Floods Devastate Northeastern Libya
Hundreds are feared dead after heavy rainfall swept away homes and caused dams to collapse.
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Storms Deluge Hong Kong and Other Southern Chinese Cities
Rainstorms caused by remnants of Typhoon Haikui, which had been churning along the Chinese coast, submerged roads and homes, and set rainfall records.
Ex-environment secretary to take role at UK waste firm fined for polluting water
George Eustice given consultancy job with Augean, which had to pay £36,000 after groundwater contaminatedA former UK environment secretary is to take a consultancy role with a waste management firm that had to pay £36,000 after an Environment Agency (E…
China’s Misinformation Fuels Anger Over Fukushima Water Release
By exaggerating the risks from Japan’s discharge of treated wastewater, Beijing hopes to cast Japan and its allies as conspirators in malfeasance, analysts say.
Foreign ownership of Australia’s water rights on the rise
Report reveals that foreign interests hold 11.3% of Australia’s water entitlements – about half of which are in the food and fibre producing Murray-Darling BasinGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastForeign interests …
New EPA rule weakens protections for wetlands after supreme court ruling
Rule requires wetlands to be more clearly connected to other waters, overturning half-century of federal regulationThe Biden administration weakened regulations protecting millions of acres of wetlands on Tuesday, saying it had no choice after the supr…
UK must label showers and toilets to cut water usage, experts say
Britons consume among the most water in Europe and drought planners want efficiency data on showAustralian-style water labelling must be introduced at pace to reduce the UK’s daily consumption of water, which is among the highest in Europe, according t…
Scrapping housebuilder water pollution rules in England to cost taxpayer £140m
Under Lords amendment, developers will no longer have to offset nutrient pollution from new homes’ sewageUK politics live – latest updatesTaxpayers will pick up the bill for pollution by housebuilders, government officials have admitted, as rules on ch…
Environmental crisis looms as Murray cod virtually disappear from NSW Lower Darling
NSW Fisheries survey from May reveals attempts at repopulating river after 2018-19 drought appear to have failedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMurray cod – …
Japan Starts Releasing Radioactive Fukushima Water
China said it would suspend imports of Japanese seafood in response to what it has called an unsafe plan to dispose of the wastewater.