Category: Pollution

Greenpeace to launch expedition to probe BP oil spill impact

Environmental watchdog Greenpeace on Wednesday announced the launch of a three-month expedition on which researchers will analyze the impact

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Oil will impact Gulf for years to come

As BP works to finally kill its runaway well and anxious coastal residents breathe a sigh of relief, experts

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Toxic smog blankets Moscow as fires rage

Wearing sanitary masks or clutching wet rags to their faces, residents of Moscow struggled round the city as the

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BP cements Gulf oil well and sets up for permanent kill

BP pumped cement down its blown-out Gulf of Mexico well on Thursday, sealing it off and setting up a

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China Three Gorges dam threatened by garbage

BEIJING (Reuters) – Thousands of tons of garbage washed down by recent torrential rain are threatening to jam the

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Toxic Algae Hits Lake Victoria

Kampala — Toxic algae has been found on Lake Victoria, a senior government official said yesterday. Florence Adong, the commissioner

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BP prepares to seal well

Engineers Saturday readied a plan to permanently seal a damaged Gulf of Mexico well, despite delays to the process

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Mercury found in Queensland’s water

Video Report: Farmers in Kogan on Queensland's Darling Downs say contamination from the coal gasification trials has spread to

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Oklahoma: Mercury in 16 lakes

OKLAHOMA CITY — Catch a large striped bass in the Broken Bow Reservoir and you might as well throw

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Africa: Acidic Mine Water Crisis

Johannesburg — JOHANNESBURG Water was concerned about the possibility of acid mine drainage flooding the city's central business district,

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