Alonso Island in Argentina’s Iberá National Park, where several giant river otters were being housed in a large enclosure, awaiting their release into the wild. But today […]
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River Action launches its Plan to Save the Wye - River Action UK
2022-02-07 in River Action UKRiver Action launches an urgent public call for a new ‘Plan To Save The Wye’ from irreversible environmental damage
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Lawyers challenge water firm’s immunity over sewage discharge
2022-01-26 in The GuardianExclusive: Campaigners fight decision that United Utilities cannot face private legal action for outflows of sewage into canal
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‘We’re basically starting from zero’: Restoring Finland’s river ecosystems
2022-01-22 in The GuardianTeams of rewilders are facing a huge task to encourage the return of wildlife after decades of damage by the forestry industry
Tagged under: Rivers | Wildlife | Rewilding | Trees
EA insiders slam agency’s ‘completely useless’ water monitoring regime
2022-01-20 (or before) in Ends ReportThe poor health of England’s rivers is likely to be worse than thought because the Environment Agency’s water quality monitoring programme is “meaningless”, a “ludicrous waste of money” and a “gross misuse of data”, say existing and former agency officers.
Britain’s only designated river bathing spot is so polluted that it’s not safe to swim
2022-01-20 (or before) in The TelegraphThe Wharfe, in Ilkley, has been classified as ‘poor’ by the Environment Agency because of high bacteria levels
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'Chemical cocktail’ polluting English rivers - MPs warn - BBC News
2022-01-19 (or before) in The BBCTyres and wet wipes are soiling rivers but the biggest polluters are farms and water companies.
Tagged under: Farming | Rivers
Sewage regularly dumped illegally in England and Wales rivers - BBC News
2022-01-19 (or before) in The BBCAnalysis suggests seven water companies illegally dumped sewage thousands of times between 2017 and 2021.
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This is what ‘cutting red tape’ gets you: rivers polluted without consequence | John Vidal
2022-01-17 in The GuardianEngland’s water is bad and getting worse, with regulators too poor or politically cowed to do anything about it, says former Guardian environment editor John Vidal
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Farmers fined after 'catastrophic failure' of slurry store polluted river
2021-12-19 (or before) in FarmingUKTwo farmers have pleaded guilty to polluting a river following the collapse of a slurry store releasing approximately 75,000 gallons of slurry into the water.
Tagged under: Farming | Rivers | Collapse
Arctic Report Card 2021
2021-12-16 (or before) in YouTubeArctic Report Card: Update for 2021 - Tracking recent environmental changes, with 14 essays prepared by an international team of 111 researchers from 12 diff...
Tagged under: Oceans | Arctic | Ocean Acidification | Rivers | Alaska
‘It’s as if we’re in Mad Max’: warnings for Amazon as goldmining dredges occupy river
2021-11-24 in The GuardianHundreds of illegal goldmining dredges converge in search of metal as one activist describes it as a ‘free-for-all’
Tagged under: Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Rivers
The battle over a vast New York park: is this climate resilience or capitalism?
2021-10-31 in The GuardianThe city’s plan to rebuild Manhattan’s East River Park on higher ground has incited a dispute over ‘green gentrification’
Tagged under: Climate Change | Rivers | Capitalism
Dangerous sewage can be dumped in rivers and sea after Brexit chemical shortage
2021-10-22 (or before) in The National | Scottish NewsSEWAGE that has not been properly cleaned has been allowed by the government to be dumped into rivers and the sea over Brexit disruption.
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It’s Joe Manchin vs. the World, and Manchin Is Winning
2021-10-18 by in Truthout - Fearless Independent JournalismFor the time being and the foreseeable future, Manchin and his corporate sponsors hold the top cards.
Tagged under: Rivers | US Politics
‘Climate change is fundamentally altering the Colorado River,' congressional panel hears - Colorado Newsline
2021-10-17 in Colorado NewslineStates in the Colorado River Basin are adjusting to the reality that their rights outstrip the available water by nearly one-third.
Tagged under: Colorado River | US Politics | Climate Change | Rivers | Colorado State
The Great Lakes are awash in plastic waste. What can be done about it?
2021-09-16 (or before) in Michigan Local News, Breaking News, Sports & WeatherBeach cleanups are not enough. Researchers and policy advocates say systemic changes in waste disposal and manufacturing are needed.
