New plan further reigns in ‘wild west’ of Great Salt Lake mineral extraction
Mineral extractors will need to scale back operations as water levels recede. (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake…
Joint Base community plan forced to remove environmental terms
By a presidential order, environmental justice terminology has been scrubbed from a Community Involvement Plan to clean up…
Gena Heraty: ‘Please release her’ – charity appeals to kidnappers
Kathleen Davey was raised in Haiti by missionary parents and still has relatives living there; two of her…
France’s largest wildfire this summer leaves one dead and many injured | France
Hundreds of firefighters are battling to stop the spread of a fast-moving wildfire in southern France, after one…
French firefighters battle to contain blaze that killed elderly woman and tore through area bigger than Paris
Facebook Tweet Email Link Nearly 2,000 French firefighters are battling to contain a fast-moving blaze that has burnt…
The two biggest sources of microplastic pollution are not bottles or straws
The world is in a “plastics crisis” amid concerns plastic production has risen more than 200 times since…
Upstate NY under health advisory again Wednesday from wildfire smoke
Syracuse, N.Y. — Smoke from Canadian wildfires is expected to continue blanketing the Northeast on Wednesday, causing “unhealthy”…
We can repurpose retired coal plants to produce green energy
A derelict coal power plant at the abandoned Indiana Army Ammunition Plant The American Explorer/Shutterstock Dozens of retired…
World Earthquake Report for Wednesday, 6 August 2025
Wed, 6 Aug 2025, 07:20 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours…
Recent heavy rains put stress on Kirksville’s storm water system
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. — With recent heavy rains in Kirksville, residents may wonder where all that water running off…
Wildfire rages in southwestern France, closing highway – DW – 08/06/2025
A wildfire in the Corbieres hills in southwestern France, inland from the Mediterranean coast, has already closed a major…
Chemical pollution a threat comparable to climate change, scientists warn | Environment
Chemical pollution is “a threat to the thriving of humans and nature of a similar order as climate…