HAMBURG (Reuters) – Water levels on the Rhine in Germany have risen after rain in past days but are still too shallow in northern areas for cargo vessels to sail fully loaded, traders said on Friday. The river had fallen below normal levels in late May after dry weather. Shallow water means vessel operators impose
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HAMBURG (Reuters) – Water levels on the Rhine in Germany have risen after recent rain but remain too shallow for cargo vessels to sail fully loaded throughout the river, traders said on Friday. The river had fallen below normal levels in recent weeks after dry weather. Repeated rain this week has raised water levels but
FILE PHOTO: A cow stands on caked mud before a small patch of water at a dam as the region deals with a prolonged drought near Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, January 18, 2020. Picture taken January 18, 2020. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s second biggest city of Bulawayo limited access to tap water to just one
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – A withering bombardment shook Tripoli on Sunday as the eastern-based forces of Khalifa Haftar fought overnight for new territory in the southern suburbs after losing ground recently around the city. Damage is seen following shelling at Tripoli’s Mitiga airport in Tripoli, Libya May 10, 2020. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny Adding to the misery of
HAMBURG (Reuters) – Water levels on the Rhine in Germany have risen sharply after recent rain but remain too shallow for cargo vessels to sail fully loaded in some northern sections of the river, traders said on Monday. The river fell below normal levels in late April after dry weather. Heavy rain last week has
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday halted nearly 300 oil and gas leases on a large section of federal land in Montana that had been approved by an agency of the Interior Department and ordered the agency to conduct a thorough environmental analysis of the impact of fracking on drinking water. District Court
FILE PHOTO: A general view shows a cross-section of the Karuma 600 megawatts hydroelectric power project under construction on River Nile, Uganda February 21, 2018. REUTERS/James Akena/ KAMPALA (Reuters) – Lake Victoria’s water levels have surged to their highest level in more than half a century after about eight months of relentless downpours, posing a
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The huge African predator Spinosaurus spent much of its life in the water, propelled by a paddle-like tail while hunting large fish – a “river monster,” according to scientists, that showed that some dinosaurs invaded the aquatic realm. Tools lie at the excavation site of Spinosauru in the Kem Kem region of
HAMBURG (Reuters) – Low water levels after recent dry weather are preventing cargo vessels from sailing fully loaded on the Rhine river in Germany and adding surcharges to the usual freight rates, traders said on Monday. Low water is hampering shipping on the entire German section of the river, traders said. Shallow water means vessel
EL YUGUELITO, Mexico (Reuters) – In the shade of a rust-colored hill, a dozen women gathered on a dusty road to fill buckets from a water tanker truck that pulled up to service their modest community built on a former Mexico City dump. FILE PHOTO: Carmelita Anguiano, 82, looks on at a water truck (not
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected arguments by President Donald Trump’s administration seeking to limit the reach of a landmark water pollution law in a Hawaii dispute over wastewater indirectly discharged into the Pacific Ocean – a ruling hailed by environmentalists. FILE PHOTO: The Supreme Court building exterior seen in Washington,
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A Chilean environmental court said on Tuesday it would investigate a complaint brought by the government against global miner BHP over allegations of damage to the northern Punta Negra salt flat. The First Environmental Court, based in the northern Chilean city of Antofagasta, said the complaint was brought by the State Defense
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thais will have to find another way to cool off this year after the government called off the annual water festival that celebrates the Buddhist New Year to curb the outbreak of the new coronavirus. A passenger wearing a protective face mask reading “I wish you care about yourself and family” poses
FILE PHOTO: A displaced family carries gallons of water in Tripoli, Libya January 16, 2020. Picture taken January 16, 2020. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny/ TUNIS (Reuters) – The United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Libya on Friday condemned the cutting off of water supply to the capital Tripoli over the past week as “particularly reprehensible” and said it
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s northeastern province of Heilongjiang said a tailings dam leak at a molybdenum mine over the weekend threatened to contaminate the local water supply and that it had launched an emergency response. No casualties were reported, according to a report from the Heilongjiang Daily posted on the Heilongjiang government website. Tailings dams
