The Latest Breaking News from Environment

Innovative industry could see new markets rise from the ashes of coal dams

Coal dams have been at the centre of dust-ups between power stations, environmental groups and health advocates for decades, but a proposal to see the dams emptied could also lead to more jobs in the big smoke.

Newcastle Herald · Apr 24, 2022

‘Worst it’s ever been’: a threatened species alarm sounds during the election campaign – and is ignored

Warnings of dramatically escalating extinctions in Australia over the next two decades seem to be falling on deaf ears

The Guardian - AU · Apr 24, 2022

Barnsley axe Poya Asbaghi two days after relegation and comments on working environment

The Reds were relegated from the Championship on Friday night and have now announced 36-year-old Asbaghi has left the club after just five months in the Oakwell hotseat

Daily Mirror · Apr 24, 2022

PIL to stop children from wearing “religious attire” to schools moved in HC

Litigant claims it disturbs decorum in a learning environment

The Hindu · Apr 23, 2022

The key to winning the climate debate isn’t economics: it’s health

The environment ranks low in polls of the public’s fears, while sickness ranks top. Yet we will all get more ill as the planet heats

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2022

Liverpool legend Dirk Kuyt helping spearhead environmentally game-changing 'Don't Lose Your Bottle' campaign

The Dutch icon, 41, is waging war against plastic waste as part of the innovative ‘Don't Lose Your Bottle’ campaign, pioneered by SC Johnson - a family company with a long-term commitment to the environment - and Liverpool FC

Wales Online · Apr 23, 2022

Mammoth effort as 500 volunteers roll their sleeves up to back Renfrewshire’s Big Spring Clean

One said: "I do wish people would think about how long their litter will lie in our environment, who has to pick up after them"

Daily Record · Apr 23, 2022

Maryland's Back River is unsafe for any human contact, state environment officials declare amid wastewater plant problems

BALTIMORE — The Back River in Baltimore County is unsafe for drinking, swimming or any human contact, Maryland environmental officials declared Friday amid ongoing concerns about failing systems at the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant in Dundalk.

Tribune News Service · Apr 22, 2022

EPA orders Pilsen metal shredder to add pollution sensors

The environmental agency wants Sims Metal Management to monitor for metals and other harmful contaminants released in the air.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 22, 2022

NT government referred to ICAC over its handling of fracking research contract in Beetaloo Basin

Darwin researchers believed they would be awarded a contract to study prawn-like species in a major Northern Territory gas field earmarked for fracking. A government decision not to do so has now been referred to ICAC.

ABC News · Apr 22, 2022