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Government failing to stop sewage discharge into English rivers, says charity
2021-09-13 in The GuardianWater companies let raw sewage into English waters more than 400,000 times in 2020, Environment Agency data reveals
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Prosecco protesters rise up against ‘ruthless expansion’ of Italian winemakers
2021-09-10 in The GuardianLocals say cypress trees have been lost and rivers polluted by pesticides and wastewater from wineries
HS2 loses large amount of potentially highly polluting bentonite
2021-09-10 in The GuardianCampaigners are dismayed that so much of the clay slurry could have been lost during construction
River pollution in Wales: Swimmers warned over sewage - BBC News
2021-08-09 (or before) in BBCWaterways have become increasingly popular places to swim, especially with pools closed in lockdown.
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A Crisis Of Water And Power On The Colorado River - Inside Climate News
2021-08-08 in Inside Climate NewsTwo decades of the West’s warming and drying climate came into sharp focus last month, when federal officials ordered water to be released above the nation’s second-largest reservoir to ensure that the Glen Canyon Dam can continue generating hydropower. The decision is the culmination of factors both in and out of human control. The Colorado […]
Tagged under: Colorado River | Rivers
'Nothing's safe' as wildfire tears through California town | AP News
2021-08-06 (or before) in Associated Press NewsGREENVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Shelton Douthit and his team at the Feather River Land Trust in Northern California have been working to restore the lush natural habitat and protect Indigenous artifacts around Lake Almanor.
Tagged under: Wildfires | Rivers | California
Video shows salmon injured by unlivable water temperatures after heatwave
2021-07-27 in The GuardianA conservation group recorded the video after a heatwave in the Pacific north-west on a day when water temperatures breached 70F
Tagged under: Heatwaves | Pacific Ocean | Fish | Rivers | Salmon | Washington State
Death toll rises and thousands flee homes as floods hit China
2021-07-21 in The GuardianTorrential rainfall and burst rivers swamp Henan cities, with commuters trapped on subway trains
Tagged under: Extreme Rainfall | China | Greenhouse Gases | Rivers | Greenpeace | Trains
‘A director without a directorate’: EA insiders slam plan for new water quality boss
2021-07-19 (or before) in Ends ReportEXCLUSIVE: The Environment Agency has created a new director of water quality position in response to “rising public pressure” over the state of England’s water rivers, lakes and coastal waters, but insiders see the move as an “admission of failure”, and the role as a “figurehead to make it look like the agency cares about water quality”, ENDS can reveal.
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A journey down WA’s mighty Martuwarra, raging river and sacred ancestor
2021-06-05 by Carly Earl in The GuardianTraditional owners are standing together to protect the Fitzroy – a ‘beautiful, living water system’. Just watch out for the bird-sized spiders …
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Greenland’s ice sheet is releasing huge amounts of mercury into rivers
2021-05-25 (or before) by in New ScientistTagged under: Arctic | Climate Change | Rivers
Life Cycle of Oil and Gas Fields in the Mississippi River Delta: A Review
2021-05-15 (or before) in MDPI - Publisher of Open Access JournalsOil and gas (O&G) activity has been pervasive in the Mississippi River Delta (MRD). Here we review the life cycle of O&G fields in the MRD focusing on the production history and resulting environmental impacts and show how cumulative impacts affect coastal ecosystems. Individual fields can last 40–60 years and most wells are in the final stages of production. Production increased rapidly reaching a peak around 1970 and then declined. Produced water lagged O&G and was generally higher during declining O&G production, making up about 70% of total liquids. Much of the wetland loss in the delta ...
Tagged under: TotalEnergies | Rivers | Louisiana | Wetlands
Acute riverine microplastic contamination due to avoidable releases of untreated wastewater - Nature Sustainability
2021-05-14 (or before) in NatureThe authors show how untreated wastewater laced with microplastics and raw sewage is routinely discharged into UK river flows that are too low to disperse the microplastics downstream. This discharge creates acute microplastic contamination of river beds that threatens biodiversity and the quality of riverine habitats.
