positive Water news
Fervor flowing as L.A. looks to revive riverThe historic river that gave birth to this city is flickering back to life after decades as an open storm drain encased in concrete and littered with trash. |
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Crackdown on sewage pollution in lochs and riversMORE than 80 lochs and rivers across Scotland are to receive increased protection from sewage pollution, Rhona Brankin, the deputy environment minister announced yesterday. |
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China to invest 1.2 billion USD to control Songhua River’s pollutionChina will invest 10 billion yuan (around 1.2 billion USD) over the next five years to curb the pollution of the northeastern Songhua River, according to a plan approved by China's State Council on March 29. |
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U.S. Ethanol Makers Say They Can Meet Oil Refiner DemandU.S. ethanol producers told Congress on Wednesday there will be enough of their mostly corn-based product to meet the demands of oil refiners that will need more of the fuel additive to make gasoline for the summer driving season. |
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Pacific isles get wildlife driveA major initiative has been launched to conserve the fragile wildlife of the islands of the Pacific. |
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Uganda Dam Cuts Praised as Helping Lake VictoriaEast African environmentalists praised Uganda on Thursday for cutting inflows at two Nile dams saying it would help check falling water levels on Lake Victoria, the continent's biggest lake. |
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China province may close down industrial pollutersThe Chinese province of Hunan, home to China's largest zinc smelter, is considering closing heavy industrial plants that pollute, a senior government official said on Monday. |
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Guernsey receives first Ramsar designationGuernsey, in the Channel Islands, is celebrating the designation of its first Ramsar site, under the UN Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, otherwise known as the Ramsar Convention. |
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Destructive fishing’ ban for NZOne-third of New Zealand's offshore waters is going to be declared off-limits to bottom-trawlers. |
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Cabinet Moves to Protect Marine Environment from PollutionCabinet has approved a National Plan of Action (NPA) aimed at protecting the marine environment from land-based sources of pollution. |
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Marine life treasure trove foundAn underwater mountain with some of the richest diversity of marine life in the Caribbean has been found by scientists. |
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China Pledges to Do More to Protect Dwindling WetlandsChina will boost investment in wetlands protection and put more wetland areas under state protection in an effort to save them from destruction, state media said Thursday. |
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China’s pollution galvanises peasants to actionChina: Mrs Song never had much interest in politics but when factory pollution began poisoning well water and killing crops, the young mother got angry. |
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Coral, mangroves good for economyCoral reefs and mangroves are worth protecting for economic reasons, contributing as much as $1m per sq km to tropical economies. |
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Environmental news headlines
- California orders hike in number of super clean cars
- Fungi Discovered In The Amazon Will Eat Your Plastic
- Leatherback sea turtles granted massive protected area along U.S. west coast
- Swedish Cities Close to Building a Bicycle Superhighway
- Indonesia to conserve half of Borneo region
- Keystone oil sands pipeline rejected, for now
- Levi’s drops Asia Pulp & Paper due to its link to deforestation in Indonesia
- No rhinos poached in Nepal last year
- Singapore supermarket to stop selling shark fin
- European Carbon Regulation for Airlines Takes Off
- Saving the Amazon: Winning the war on deforestation
- The biggest new species discoveries in 2011
- Southern California whale census yields record number
- Electricity Sparks New Life Into Indonesia’s Coral Reefs
- US rolls out historic mercury limits for power plants
- 100,000 Signatures Overcome Coca-Cola in National Park Bottle-Ban Debate
- Solar’s Best Quarter Ever
- Mexico closes huge rubbish dump
- Victory! Facebook ‘friends’ renewable energy
- US Coal Plant Pollution Down
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