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A new study highlights how short equipment lifespans and a lack of appropriate disposal systems mean damaged lines, nets and rods are frequently thrown into the river

Scientists say newly announced devices to skim rubbish from the top of the world’s seas won’t have any significant impact in cleaning up pollution

The project is expected to save around half a million pounds a year

New research suggests rather than all rivers being sources of carbon emissions, some can actually act as carbon sinks

Chemicals dumped into the Kim Kim river have caused 469 people to fall sick

A screen has been installed over the water ahead of the capital city hosting the upcoming 2018 Asian Games

The incident in November 2015 killed an estimated 30,000 fish

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A week on from the Yellowstone River oil spill, ExxonMobil has announced that 440 people are working on the cleanup. A statement from Exxon, whose pipeline spilled oil into the US river on Friday 1 July, said: “Active recovery continues in the zones closest to the spill site but we will go as far downstream […]