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When you think of the environmental obstacles facing New Bedford Harbor, a heightened level of nitrogen isn't the first thing that comes to mind. With toxic contaminants like polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs) and heavy metals already the focus of major remediation efforts, it's difficult to imagine how nitrogen, an element found in nature, could further deteriorate the harbor's health.

BEIJING - The Chinese government plans to allocate 500 billion yuan ($79 billion) for the prevention and control of water pollution in major drainage areas from 2011 to 2015, up from 300 billion yuan for the previous five-year period.

The owner of the Domino sugar refinery in the Inner Harbor has agreed to pay a $200,000 civil penalty and install pollution controls to settle a federal lawsuit accusing the plant of violating the Clean Air Act.

A powerful stench was in the air Saturday at the Inner Harbor as 12-year-olds Alison Chase and Marissa Westerbeke hunched over the water's edge, studying tiny crabs floating to the surface.

With the drought-depleted Santa Fe River nearly stagnant in places, a bloom of algae has developed on the river near High Springs, and officials are cautioning swimmers about potential health risks — though they don't believe it is a toxic species of algae.

LEE COUNTY - The South Florida Water Management District wants more water released from Lake Okeechobee to prevent an algae bloom in the Caloosahatchee River.

GLEN BURNIE, Md. (WMAR) - The Department of the Environment now says tens of thousands of dead fish have washed ashore in Anne Arundel County.

OLYMPIA — Sunshine is causing algae blooms in Western Washington waters, including Sinclair Inlet, according to the Washington Department of Ecology.

Ellembelle — Fishermen in the Ellembelle District in the Western Region have received food items, worth about GH?12,000 from the district assembly. The items comprised 70 bags of rice and 42 boxes of cooking oil. The District Chief Executive, Mr Daniel K. Eshun, said that government had the plight of fishermen at heart. Mr Eshun said the sea weeds problem and the algae bloom that had been a threat to their activities were worrying to the district in particular, and the government in general.

Residents around Lake Houston say they’ve never seen so many dead fish washing ashore and officials with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and city of Houston now are monitoring the north side, KTRK-TV reports on its website.

Record-high water temperatures and a March sewage leak are contributing to a large algae bloom in the Baltimore harbor, bringing what is known as a "mahogany tide" of reddish-brown algae to the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River.

COPENHAGEN — Europe's beaches are generally clean but France is lagging behind other tourist destinations in the south of the continent, a report from European Environment Agency (EEA) showed on May 23.

The Bellingen Shire council says efforts to clear up river pollution could lead to better relations between dairy and oyster farmers.

A new report named the Potomac the nation’s most endangered river, saying it is threatened by nutrient and sediment pollution that lowers the quality of drinking water and kills marine life and will only get worse if Congress rolls back regulations in the Clean Water Act.

wo lawsuits filed in March signal a new phase in the decades-long struggle between environmentalists and agriculture groups over nitrogen and phosphorous regulation under the Clean Water Act (CWA).

A dispute between the Buzzards Bay Coalition and UMass Dartmouth over lagging research on nitrogen pollution has resolved in a deal to finalize reports on local waterways.

New farm regulations being aired this week by Maryland officials would ease first-ever limits on how, when and where the state's farmers can spread animal manure and sewage sludge on their fields.

Can a blitz of federal money, state outreach and farmer efforts — coupled with new, better data about pollution sources — leverage a significant reduction in farm pollution that reaches a river?

Americans are now eating more chicken than beef or pork. And meeting that demand is an industry that some have dubbed big chicken. Texas is a major player in the industry, and so now Texas must manage a problem that in other circumstances we might describe as fallout or blowback. Dave Fehling of member station KUHF in Houston explains what that problem is.

The few fish found at Yellamappa Setty lake are too toxic to consume, say local people