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Over several decades General Electric (GE) dumped an estimated 1.3 million pounds of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) into the Hudson River between 1947 and 1977. GE completed a $1.7 billion PCB dredging project in 2014 and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is in the midst of a five-year review to determine whether or not GE’s cleanup… Read More
A century’s worth of bad environmental practices by local industries is slated for dredging out of the “Old Channel” around Zug Island, in a more than $50-million federal project to improve long-standing pollution problems on the Rouge River. Arising from the murk with potentially health-harming, ecology-wrecking pollution will be eight or so cars, mysteriously sunk… Read More
As far as the Ganga is concerned, the Modi government has not been short on symbolism, funds, infrastructure, promises and periodic announcements. But does ‘Namami Gange’ suggest a positive intent to achieve nirmal (clean) Ganga, if not aviral (incessantly flowing) Ganga? The government is, in fact, doing a lot that adversely affects the river. These… Read More
The Town of Harwich is seeking a solution to an on-going erosion issue on the backside of the Red River Beach jetty. In the last several years, so-called “soft solutions” have been employed by the town to deal with erosion, however officials say with the end of the jetty slumping, vegetative dune eroding and a… Read More
On Wednesday morning, the National Energy Board will begin three weeks of hearings on the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline project. The review was ordered by the Federal Court of Appeal at the end of August. The court found that insufficient time had been spent reviewing potential marine impacts of the pipeline and of increased tanker… Read More
Mountain Lakes officials discuss plans to move the beach renovation project in house after bids for construction projects were rejected multiple times. Source: The Citizen
India’s longest waterway project, one terminal of which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this week, was made possible only after a high-power Committee of Ministers and senior officials from multiple Ministries overruled the recommendations of experts appointed by the Environment Ministry. The latter had recommended public consultations and a full-fledged environment clearance,… Read More
Amex Resources Limited’s Mba Delta Ironsands Project facility at the Lautoka Port is expected to open in early 2019. The approval to dredge the navigational channel was finally given on Friday and work is expected to begin in the coming days. An Environment Impact Assessment report was done on the impact of dredging in the… Read More
The Smoky Hill River Renewal Project envisions a future where people can walk or ride bikes alongside a clear, flowing river, or row down the winding river through Salina in a canoe or kayak. Construction on phase one of the multiphase project isn’t scheduled to begin until 2020, but planning is already well underway. More… Read More
Last week, the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources officially moved to cancel the state’s wild oyster season, which would have run from November through April. Exploratory dives at oyster harvesting grounds had revealed a continued steep decline in the number of oysters in the state’s waters. Last year’s season was curtailed after fishermen… Read More
It could be six months or more before the Shafer and Freeman Lakes Environmental Conservation Corporation gets a decision on whether or not Lake Freeman will be lowered during droughts. However, it’s a good thing that the Federal Energy Regulatory Committee is considering a rehearing, said Gabrielle Haygood, the SFLECC Executive Director. The group’s attorney… Read More
A plan to build a second regional sewage-treatment plant in Wayne County has gotten a $5 million boost from the state. State Sen. Pam Helming and Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office announced Thursday that the Wayne County Water and Sewer Authority has been awarded $5 million toward the cost of constructing the new plant, estimated to… Read More
Engineers moved on site earlier this week to start the major scheme which will see the coastal pathway repaired to its former glory. Contractors Earlcoate Construction and Plant Hire Ltd have been appointed to carry out the work, with vegetation clearance completed last month. The work comes after a long campaign by residents to get… Read More
Brookhaven has halted a $2.5 million project to drain Lower Yaphank Lake after discovering more than 300 cubic yards of sediment flowed into a section of Carmans River. Town officials surveyed roughly two miles of the river flowing downstream from Yaphank Avenue after an environmental group that did its own assessment said the project had… Read More
In an attempt to get the overwhelming water hyacinth problem under control in local dams, some municipalities have opted to poison the plants. However, the use of poisons may have a huge environmental impact on the ecosystem of the dam and the communities exposed to that water. The dams in and around Springs, including the… Read More