So much methane is bubbling into a river surrounded by hundreds of fracking wells that it's a fire hazard! Local campaigners blame the coal seam gas industry for the gas releases which are spreading along Queensland's river Condamine and gaining in intensity.
… Australian river on fire with fracked coal seam gas The … Gas Climate Change Energy jeremy buckingham river fire and boat-cut.jpg So much methane is bubbling into a river surrounded by hundreds of fracking wells …
The vast dams clogging the veins of Africa are instruments of control rather than promised hydroelectric liberation. Khadija Sharife investigates.
… Photograph: Lori Pottinger/International Rivers The vast dams clogging the veins of … were born on the fertile banks of ancient river systems, ranging from Mesopotamia’s … to Egypt’s Nile, China’s Hwang or Yellow river, and the Elvis or king of rivers, the …
Housing developers argue for increased clarity on nutrient management in Special Areas of Conservation.
… January 2019 News Nutrient Management Plans Rivers Pollution Development Housing … diffuse sources. Special conservation The River Avon Special Area of Conservation (SAC) … being achieved across the catchment. The River Wye SAC has reaches where the levels of …
A spate of hydroelectric dam building in Nepal means that future earthquakes could send inland tsunamis flooding down the steep mountain valleys, writes Michael Buckley. Disaster was averted in last month's quake - a badly damaged dam was not yet filled. But despite the risks and the damage to river ecology, tourism and rural livelihoods, there's no sign of any policy shift.
… Lake at the headwaters of the Trishuli River, soon to be changed forever by the … But despite the risks and the damage to river ecology, tourism and rural livelihoods, … Dam was being built on the upper Trishuli River in a very remote corner of Nepal near …
On January 9 thousands of gallons of a toxic chemical used to produce “clean coal”, spilled into Elk River, leaving 300,000 with no water supply. Trish Kahle asks - how could this happen?
… They poisoned the river for a 'clean coal' lie Trish Kahle | … to produce “clean coal”, spilled into Elk River, leaving 300,000 with no water supply. … plants. The chemical spilled into the Elk River from a 48,000-gallon tank owned by …
Campaigners are celebrating after defeating plans to build America’s largest open pit coal mine, writes Nick Engelfriend. In an epic 'David and Goliath' battle, Montana activists challenged the project, and all the politicians and businessmen that supported it, with fierce opposition, protests and demonstrations. The outcome spells hope for all in the fight against dirty energy.
… is known for its arid climate, but the Tongue River Valley just north of the Wyoming border … pines, sagebrush and grassy pastures. The river and underground aquifers make the valley … for agriculture. On the east side of the river, where the Otter Creek tracts are …
In the face of environmental atrocities like the recent spill of crude oil into the Yellowstone River, writes Grant Mincy, quiescence be damned! To stop more of the same, we must reclaim from the corporate-captured state the rights of commons and community to decide on how local resources are used.
… After the oil spill: ode to the Yellowstone River Grant Mincy | 1st February 2015 Comment … spill of crude oil into the Yellowstone River, writes Grant Mincy, quiescence be … On Saturday, January 17, the Yellowstone River, perhaps the most celebrated aquatic …
America's expanding oil production threatens the pristine Pacific Northwest region of the country with a rash of new oil terminals along the coast, writes Valerie Brown, and hugely expanded traffic of freight trains loaded with hundreds of cars of crude oil heading for California refineries.
… Washington, just across the Columbia River from Portland. Unique ecosystem at risk … such terminal in the region. The Columbia River is the lifeblood of the Pacific … coal trains must pass through the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area , a protected …
The Kwegu people of Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley are facing starvation because of the loss of their land to a huge sugar plantation, the destruction of their forest and the damming of the Omo river - supported by a UK, EU and World Bank funded 'aid' program.
… of their forest and the damming of the Omo river - supported by a UK, EU and World Bank … of their forest and the damming of the river on which they depend for fish and flood … and grow crops along the banks of the Omo River. Although the smallest of the indigenous …
9,000 new homes in the 'fast track' housing development zones created by the UK government are in areas of flood risk, making them potentially uninhabitable and uninsurable, according to a Greenpeace investigation - and that's before accounting for the increased flood risk from by climate change. Meanwhile future levels of funding for flood control are looking highly uncertain.
… there have been flood warnings along the River Ouse in zones ministers have allocated … exposed to serious risk of flooding from rivers or sea (Flood risk 2 (medium … a 1 in 100 or greater annual probability of river flooding; or a 1 in 200 or greater …
There's a shift occurring in the stewardship of the UK's National Parks - a move towards legislating for greater freedom to plunder the Parks' natural resources for financial gain with conservation of natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage taking a back seat. JAN GOODEY reports on the looming threat to the National Parks in Wales
… Parks Development Snowdonia Society save our rivers campaigners - photo credit rob … plus people power. Campaigners from Save Our Rivers, the Snowdonia Society and the Betws … faces exploitation: of major free flowing rivers for example. Over the last five years …
A report by Alberta's energy regulator links emissions from tar sands oil production with serious health impacts in the Peace River region that have forced families to flee their homes, reports Carol Linnitt. The findings reveal 'a huge information gap'.
… with serious health impacts in the Peace River region that have forced families to flee … forced to evacuate their homes in Peace River, Alberta due to toxic fumes from bitumen … hot plumes Tar sands deposits in the Peace River region are extracted using a relatively …
A deal to give up 500,000 acres of public lands in Utah to the tar sands industry in return for 1.5 million acres of industry is a sacrifice too far, writes Alexander Reid Ross, as it disclaims the wider costs of massive water use and contamination in the headwaters of the Colorado River, already seriously stressed by drought.
