Melburnians are told to prepare for a possible return to the worst-rated air quality today, as smoke from bushfires threatening communities drifts across the state.
The air quality in Melbourne's suburbs drops to the worst possible rating of hazardous this morning, as smoke from bushfires in East Gippsland and the north-east continues to blanket the state.
The Alpine town of Bright records the worst air pollution in Victoria, as smoke from out-of-control fires in East Gippsland and the north-east spreads across the state.
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management held a public hearing today on proposed regulations for substances like sewer sludge and poultry processing waste.
Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services will hold two free, informational clinics this week for residents of Clairton and surrounding communities involved in a proposed settlement for a class action lawsuit against U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works.
An innovative campaign in Indonesia is turning plastic garbage into paving blocks to reduce environmental hazards. Could this be a model project for other countries as well?
The brain-harming metal is discharged directly into the river and carried to it on air currents. Some argue authorities are doing too little to stop both routes of pollution.
"Texas claims to be very sympathetic to property rights. On the other hand, they support oil and gas. What this project has exposed is that these two priorities are not equal."
No, not the war against the press. Or impeachment. Or immigrants. Or reality. But the swamp-draining, regulation-stomping, soul-crushing assault on the environment.
