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theguardian.com | 12 hrs. 39 min. ago

Unsafe water, burning eyes and kerosene slicks: Residents demand answers on River Taff leak

People near South Wales river told to keep windows and doors shut after 1,000s of litres of kerosene from a GE Aerospace site got into the waterOily slicks of kerosene still appeared to be leaking into the River Taff this week, several days after a breach of thousands of litres was spotted by members of the public.The breach into the Welsh river was identified last Friday, after people reported strong chemical odours emanating from the river.

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) officers arrived on site soon afterwards to identify the source of the pollution and were assisted by South Wales fire and rescue service, which placed absorbent mats and booms to contain as much kerosene as possible. Continue reading...

thehindu.com | 15 hrs. 4 min. ago

Greens see red over Keralam government move to permit sand extraction in 17 rivers

Society for the Protection of the Environment, Kerala (SPEK) says though the govt decision has been presented as a flood mitigation step, no environmental impact assessment appears to have been conducted. Activists also point out that this may serve as a pretext for indiscriminate extraction of sand from all rivers and streams

theguardian.com | 18 hrs. 52 min. ago

‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre

Company ordered to stop work at two sites in country, which has found itself at forefront of tech firms’ latest pushBehind a wire fence lies a vast gaping wound of earth. Before Google’s arrival a few months ago, an estimated quarter of a million trees occupied the 330 hectares (815 acres) of forest near the town of Muhos in rural northern Finland.

Now they are all gone.After the tech company illegally stripped the entire area to build a datacentre – taking even the top soil with it – all that remains is a vast expanse of mud indented with the trail marks of machinery, puddles and mounds of earth, roots and branches.

Residents say that brown water flowing off the site is going into a stream that feeds the Oulujoki River. Continue reading...

powermag.com | 1 days ago

The Nuclear Company Proposes 6.6-GW AP1000 Nuclear Campus in Kentucky

The Nuclear Company (TNC) has unveiled plans to develop a 6.6-GW nuclear power campus in Lewis County, Kentucky, that could accommodate up to six Westinghouse AP1000 reactors along the Ohio River. The venture-backed developer said it has secured control of a proposed site and intends to pursue federal approvals to begin construction in 2028. The […] The post The Nuclear Company Proposes 6.6-GW AP1000 Nuclear Campus in Kentucky appeared first on POWER Magazine.