… in the headwaters of the Colorado River, already seriously stressed by drought. … is located at the headwaters of the Colorado River. Lying 8,000 feet elevation, where the Green River and White River feed into the Colorado, …
The impact of fracking on communities and ecosystems demands a complete rethink of the human relationship with nature, writes Shannon Biggs. Nature has rights - and this must be reflected in our laws.
… Welcome to 'frackland': does a river have the right not to be polluted? … How else could we legalize the damming of rivers, the removal of whole mountaintops for … with 63% of the votes cast. Should trees and rivers have 'standing'? Crucially, it …
Next week the indigenous peoples of the Yukon challenge their Government in the Territory's Supreme Court, writes Jill Pangman. At issue, its plans to open the Peel watershed, a vast unspoilt ecosystem rich in wildlife and cultural meaning, for industrial development.
… in the translucent shallow waters of the Wind River. A great arc of limestone peaks frame a … against a deep blue sky. I'm on a two-week river journey into the Peel Watershed, North … largest constellation of wild mountain rivers, tucked in the northeast corner of …
A trip to the Achuar Indians of the Ecuadorian Amazon proved life-changing for Stephen Wallace. Their only desire is to enjoy what they have, and ensure that their children can do the same. But the threat of oil is casting a dark shadow of fear over their lives.
… fear over their lives. The Pastaza and Kawapi Rivers in Ecuador come together near the … live there in harmony and in reverence of the rivers, trees, and animals that inhabit their … I visited sat high on elevated banks above rivers. The scenery was breath-taking. My …
A 62-year old pipeline across New England could be used to carry hazardous tar sand crude oil from Canada to the Atlantic, writes Meg Berlin. But communities across Vermont are campaigning to block the project that imperils waters, people and wildlife ...
… - and spill oil into the state's wetlands, rivers and streams, along with the chemicals … Also at risk will be the St Lawrence river, Quebec's largest and most important … 2010 such a spill fell upon the Kalamazoo River in Michigan, providing an example of the …
In 1976, it looked like a good idea: to divert the waters of the Danube into a salt-water lagoon on Ukraine's Black Sea coast, and irrigate millions of hectares of arid steppe land, writes Dimiter Kenarov. But the result has been human and environmental disaster on an epic scale.
… Such an example is the massive diversion of rivers in the Soviet Union that, over a period … Sea. Another is the damming of the Colorado River. Another dark legacy of the 20th century … transfer canals, the three major European rivers on the northern coast of the Black Sea: …
How fossil fuels are destroying biodiversity and Indigenous people’s rights.
… it cannot regenerate itself. There are many drivers to deforestation in the Amazon - we can … They are located close to the Athabasca River - one of Canada’s major rivers that flows through Alberta and the …
The Indigenous Peoples of Standing Rock are by no means alone in their struggle for the recognition and preservation of their native lands: a very similar story of resistance against oil extraction is taking place further south, and has been going on for almost half a century, namely the fight of the Indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon against oil pollution and oppression, writes biologist ARTHUR WYNS
… people protesting at the banks of the tigre river, peruvian amazon, 2015. c.chaikuni.jpg … (IIAAP) declared all water from the Tigre River undrinkable due to oil pollution, and … by the Kichwa people at the base of the Tigre River - the most polluted river in the area. …
America's coal-fired power plants produce 140 million tons of ash a year, reports Ben Whitford, most of it dumped in open storage ponds that contaminate drinking water with arsenic and heavy metals. And now Presidential candidate Jeb Bush is promising to scrap 'new and costly' (actually feeble) EPA regulations before they have even been implemented.
… Energy Coal Waste Regulation Politics coal-river-ash-cut.jpg America's coal-fired power … spilled 39,000 tons into North Carolina's Dan River, just 35 miles downstream from Belews … says. "There are hundreds of slow-motion Dan River spills happening all around the country, …
The Rampal coal power plant in Bangladesh, near the world's greatest mangrove forest, is a deeply misconceived project that must be abandoned, writes Johan Frijns in this Open Letter to the Exim Bank of India - which is planning to finance its construction. It would severely damage the precious local environment and wildlife, while adding to global climate change and sea level rise.
… and farming activities. With increased river erosion, noise pollution, health hazards … plants and land. The plant will contaminate rivers by discharging used, warm water into the River Passur daily, for at least 25 years. …
It may all be over for England, but for Brazil, the battle is only just beginning. Anger over the vast cost of the World Cup - well over $10 billion - and its huge social impacts, is spilling over into a wider fury at massive mega-projects than enrich elites, trash the environment, and leave the poor poorer.
… the government is building on the Xingu River in Brazil's north. So, what are the … rainforest. This severe flooding of the Xingu River basin threatens to damage one of the … example indigenous people living by the Xingu River. This community of up to 40,000 people …
USAID, the UK's DFID and the World Bank are among those covering up for severe human rights abuses against indigenous peoples in Ethiopia's Omo Valley, inflicted during forced evictions to make way for huge plantations, writes Will Hurd. Their complicity in these crimes appears to be rooted in US and UK partnership with Ethiopia in the 'war on terror'.
… dam is under construction upstream on the Omo River. Its control of the river's water level allows irrigation dams and … dam the government constructed on the Omo River for its sugarcane plantations. The Kwegu …