APALACHICOLA, Fla. (Reuters) – Standing in his boat in Florida’s Apalachicola Bay, Michael Dasher lowered a long pair of tongs into the water, pulling up a muddy mass of oysters that his son sorted, keeping those big enough to sell and tossing the rest back into the brackish bay. Michael Dasher, Jr., measures and culls
VIENTIANE/BANGKOK (Reuters) – China on Thursday said it was helping its downstream neighbors cope with a prolonged drought by releasing more water from its dams on the Mekong River, adding it would consider sharing information on hydrology to provide further assistance in the future. FILE PHOTO: A general view of the future site of the
(Reuters) – Floodwaters in central Mississippi appeared to hit their peak on Monday, potentially allowing the area around the state capital Jackson to avoid any casualties after the Pearl River reached its highest level in 37 years, officials said. Rescuers help a dog stranded in the Pearl River flood plain in Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. February
A view of fields flooded near St Clears, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, Britain, February 16, 2020. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden LONDON (Reuters) – Residents had to be rescued after water poured into their homes in south Wales and the Welsh borders on Sunday as Storm Dennis caused a second day of disruption, with the Environment Agency saying it
(Reuters) – Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority said on Friday that it would review the water regulator’s proposals on pricing and other objectives for a five-year period ending in 2025, after utilities submitted appeals against them. The Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) in December set out plans including a 50 pounds reduction in average bills
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – With residents and courts ringing the alarm about depleted water supplies in Chile’s Atacama salt flat, the world’s top lithium miner Albemarle (ALB.N) quietly filed a proposal in December for a network to monitor flows beneath the parched desert floor. FILE PHOTO: Brine pools from a lithium mine, that belongs U.S.-based Albemarle
TOKYO (Reuters) – The spread of a new coronavirus could throw “cold water over the growing momentum of the 2020 Games,” Tokyo Organising Committee CEO Toshiro Muto said on Wednesday. “I am seriously concerned … I hope this will be resolved as soon as possible,” Muto said at a meeting in Tokyo with the organisers
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – BHP’s Escondida, the world’s largest copper mine, said on Tuesday it had dropped plans to continue drawing water from the Atacama salt flat, relieving pressure on the parched desert basin, home to top lithium miners SQM and Albemarle. BHP has long pumped water from Atacama’s aquifers to feed operations at its sprawling
BERLIN/VEVEY, Switzerland (Reuters) – A German firm backed by bottled water giant Danone plans to launch a sparkling-water machine for the home early next year, its chief executive told Reuters, squarely taking aim at PepsiCo’s SodaStream. The prototype of a water filter invented by Mitte is seen in Berlin, Germany, January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt
TOKYO (Reuters) – A panel of experts advising Japan’s government on a disposal method for radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant on Friday recommended releasing it into the ocean, a move likely to alarm neighboring countries. FILE PHOTO: Storage tanks for radioactive water are seen at Tokyo Electric Power Co’s (TEPCO) tsunami-crippled Fukushima
FILE PHOTO: SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk gestures during a conversation with legendary game designer Todd Howard (not pictured) at the E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 13, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Tesla (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Elon Musk sought to allay environmental concerns about the electric carmaker’s planned
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler testifies before a House Energy and Commerce Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing on the FY2020 EPA Budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 9, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Thursday will announce a plan to pare back the
OKUMA, Japan (Reuters) – At the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant north of Tokyo, workers in protective suits are still removing radioactive material from reactors that melted down after an earthquake and tsunami knocked out its power and cooling nearly nine years ago. Workers are seen near storage tanks for radioactive water at Tokyo Electric Power
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The contamination of U.S. drinking water with man-made “forever chemicals” is far worse than previously estimated with some of the highest levels found in Miami, Philadelphia and New Orleans, said a report on Wednesday by an environmental watchdog group. The chemicals, resistant to breaking down in the environment, are known as perfluoroalkyl
BERLIN (Reuters) – Around 250 Germans on Saturday protested in the outskirts of Berlin where electric car startup Tesla is planning to build a gigafactory, saying its construction will endanger water supply and wildlife in the area. Demonstrators hold anti-Tesla posters during a protest against plans by U.S. electric vehicle pioneer Tesla to build its