Tag: Waterways

Nations meet in final round to address global plastic crisis

Negotiators gathered in Busan, South Korea, on Monday in a final push to create a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic...

Feds outline 'necessary steps' for Colorado River agreement by 2026 but no recommendation yet

LAS VEGAS -- Federal water officials made public on Wednesday what they called “necessary steps” for seven states and multiple tribes that use...

Belem, host of next year's climate talks, is Amazonian city plagued with pollution and violence

BELEM, Brazil -- For the last few years, climate scientists, environmentalists and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have been talking up...

London protesters demand water companies clean up sewage-tainted rivers

LONDON -- Holding signs with slogans including “stop the plop” and “species not feces,” thousands of people marched in London on Sunday to...

Villagers are wary of plans to dam a river to ensure Panama Canal's water supply

EL JOBO, Panama -- A long, wooden boat puttered down the Indio River’s chocolate waters carrying Ana María Antonio and a colleague from...

Polluted waste from Florida's fertilizer industry is in the path of Milton's fury

As Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida’s west coast with powerful winds and flooding rain, environmentalists are worried it could scatter the polluted...