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A massive environmental disaster has unfolded along England’s Sussex coast, where millions of plastic bio-beads have contaminated Camber Sands beach following a mechanical failure at a Southern Water treatment facility. The local MP has described the incident as an “environmental…
A desperate seal escaped an orca pod by jumping onto a photographer's boat in Washington's Salish Sea, as European Union climate leadership erodes amid rising right-wing politics. Australia's climate scientist Tim Flannery warns against coalition compromises on environmental reform.
A coalition of Illinois congressional representatives is demanding the federal government release $3 billion in stalled funding designated for replacing toxic lead service lines that carry drinking water to homes across the nation. The lawmakers allege that the withholding of…
A radio DJ in England’s Lake District is taking a uniquely creative approach to environmental activism by staging a 24-hour broadcasting marathon to protest sewage pollution in the region’s pristine waterways. Lee Durrant of Lake District Radio will spend an…
Italy's proposed Messina Bridge could end centuries-old train ferry crossings between Sicily and mainland. Meanwhile, Vietnam's cave conservation efforts have transformed former hunters into wildlife protectors, helping species like slow lorises recover from near-extinction in ancient karst limestone regions.
Western states have failed to reach a crucial agreement on how to manage the drought-stricken Colorado River, missing a federal deadline that was set for Tuesday. The impasse leaves one of America’s most vital water sources in deeper uncertainty as…
Protesters breach security at Brazil's crucial climate summit as world leaders gather. Meanwhile, Senegal experiments with intensive cattle grazing to combat drought, and Australia's Coalition faces internal warfare over abandoning its 2050 net zero emissions commitment.
Wessex Water, a major utility company serving England’s southwest, has been slapped with an £11 million enforcement action by the water industry regulator following serious failures in managing its wastewater infrastructure. The penalty comes after Ofwat determined that the company…
Hundreds demand clean air in India's capital as pollution reaches dangerous levels, while Nigeria officially pardons executed environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight colleagues. Plus: Brazil's Lula targets climate misinformation at UN summit and Latin American communities resist water-hungry AI data centers.
Southern Water has issued an apology after millions of tiny plastic biobeads from their treatment facilities created what environmental activists are calling one of the worst pollution disasters ever witnessed along the Sussex coastline. The microscopic plastic spheres, used in…
