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Along the Delaware River, the communities of Chester and Eddystone are facing the possibility of a new $7 billion liquified gas facility that will export Pennsylvania’s plentiful fracked gas. By Nina Sablan CHESTER, Pa.—In this small city south of Philadelphia,…
From its source in the wetlands near Zambia’s northwestern border, through the industrial zones of the Copperbelt, to where it plunges through a steep gorge toward the Zambezi, the Kafue River sustains some of Southern Africa’s richest ecosystems, vital to…
Toxic algae cases in Northern Ireland’s Lough Neagh have tripled since last year, as local fishers’ incomes plummet The UK’s largest lake, Lough Neagh, is on course to record its worst year of potentially toxic algal blooms to date, as…
Live explosives on army training sites in the UK countryside mean many wildfires cannot be tackled.
Regulators say they tweaked the notification system based on community feedback. But some residents and pesticide reform advocates say they still need precise locations—and bans on the most toxic chemicals. By Liza Gross Farmworkers and their families have long demanded…
The Rio Grande states and the Department of Justice are one step closer to resolving a long-standing Supreme Court case over water rights. By Martha Pskowski EL PASO—The Rio Grande flows over 1,800 miles from the mountains of southwestern Colorado…
In Cape Town, South Africa, an ongoing conflict between people and baboons has escalated to the point that local authorities are considering culling 117 animals from four troops, roughly a quarter of the local population. The 45-kilogram (100-pound) primates sometimes…
The Trump administration’s campaign against wind power continued as it targeted funding for marine terminals and ports to support development.
I write this while waiting for my tablet to die. Tomorrow, I’ll return to air-conditioning, stable WiFi and refrigeration, but here in Long Moh, deep in the remote Upper Baram region of Sarawak, there has been no electricity for two…
Over the last several years, the Colombian government has taken steps to end oil and gas drilling in the Amazon. It pledged to stop issuing new exploration licenses and signed onto treaties to phase out current production, which has shown…