The water quality purification plant, pipeline network and ancillary facilities project in Cailing Town of Jiangxi Jiujiang Duchang Three Gorges Water Environment Comprehensive Treatment PPP Project led by Yangtze River Environmental Protection Group, a subsidiary of Three Gorges Group, has entered into the official operation period. During the trial operation of the project, all the…

According to the United Nations Environment Program, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks filled with plastic are dumped into the world’s oceans, rivers and lakes every day. Some 400 million tons of plastic waste are generated each year, and less than 10 percent of the 7 billion tons of plastic waste already generated globally is…

A massive methane leak at Petróleos Mexicanos (PNM) caused by a malfunction at the company’s facilities has resulted in potent greenhouse gas emissions that are impacting the environment, underscoring the environmental challenges of the oil industry and the pressure on the company to resolve the malfunction and minimize the emissions as soon as possible. The…

October 2024 – Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, has a serious problem with excessive concentrations of organofluorides in its water sources. Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), which are harmful to humans, were detected in the well water of 54 out of 170 wells that were additionally investigated by the local government in…

On September 25, 2024, the Spring City Environmental Protection Walk of the Century was launched in Jinan, China. Birds under national second-grade protection were released at the event and returned to nature after being rescued due to illness or injury. Protecting birds is to protect the ecological balance, we should start from the small things…

In September 2024, a team of researchers published a study in the journal Biological Conservation showing that coastal salt marshes along the U.S. Pacific Coast have experienced significant losses, averaging more than 60%. In contrast, other coastal regions of the U.S. have experienced less loss of coastal salt marsh (less than 10% on average), and…

The World Bank has released its “South Asia Marine Plastic Pollution Report 2024.” Six of the eight countries in the South Asia region share transboundary river systems, which facilitate the transboundary transportation of pollutants such as solid waste (including plastics), industrial wastewater, domestic wastewater, and microplastics. The report aims to support the development of evidence-based…

Marine biologists in Canada, which produces one of the largest amounts of plastic waste per capita in the world, have taken it upon themselves to organize trips to a number of marine protected areas to clean up plastic trash. OECD data shows that over the past 20 years, annual global production of plastics has more…

On September 14, Malta celebrated World Cleanup Day on September 20 with a beach litter cleanup. Beaches are often polluted with trash, threatening the marine ecology. Malta’s cleanup campaign, in which volunteers carefully removed trash, not only restored cleanliness to the beaches, but also spread the concept of environmental protection. It also provides an example…

Wildfires are raging in many parts of Portugal, with reports on September 17th that they have killed 7 people and injured more than 50, including many firefighters and civilians. The situation is severe in the north and center of the country, with the coastal region of Aveiro being the hardest hit, with more than 10,000…