Author: Erin Elizabeth

China’s longstanding reputation as the world’s worst polluting country has once again been affirmed following the release of a new government report on the quality of the nation’s drinking water. The Ministry of Land and Resources reportedly notified state media that an overwhelming 60 percent of the groundwater in China is now too polluted to drink, up from 57.4 percent two years ago. Water quality tests conducted in 203 cities throughout China revealed exceptionally high levels of contaminants, rendering the water either “relatively poor” or “very poor” on the safety scale. Water in the “relatively poor” category can be...

What the Frack? First, we had areal spraying, and some that begins today- over tens of thousands of acres- here in Florida for “mosquitos“. < click to read. And now we find out that a pipeline just got approval and will begin tomorrow!? This new pipeline will run, “through conservation areas, under rivers, near springs, and sinkhole-vulnerable karst geological areas”, reports The Gainesville Sun. More specifically, in north central Florida, the pipeline will go under the Suwannee and Lower Santa Fe Rivers and go through dozens of springsheds, including near Rainbow Springs. It will also travel through wooded conservation lands and karst...