Judge Says Fire Retardant Polluting Streams but Allows Use to Continue May 30, 2023 By Matthew Brown BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. government can keep using chemical retardant dropped from aircraft to fight wildfires, despite finding...
Germany’s Rhine Water too Low Even for Some Empty Vessels August 19, 2022 BERLIN –– Water levels on Germany’s Rhine river are so low that some vessels cannot sail even when empty, a...
Sydney Floods Burden 50,000 Around Australia’s Largest City July 6, 2022 By Rod Mcguirk and Mark Baker RICHMOND, Australia (AP) — Hundreds of homes have been inundated in and around Australia’s largest city in a flood emergency...
Cedar Rapids, Marion Seek Federal Aid for Waterway Cleanup April 5, 2021 By Gage Miskimen and Marissa Payne CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Cedar Rapids and Marion are pursuing federal assistance to help pay for millions of dollars...
New Jersey Sues 3 Firms Over Chemicals in Drinking Water November 12, 2020 By Wayne Parry New Jersey is upping its efforts to force chemical companies to pay for decades of contamination of waterways by substances...
Seward Area Hit by Severe Flooding Due to Heavy Rain, Winds October 6, 2020 KENAI, Alaska — The Seward area of Alaska experienced severe flooding as heavy rain and high winds hit the area...
Judge Won’t Halt Salvage of Capsized Ship on Georgia Coast March 27, 2020 By Russ Bynum SAVANNAH, Ga. — A federal judge ruled she will not halt removal of a capsized cargo ship along the Georgia...
Duke Energy Agrees to Remove Coal Ash in North Carolina January 3, 2020 RALEIGH, N.C. — The state of North Carolina says it has secured an agreement with Duke Energy to excavate nearly...
Chemours Calls DuPont Clean-Up Estimates `Spectacularly’ Off July 2, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Michael Leonard Chemours Co. claims its former parent DuPont Inc.’s estimates on liabilities the spun-off company should cover were “spectacularly wrong” and...