More contamination found around the site of the Eagle Gold mine in Yukon
The Canadian Press The Yukon government says testing around the gold mine where a containment facility gave way, spilling millions of tonnes of cyanide-laced rock, has found increased levels of […]
More contamination found around the site of the Eagle Gold mine in Yukon
The Canadian Press The Yukon government says testing around the gold mine where a containment facility gave way, spilling millions of tonnes of cyanide-laced rock, has found increased levels of […]
Compare and contrast: Millions in the US may rely on groundwater contaminated with PFAS for drinking water supplies
Phys.org Approximately 71 to 95 million people in the Lower 48 states more than 20% of the country’s population may rely on groundwater that contains detectable concentrations of per- and […]
Compare and contrast: North Carolina farms face depleted, toxic soil after historic Helene flooding
The Guardian Suddenly, there’s deep climate trauma here, in a place where we mistakenly thought hurricanes happened to Floridians and coastal communities, not us. It’s not just a question of […]
Compare and contrast: The 2022 European drought: What was the role of climate change?
Science Daily A research team has now discovered that more than 30 percent of the extraordinary intensity and physical extent of the drought can be attributed to human-induced climate change. […]
UK rivers contain ‘cocktail of chemicals and stimulants’ endangering aquatic life
The Guardian The UK’s rivers contain a cocktail of chemicals and stimulants including caffeine, antidepressants and painkillers from water company sewage releases, polluting freshwaters at levels which can pose […]
Compare and contrast: The system that moves water around the Earth is off balance for the first time in human history
CNN Humanity has thrown the global water cycle off balance “for the first time in human history,” fueling a growing water disaster that will wreak havoc on economies, food production […]
Compare and contrast: It could take over 40 years for PFAS to leave groundwater
Science Daily Per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals, known commonly as PFAS, could take over 40 years to flush out of contaminated groundwater. Click here to read the story. Click the […]
Company fined $1 million for depositing toxic wastewater into the Peace River
CBC Enforcement officers determined that on April 14, 2021, the company had deposited or permitted the deposit of more than 30 million litres of effluent – wastewater that was toxic […]
The fight for life downstream of Alberta’s tailings ponds – full of arsenic, mercury and lead
The Narwhal In their own words: residents of Fort Chipewyan talk about their experiences – and fears – downstream from the Alberta oilsands’ trillion-litre tailings ponds of toxic byproducts. […]
