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News tag: Environment

Environment news

Yukon says mine cleanup may have released cyanide-contaminated water

Financial Post The government says the receiver initiated repairs and originally believed the water hadn’t spilled from a lined containment area, so didn’t immediately report it. Officials now estimate that […]

Compare and contrast: Flood recovery efforts move forward in Southwest Detroit: ‘There’s a lot of progress that’s been made’

CBS News Flood recovery efforts move forward in Southwest Detroit: “There’s a lot of progress that’s been made”” detroit” By Alysia Burgio” ” March 6, 2025 / 5:32 PM EST […]

Compare and contrast: Inside Trump and DOGE’s chaotic effort to release billions of gallons of California’s water

CNN Representatives from the Department of Government Efficiency repeatedly pressured the head of a United States water management agency to open a major California pump system in late January, intending […]

Compare and contrast: California water wars: A century of wrangling over Los Angeles’s water

Al Jazeera Just before midnight on March 7, 1928, the St Francis Dam, located roughly 80km (50 miles) inland of Los Angeles, collapsed. The dam had been marred by cracks […]

Spring melt starts as flood alerts issued for Thames River

CBC “The frozen ground has a reduced ability to absorb this rainfall,” Environment Canada said in a statement warning of floods. “We’ve been running our models, and the spring melt […]

Sarnia invests $29.5M to upgrade wastewater system and prevent flooding

Water Canada The City of Sarnia is undertaking a major infrastructure project to address the increased risk of basement flooding and sewer overflows due to more frequent and intense storms. […]

Grassy Narrows First Nation sees start of mercury treatment facility decades after the river was poisoned

CBC Williamson, like roughly 90 per cent of residents in Grassy Narrows First Nation, has been impacted by mercury poisoning that dates back to the 1960s and ’70s, when the […]

Compare and contrast: Supreme Court sides with San Francisco, requiring EPA to set specific targets in water pollution permits

The Conversation – United States The U.S. Supreme Court has limited how flexible the Environmental Protection Agency and states can be in regulating water pollution under the Clean Water Act […]

Compare and contrast: Amazon tree loss may worsen both floods and droughts: study

Phys.org Deforestation in the Amazon causes more rain in the wet season and less rain in the dry season, according to new research published Wednesday underscoring the rainforest’s “pivotal” role […]

Compare and contrast: Indonesia uses cloud seeding to stop heavy rains as floods hit Jakarta

Al Jazeera Indonesian authorities are using cloud seeding to mitigate heavy rainfall that has caused severe flooding in the capital, Jakarta, and its surrounding areas, killing at least one person […]

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