Are you planning on writing an essay on an environmental topic? You may want to consider talking about the groundwater pollution crisis gripping the world. In...
You might probably hear about the buzz going around about the use of rainwater harvesting systems — but what exactly is this? Basically, rainwater harvesting is...
The Labour party has announced it will try to strengthen regulation for the British shale gas industry in the infrastructure bill, said to be too bland...
Ongoing research suggests fracking is taking place at much shallower depths than first thought. Authors say there is no evidence of water contamination, but more research...
An analysis conducted by the Denver Post in the US state of Colorado has concluded that oil spills have dramatically increased since last year, often happening...
Deposits of shale gas overlap with almost half of the UK’s primary water aquifers, presenting significant potential risks of water contamination if these areas were exploited,...
Kiribati has finalised the purchase of 20 sq km of land on Vanua Levu, a Fijian island, in order to give its people somewhere to grow...
The Chinese state media has reported on a study made on China’s underground water, which confirmed that 59.6% of sites in 2013 had poor or extremely...
The Bodo community, which was severely affected by the oil spill which occurred in 2008, has rejected the compensation offered by the Anglo-Dutch oil firm as...
Cuadrilla has gone ahead with exploratory drilling for shale gas in Balcombe, Sussex, but local residents have promised to continue their fight against fracking. The government,...
A new report commissioned by energy secretary Ed Davey suggests that household energy bills could decrease as a result of extracting shale gas. But the government...