No End in Sight to Plastic Pollution Crisis as Treaty Negotiations in Geneva Fail August 18, 2025 By Jennifer McDermott Negotiations to reach a major treaty to end growing plastic pollution around the world fell apart on Friday [Aug. 15],...
Toxic Spill at China-Owned Zambian Mine 30 Times Worse Than Estimated August 15, 2025 By Matthew Hill The partial collapse of a waste dam at a Chinese state-owned copper mine in Zambia may have released 30 times...
Ship Manager Pleads Guilty to Dumping Oily Water Off Coast of New Orleans July 25, 2025 Eagle Ship Management LLC (ESM), based in Stamford, Connecticut, pleaded guilty to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships...
India’s Kerala State Seeks $1.1 Billion in Compensation From MSC Over Oil Spill July 8, 2025 By Arpan Chaturvedi India’s southern state of Kerala has sued Swiss-based Mediterranean Shipping Company and sought $1.1 billion in compensation after one of...
India Races to Contain Oil Spill From Sunken Container Ship May 27, 2025 By Mihir Mishra and Rajesh Kumar Singh Indian agencies detected an oil spill from a container ship that capsized off the coast of the southern state of...
Thames Water Tops List of Firms Facing Criminal Probes Over Pollution May 22, 2025 By Priscila Azevedo Rocha Thames Water tops a list of water companies under criminal investigation for pollution by the UK government, a move that...
UK’s Anglian Water Fined £1.4 Million Over Drinking Water Failures May 19, 2025 Britain’s Anglian Water was fined 1.4 million pounds ($1.9 million) over drinking water contamination, in the latest scandal in an...
EPA to Rollback Limits on ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water May 16, 2025 By Michael Phillis The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it plans to weaken limits on some “forever chemicals” in drinking water that...
UK Sewage Crisis Leaves Beachgoers Sick and Frustrated May 9, 2025 By Priscila Azevedo Rocha Charlie Clarke fell severely ill in late summer 2023 after a swim at Clevedon Marine Lake in southwest England while...
UK Water Bosses Face Up to Two Years in Prison for Polluting April 25, 2025 By Elena Mazneva Britain’s water company bosses will face up to two years in prison and be banned from taking bonuses for covering...