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Tamil Nadu to deploy innovative 'trash interceptors' to rid rivers of plastic pollution in 14 districts
As part of the ambitious Rs 1,675 crore Tamil Nadu Coastal Restoration Mission, the state environme…
Seine River in Paris still too polluted for Olympic events as opening ceremony looms
The Seine was poised to be a centerpiece of the Paris Olympics, featuring prominently in both the o…
Rebecca Rommen
55 tons of ocean plastic collected from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to be recycled into Kia’s electric vehicles!
Kia has already begun upcycling plastic in many car parts, such as the EV9 model which incorporates…
A half-mile plastic-trapping device in the Pacific caught 64,000 pounds of trash - including a fridge, mannequin, and toilet seats
A new device built by the nonprofit The Ocean Cleanup brought back 64,000 pounds of plastic from th…
Aria Bendix
Germany Offers Help For Ganga Clean-up Mission
"Rejuvenation and cleaning of the river Ganga is one of the top priorities of Indian government. We…
Fukushima Cleanup Workers Have Been Dumping Contaminated Debris Into Rivers
Reporters for Asahi Shimbun, Japan's leading daily newspaper, found that crews "have dumped soil an…
Michael Kelley
A Russian mining company spilled 20,000 tons of oil in the Arctic Circle, turning a river red and enraging Putin
A river in Siberia turned red after a Norilsk Nickel subsidiary's factory spilled oil, prompting Vl…
Sinéad Baker
A spill at a California vineyard has sent 97,000 gallons of wine flowing into sewers and a local river
The exact quantity of wine that entered the Russian River is unknown - city officials are still ass…
Holly Secon
Chicago's attempt to impress Amazon backfired after it destroyed a 'priceless' graffiti artwork in HQ2 bid clean-up
"In the month leading up to Amazon's visit, the city completed 233 requests for graffiti removal in…
Mary Hanbury
The 25-year-old trying to rid the world's oceans of plastic just created a floating garbage truck that collects trash from rivers
The Interceptor is designed to operate in almost any river, but it can be tailored to suit differen…
Aria Bendix
World Bank President Supports Narendra Modi In Ganga Clean-up Operation
Jim Yong Kim has said that the World Bank will send its best team to India to work on the pro…
As Hurricane Florence's floodwaters recede, some North Carolina rivers could rise another foot, and the full moon isn't helping
While three safe routes have been established in Wilmington, North Carolina, where Florence's flood…
Hillary Hoffower
Horrific Video Of Thousands Of Dead Pigs Floating In A Shanghai River
According to the FT, tags on the pigs' ears showed that the animals came from Jiaxing, a neighborin…
Joe Weisenthal,Dina Spector
The Number Of Dead Pigs Found In Shanghai River Doubles In Fewer Than 24 Hours
Tags on the pigs' ears show that the animals came from Jiaxing, a neighboring province of Shanghai.…
Dina Spector
A team of climbers just summited 3 of the most challenging peaks in the world. They made it even harder by collecting roughly 2,000 pounds of trash along the way.
Mountaineer Garrett Madison has summited Mt. Everest 14 times and seen tons of trash accumulate ove…
Ellyn Lapointe
Paris 2024 Olympics: What to know about the athletes and sports at the summer games
The 2024 Summer Olympics will kick off in Paris on July 26, and run until August 11. Here's what to…
Samantha Grindell
Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Officials accuse ship of being 'Unseaworthy' that left port even though its alarms had gone off
In a legal filing on Monday, Baltimore officials said the Dali was "clearly unseaworthy," but that …
Matthew Loh
OPINION: Planet vs Plastics — A multi-stakeholder approach to clean up the Earth
Life cycle assessment of plastic reveals that petroleum-based plastics can be recycled three to fou…
The ship that crashed into the Baltimore bridge carried 764 tons of hazardous material, and some containers have been breached, NTSB says
NTSB chief Jennifer Homendy said her team saw a "sheen on the waterway" but aren't sure how much of…
Matthew Loh
Watch as a Portugal town is flooded by nearly 3 million bottles worth of red wine after a distillery's tanks burst apart
Nearly 600,000 gallons of wine covered the streets of a town in Portugal on Sunday.