Tagged under: Microplastics and Nanoplastics | Rivers | Sustainability
Microplastic contamination of river beds significantly reduced by catchment-wide flooding - Nature Geoscience
2021-04-12 (or before) in NatureWinter floods flushed out 70% of the microplastic contamination from riverbed sediments in northwest England, according to analyses of sediment samples from 40 rural and urban sites.
Tagged under: Microplastics and Nanoplastics | Rivers
AI reveals 1,000 'dark discharges' of untreated sewage in England
2021-03-12 in The GuardianPaper says machine learning could prove crucial tool in efforts to improve quality of country’s rivers
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UN Human Rights Experts Condemn Expanding Petrochemical Industry in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley as 'Environmental Racism'
2021-03-03 by in DeSmogHuman rights experts appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council issued a statement on March 2 raising concerns about the further industrialization of Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley.” This largely Black-populated stretch of the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge is lined with more than a hundred refineries and petrochemical plants. The experts said additional petrochemical development in this region, which U.S. Environmental […]
Tagged under: Rivers | Louisiana
Welsh farming regulations to cut river pollution could be scrapped
2021-02-26 (or before) in Countryfile.com: walks, wildlife, foraging and traditional recipes - Countryfile.comThe Welsh Government's attempts to introduce plans to reduce agricultural pollution, especially slurry, face intense political opposition, says Andrew Griffiths
Tagged under: Farming | Rivers
Extinction: Freshwater fish in 'catastrophic' decline - BBC News
2021-02-23 (or before) in The BBCNumbers are plunging due to pollution, unsustainable fishing and the draining of rivers.
River Action targets agri-businesses in campaign to stop pollution
2021-02-18 in The GuardianNew group has written to Noble Foods near River Wye, where chemical runoffs are said to be causing serious damage
Revealed: no penalties issued under 'useless' English farm pollution laws
2021-02-12 in The GuardianExclusive: Environment Agency has failed to prosecute or fine any of 243 documented violations since 2018
Tagged under: Farming | Rivers
Environment Agency slashes number of water pollution incident visits
2020-12-03 in The GuardianHuge drop in number of visits during Covid crisis raises concerns polluters are breaking laws with impunity
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‘Large-scale human rights violations’ taint Congo national park project
2020-11-26 in The GuardianConservation groups proposing a protected area in the river basin accused of ignoring the interests of the Baka people
Tagged under: Congo | Africa | Rivers | Trees
Shocking state of English rivers revealed as all of them fail pollution tests
2020-09-17 in The GuardianData reveals just 14% of good ecological standard and none of good chemical standard
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Environment Agency chief supports plan to weaken river pollution rules
2020-08-19 in The GuardianCampaigners say Sir James Bevan is trying to ‘rig system’ and cover up decades of failure
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Migratory river fish populations plunge 76% in past 50 years
2020-07-27 in The GuardianDecline in species such as salmon harms entire ecosystems and livelihoods, say researchers
Tagged under: Oceans | Fish | Rivers | Salmon | Wildlife
Car tyres are major source of ocean microplastics – study
2020-07-14 in The GuardianWind-borne microplastics are a bigger source of ocean pollution than rivers, say scientists
Tagged under: Microplastics and Nanoplastics | Oceans | Rivers
UK Hydrological Status Update - May 2020 | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
2020-05-27 (or before) in UK Centre for Ecology & HydrologyFor 2020 so far, the hydrological situation has been extremely mixed. In February we saw record-breaking rainfall and river flows, and one of the most significant flood events of recent years. Just a couple of months later, after a prolonged period of dry weather, records were broken at the other end of the hydrological spectrum. In the latest in a briefing note, this caused widespread and sustained flooding in many parts of the country.An exceptionally dry spring so far?March is often a 'transitional' spring month but the contrast between the UK Water Resources Portal. Figure right: April monthly mean river flows for the UK. Fr...
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Extreme Rainfall | Drought | Predictions | Flooding | Rivers | Sea Level | Health | Water Resources
Trump Adviser Calls Workers “Human Capital Stock,” Says We Should Get Back to Work
2020-05-26 by in Truthout - Fearless Independent JournalismTo them, we are only meat for the machine, nothing more than an entirely expendable commodity.
