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SRP stocks Phoenix canal with 2,500 white Amur fish to clear weeds

Updated Feb. 14, 2026, 4:05 p.m. MT Salt River Project stocked a section of the Grand Canal in Phoenix with 2,500 white Amur fish. The fish eat weeds and other aquatic plants that could clog water intake equipment. The fish are less labor-intensive and more hands-off than the chain dredging SRP used to employ. Shane […]

Environment Agency issues warning as flood risk grows

The Environment Agency has issued a flood warning in the Monks Brook river area for today, Sunday, February 15. Heavy rainfall is predicted to cause flooding from Chandler’s Ford to Swaythling, with an estimated 16mm of rain forecast. The river level is anticipated to rise significantly, particularly affecting the recreation ground at Fleming Park and […]

Trump’s EPA Abandons Climate Action | Law and the Environment

Yesterday, the EPA published a final rule repealing the agency’s 2009 Endangerment Finding, the legal foundation for federal greenhouse gas regulation. In finalizing this rule, the EPA claims that “Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act does not provide the statutory authority for EPA to prescribe motor vehicle and engine emission standards in the manner […]

Country diary: Here be monsters – less than a millimetre long | Environment

It was hard to resist running my fingers over the velvet carpet of moss that smoothed the drystone wall’s jagged capstones. Six months ago, after four heatwaves and prolonged drought, these same mosses resembled brown, wizened threads of dried tobacco. Today they were an inch-tall emerald forest again, studded with yellow moss bell toadstools, saturated […]

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PFAS regulations rolled back; impact on drinking water in North Carolina

Feb. 12, 2026, 5:05 a.m. ET The EPA is proposing to narrow a 2023 rule, potentially exempting many businesses from reporting on PFAS manufacturing and use. North Carolina regulators have moved forward with weakened PFAS rules, relying on industry self-monitoring instead of enforceable limits. Environmental groups and clean water activists argue these federal and state […]