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Why is this river in Bosnia full of trash?

Activists want an end to Bosnia's seasonal trash problem, which deters tourists and poses health risks.

Green News

Water company admits to illegally spilling sewage in protected river

Protected species in the River Teifi and Cardigan Bay have been exposed to untreated sewage discharges for years.

Green News

Brazil: Dozens dead and towns destroyed in cyclone floods

More than 300mm of rain fell in 24 hours in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul on Monday leaving thousands homeless.

Eco-Innovation

The US is finally getting its first solar canal system

One study estimates that covering California's canals with solar panels could generate enough energy to power Los Angeles for most of the year.

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Green News

India: Flash flooding brings water up the walls of the Taj Mahal

Due to extreme monsoon rains, the Yamuna river has risen the closest to India’s most popular tourist site since 1978.

Green News

Heatwave forces French nuclear power plants to limit energy output

The high temperature warning has come early this year but will affect fewer nuclear power plants.

Green News

Japan’s ‘heaviest rain ever’ triggers flooding and landslides

More rain is forecast on Tuesday though officials say the peak of the downpours has passed.

Green News

Will the UK’s July be hotter than its record-breaking June?

Temperatures in the UK look set to hit the high 30°Cs this month as the country prepares for another scorching summer.

Culture news

The Loo Gardens: A new art installation in London's sewers

50m underground, we visit the Loo Gardens, a new art installation celebrating the benefits to the environment the new "super sewer" will bring to London's Thames river.

Travel News

Paris: Seine will become a safe swimming spot by 2025

A comprehensive €1.4 billion cleanup project is underway to transform the noxious Seine waters into a swimming spot.

Destinations

A guide to 9 of the most awe-inspiring bodies of water in Europe

Lake Bled and Como make the list of course, but there are many secret springs and rivers to discover too.

World News

WWF fights for EU Nature Restoration Law despite pushback from MEPs

The proposal says all damaged ecosystems should be repaired by 2050. But the centre-right European People's Party has opposed the bill, claiming it would endanger food security in the continent.

Nature

‘It is ugly and sad’: How Bosnia’s beautiful Drina river became a dump

20 years since the breakup of Yugoslavia, a failure to establish good waste disposal practices has left Bosnia’s Drina river full of rubbish.

Climate

Italy floods: Was climate change the cause of deadly rainfall?

Six months’ worth of rain fell in 36 hours resulting in over 300 landslides and submerging fields and roads.

Green News

The world’s biggest lakes and reservoirs are shrinking. Here's why

Satellites were used to track how lakes around the world, from the Caspian Sea to the Great Salt Lake, have changed over the last three decades.

Nature

‘Chonkosaurus’: Kayakers spot huge snapping turtle on Chicago River

A video of a giant snapping turtle has gone viral after a pair of botanists posted it online.

Living

How Las Vegas slashed water use with dawn patrols and lawn bans

How have Las Vegas’ water cops helped the desert city cope with drought?

Nature

Jolyon Maugham: ‘Laws that permit destruction of the planet are wrong'

What legal tools does the Good Law Project founder's new book Bringing Down Goliath give Brits for defending nature?

Climate

Spain’s water war puts Europe’s fruit and veg at risk

Spain’s government has decided to cut water brought from the Tagus River to irrigate crops in the bone-dry southeast of the country.

Living

Europe’s first wild river park is ideal for nature lovers on a budget

White water rafting, delicious food and thermal baths await you in Eastern Europe’s newest wild river national park.