Emergency clean-up ordered at Queensland waste business
By Vanessa Jarrett

Drums and containers of chemical and hazardous materials have been leaking at an abandoned central Queensland premises, flowing into stormwater drains.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-10/emergency-clean-up-ordered-at-biloela-essential-spill/106772498

#LandPollution #WaterPollution #EnvironmentalImpacts #RecyclingandWasteManagement #VanessaJarrett

Emergency clean-up ordered at Queensland waste business

Drums and containers of chemical and hazardous materials have been leaking at an abandoned central Queensland premises, flowing into stormwater drains.

Residents of a small Pennsylvania town are fighting to save their local water supply from slaughterhouse pollution. #waterpollution

https://grist.org/accountability/blood-in-the-well-one-towns-fight-against-the-slaughterhouse-polluting-it/

Blood in the well: One town’s fight against the slaughterhouse polluting it

Residents of a Pennsylvania town took on a beef processor after its waste polluted their wells. They won — but little may change.

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This is what to look for this summer 👀

Increased temperatures and longer days = an increased likelihood of harmful algae blooms in the Bay.

But you can help! If you see signs of a bloom please stay out of the water, note down the details & reach out to our pollution hotline: https://baykeeper.org/report-pollution/

#sfbay #sanfranciscobay #algae #HAB #algaebloom #waterPollution #bayarea #harmfulalgaebloom

Iowa's cancer crisis and the industry that built it

Iowa has the second-highest cancer rate in the US and is one of only three states where rates are still rising. The water is the reason.

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Iowa's cancer crisis and the industry that built it

Iowa has the second-highest cancer rate in the US and is one of only three states where rates are still rising. The water is the reason.

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Virginia Mercury: What’s in the water? What we know and don’t know about data center water discharge in Virginia. “Most data centers in Virginia are permitted to discharge water into municipal wastewater systems, the same place household water goes to be treated and recycled for consumption. But there’s limited data tracking of potential chemicals in data centers’ discharge water.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/02/virginia-mercury-whats-in-the-water-what-we-know-and-dont-know-about-data-center-water-discharge-in-virginia/
Virginia Mercury: What’s in the water? What we know and don’t know about data center water discharge in Virginia

Virginia Mercury: What’s in the water? What we know and don’t know about data center water discharge in Virginia. “Most data centers in Virginia are permitted to discharge water into municipa…

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Residents of P.E.I. community sue province over 'forever chemicals' in drinking water
Some residents in Hazelbrook, P.E.I., are still not able to drink water from their taps due to water that's contaminated by chemicals — and they’re suing the provincial government because of it.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-hazelbrook-water-pfas-forever-chemicals-lawsuit-9.7217228?cmp=rss

It’s an obsession’: one man and his family on a mission to save Europe’s glutinous #snail

"The snails have been driven to extinction in England by the poor quality of the country’s freshwater bodies. Pollutants from agriculture and industry have ruined their habitats in ponds, ditches, lakes and streams. The lake in Gwynedd in which Hughes is partially submerged hosts the last remaining wild population of glutinous snails in Britain."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/29/ian-hughes-conservation-glutinous-snail

#InvertebrateConservation #WaterPollution #Snails

‘It’s an obsession’: the man on a family mission to save the glutinous snail

Ian Hughes is boosting one of Europe’s most at-risk species with science, his sons and some homemade T-shirts

The Guardian

Great to see so many people at the Dee Trust open evening last night, and a fantastic reaction to the first showing of my short film. It was an absolute pleasure to make, spending time with both the Dee Trust and volunteers, and exploring the beautiful, complex and unique River Dee.

#riverdee #conservation #environment #waterpollution #chester #northwales