pollution

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Over the years, activists and residents in Thailand have filed lawsuits to demand government action against pollution.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

A buildout of the claims could end public access to the area and permanently scar the landscape, drawing traffic and light pollution and harming springs and groundwater stores, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Habitat destruction, overfishing and water pollution from the Amazon to the Danube threaten the very survival of hundreds of species whose epic voyages along the world's great rivers go largely unnoticed.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

Decades of pollution regulations had scrubbed the valley’s air so much that those particles were vanishing—and the fog with them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

With so many big boats on the water, nobody had been able to trace the pollution along Thunder Beach directly to the Coral Queen.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen