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Water is used to extract bitumen from the oil sands. In the process, it is contaminated with heavy metals. Tailing ponds at the site now hold 720 billion litres of wastewater.

GENEVA (Reuters) -Hopes for a "last-chance" ambitious global treaty to curb plastic pollution have dimmed as delegates gather ...

OTTAWA—Environment Canada appears to have quietly ended key discussions that were intended to tackle carbon pollution from the oil and gas industry. A committee made up of representatives from ...

The oil rich area around Paloch, a city in Upper Nile state, is dotted with exposed pools of toxic water. A chemical junkyard in Gumry town, about 45 minutes from Paloch, was strewn with ...

Oct. 29—Ozone pollution has been declining nationwide for decades. But there's one location seeing an increase — and it's here in New Mexico. At a Monday meeting of the legislative Water and ...

The Government of Canada has announced some of the most stringent regulations, with ambitions to cut methane leaked and emitted by oil and gas production by up to 75 per cent, from 2012 levels, by ...

Analysis Energy Alberta Science + Tech Environment Oilsands Air Pollution Is at Least 20 Times Higher Than Industry Estimates A study using aerial measuring finds a massive release of gases from ...

An Ohio man has been indicted for allegedly collecting gasoline and dumping it down a public storm drain. According to WFMJ, ...

As a new report, Sea Slick, from marine conservation charity Oceana explains, the extent of frequent, small-scale spills are still being grossly underestimated, even though big oil spills are less ...