DC opens water filtration plant
LAKKI MARWAT – Deputy Commissioner Fazal Akbar inaugurated a water filtration plant in Serai Naurang Town of Lakki Marwat district on Tuesday. The filtration plant has been completed with the support of Helping Hand for Relief and Development Pakistan, a global humanitarian and relief organisation. Naurang Tehsil Council chairman Azizullah […]
AZ Big Media Whole house air purifiers: Advantages and how to select one
It is important to keep your home free of visible dust and dirt, not only for your own eyes, but also for your comfort. But what about what you can’t see? Your home has many particles floating in the air you breathe. Pet dander can aggravate allergies and asthma, while cigarette smoke causes cancer. Even […]
14 years after residents lit their tap water on fire in the movie ‘Gasland,’ a Pa. town is getting clean drinking water again – The Morning Call
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SPRINGVILLE — A new water line will deliver something that residents of a rural Pennsylvania community have gone without for the last 14 years — a clean, reliable supply of drinking water — after a public utility Tuesday released the first details of a plan to mitigate the damage that a gas driller is charged […]
EPA reduces Clean Water Act violations by over 50%
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TCAG launches ‘Green the Roof’ fundraiser
The roof of the Thorold Community Activities Group (TCAG) is in need of repairs so they want to install a ‘green roof’; ‘We’re hoping to raise about $40,000’ Time to raise the roof! The Thorold Community Activities Group (TCAG) has launched a ‘Green the Roof’ fundraiser. As ThoroldToday reported, the roof of the TCAG is […]
More than half of Durban’s water goes to waste, costing…
Ten years ago, Durban’s non-revenue water (NRW) losses stood at 33%. For the past few years, annual losses have hovered around the 40% mark — but the latest figures presented to eThekwini’s municipal public accounts committee reveal that NRW losses have soared dramatically over the past three years. They have now reached a record level […]
Less than 2% is NOT OK
You’ve probably seen the headlines: “Wealthy billionaire gives huge sum to fight climate change”. Here’s the reality. Less than 2% of all giving goes toward fighting the biggest threat mankind has ever seen. Any guess what percentage goes to improving air quality? We would love to know! The amounts are so small they don’t even […]
Emphasis on Implementing Environmental Justice in Court Action Revoking Permits | King & Spalding
On September 12, 2022, a judge revoked fourteen permits issued by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) for a new plastics manufacturing facility under the Clean Air Act. The permits were issued in 2020 to Formosa Plastics Group but were immediately challenged by citizen groups on environmental justice, public trust, and administrative procedure grounds. […]
EPA Takes Action to Hold School Bus Idling Violators Accountable in Four Massachusetts Communities
Companies Will Implement Anti-Idling Programs and Pay Penalties under the Clean Air Act November 17, 2022 BOSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has settled enforcement actions against two companies that violated state and federal clean air standards by allowing excessive idling of school buses at locations in four Massachusetts communities. The first settlement […]
Catalonia limits water use as Spain prays for rain
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona and large swathes of Spain’s northeast are going under water restrictions as a months-long drought that has devastated crops starts to put the pinch on human activities in the Mediterranean country. The measures will affect 6.7 million people, 80% of the population in the Catalonia region, Patrícia Plaja, spokeswoman for […]