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News tag: Environment

Environment news

Compare and contrast: ‘Unprecedented territory’: Edwards Aquifer to start 2025 near record low

San Antonio Express-News The aquifer, the largest groundwater system in Central Texas, is starting 2025 more than 40 feet lower than normal as the region’s drought continues.   Click here […]

Compare and contrast: Elevated Levels of Radium Found in Western Pennsylvania’s Freshwater Mussels

Inside Climate News Researchers detected increased radioactivity in mussels downstream of oil and gas wastewater discharge points, raising concerns about effects up the food chain.   Click here to read […]

Would you drink this B.C. water tainted by mining waste? The company says it’s just fine

National Observer The mine, owned by Hudbay Minerals and Mitsubishi Materials, has been repeatedly fined by the province for polluting nearby waterways; in 2021, its operator at one point exceeded […]

Drought hangover at B.C. Hydro has eased as utility enters 2025

Vancouver Sun B.C. Hydro has experienced more normal precipitation in reservoirs, though it won’t know how that has helped reservoir levels until spring.   Click here to read the story.

Alberta drought conditions expected to improve heading into 2025

CBC Agroclimate specialist says some areas still facing long-term moisture deficits.   Click here to read the story.   Click the following link for more information on Drought.

Similkameen people say once-pristine waterways tainted by mine waste as company doubles down: ‘It’s scary’

IndigiNews Questioned at a private community meeting about contamination in Wolfe Creek, a Hudbay Minerals representative insists she ‘would drink the water’. The mine has been repeatedly fined by the […]

Similkameen people say once-pristine waterways tainted by mine waste as company doubles down: ‘It’s scary’

IndigiNews Questioned at a private community meeting about contamination in Wolfe Creek, a Hudbay Minerals representative insists she ‘would drink the water’. The mine has been repeatedly fined by the […]

Alberta drought conditions expected to improve heading into 2025

CBC “We really weren’t sure what we were going to be facing,” Davie said. “In the end, it turned out a lot better than we expected it to be in […]

Compare and contrast: I figured out how to use two-thirds less water and it only took a week to set up

The Guardian While droughts are a natural feature of California’s climate, human-induced warming has made them even drier. After Eric Haas, 62, moved to Oakland in 2007, California was in […]

With walls, berms and raised roads, Fort McMurray is working to keep its river from overflowing

CBC Ever since the devastating spring floods of 2020 in Fort McMurray, the northeastern Alberta community has been shoring up its defences against rising rivers. Now, officials with the Regional […]

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