Tagged under: Donald Trump | Rivers
Scientific advice recommending ban on fracking in Lake Eyre basin kept secret and ignored
2020-04-29 in The GuardianExclusive: Queensland government blocked report’s public release after granting gas companies new exploration rights
Tagged under: Rivers | Fracking | Fossil Fuels
'The losses could be profound': floods wreak havoc on wildlife
2020-04-01 in The GuardianAs rivers and wildflower meadows struggle to recover from repeated extreme weather events, the ecosystems they support are collapsing
Tagged under: Rivers | Wildlife
River insects and lichens bucking trend of wildlife losses
2020-02-17 in The GuardianReductions in air and water pollution are most likely reason, say scientists
Tagged under: Rivers | Wildlife | Insects
SRP plans to install Arizona's biggest battery for massive solar plant
2019-11-15 (or before) in azcentral.comTagged under: Batteries | Solar Energy | Rivers
Climate Fury: “They don’t need the ravings of some pure, enlightened and woke capital city greenies” | Watts Up With That?
2019-11-13 in Watts Up With That?Guest essay by Eric Worrall Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack MP, who represents the rural seat of Riverina, is fed up with ignorant inner city greens trying to exploit Australia's ongoing bushfire catastrophe for political gain. Deputy PM slams people raising climate change in relation to NSW bushfiresBy David CroweNovember 11, 2019 — 8.33amDeputy Prime
Tagged under: Bushfires | Climate Change | Rivers
Should this tree have the same rights as you?
2019-11-02 in The GuardianAround the world, a movement is gaining momentum that grants legal rights to natural phenomena, including rivers, lakes and mountains. Robert Macfarlane investigates the rise of the new animism
Tagged under: Activism | Rivers | Trees
Glacial rivers absorb carbon faster than rainforests, scientists find
2019-10-25 in The Guardian‘Total surprise’ discovery overturns conventional understanding of rivers
Tagged under: Rainforests | Greenhouse Gases | Rivers
Climate warming is changing Arctic freshwater ecosystems
2019-10-25 in The Freshwater BlogThe Delta River in Alaska. Much of the river's watershed consists of arctic tundra, which is at risk from climate warming. Image: Bureau of Land Management | Flickr Creative Commons Biodiversity in arctic lakes, rivers and wetlands is increasingly threatened by climate warming, according to a report published earlier this year. It is suggested that…
Tagged under: Arctic | Rivers | Wetlands | Alaska
Climate havoc wipes out coastal kelp as SF Bay’s native fish species die off
2019-10-23 (or before) by in San Francisco ChronicleClimate havoc is wiping out the California coast’s kelp, an important food source for...
Tagged under: Fish | Rivers | Wildlife | California | El Niño
'Decades of denial': major report finds New Zealand's environment is in serious trouble
2019-04-18 in The GuardianNation known for its natural beauty is under pressure with extinctions, polluted rivers and blighted lakes
Tagged under: Oceans | Rivers | Wildlife
Microplastic pollution revealed ‘absolutely everywhere’ by new research
2019-03-07 in The GuardianContamination found across UK lakes and rivers, in US groundwater, along the Yantze river and Spanish coast, and harbouring dangerous bacteria in Singapore
Tagged under: Microplastics and Nanoplastics | Oceans | Rivers | Wildlife
'Little Ice Age' which froze the River Thames caused by Americas genocide, study finds
2019-02-01 (or before) in The TelegraphThe “Little Ice Age” of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was triggered by the genocide of indigenous people in the Americas by European settlers, new research shows.
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Colombian Supreme Court Recognizes Rights of the Amazon River Ecosystem
2018-04-20 in IUCN - International Union for Conservation of NatureThe Supreme Court of Colombia (Corte Suprema de Justicia, Sala de Casación Civil) has issued a decision recognizing the Amazon River ecosystem as a subject of rights and beneficiary of protection.
Tagged under: Amazon Rainforest | Rivers
Microplastic pollution in oceans is far worse than feared, say scientists
2018-03-12 in The GuardianA study reveals highest microplastic pollution levels ever recorded in a river in Manchester, UK and shows that billions of particles flooded into the sea from rivers in the area in just one year
Tagged under: Microplastics and Nanoplastics | Oceans | Rivers | Sea Level
New Zealand river granted same legal rights as human being
2017-03-16 in The GuardianAfter 140 years of negotiation, Māori tribe wins recognition for Whanganui river, meaning it must be treated as a living entity
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