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The Ocean Cleanup is bringing its largest plastic-catching barrier yet to the Dominican Republic as part of a major Caribbean expansion. New systems in Colombia will join the effort to stop trash before it reaches the ocean.
A groundbreaking barrier will soon stop hundreds of tons of plastic from reaching Manila Bay each year. The Ocean Cleanup is bringing its proven technology to the Meycauayan River, marking a major win for the Philippines' fight against ocean pollution.
Los Angeles is installing innovative barriers in two major rivers to stop up to 628 tons of plastic from reaching the Pacific Ocean each year. The cleanup expands ahead of the 2028 Olympic Games, when millions will visit the city's coastline.
A revolutionary barrier system will intercept plastic waste in one of the Philippines' most polluted rivers before it reaches Manila Bay. The Dutch nonprofit believes stopping ocean plastic starts upstream, where just 1,000 rivers carry 80% of the world's river-to-ocean pollution.
The River Wye just became the first river in the UK to receive cross-border legal rights protecting it from pollution. The historic charter gives the 155-mile waterway the right to flow naturally, support biodiversity, and even have its own voice in official meetings.
European countries demolished a record 603 dams last year, reconnecting 2,300 miles of waterways and giving fish species like Atlantic salmon and sea lamprey room to thrive again. The momentum is building, but 150,000 obsolete barriers still fragment the continent's rivers.
A river once so polluted it was nearly lifeless is now a thriving ecosystem thanks to decades of conservation work. The Ottawa River Coalition is sharing lessons from one of the Midwest's most dramatic environmental comebacks.
What started as hauling washing machines out of Indiana's White River has transformed into picking up bottles and cans, proof that decades of volunteer cleanups are working. The annual community effort brings together paddlers, city workers, and neighbors to keep the state's largest river trash-free.
A floating barrier will soon capture up to 540 tonnes of plastic waste annually from a Manila river before it reaches the ocean. The June 2026 deployment marks the first step in a bold plan to cut ocean-bound plastic by one-third this decade.
Thirteen beloved UK swimming spots, including a historic stretch of the River Thames, are being considered for official bathing water status that would trigger stricter pollution monitoring and force water companies to clean up their act. Local swimmers who've been diving into these rivers for years could soon have legal protection and guaranteed water quality testing.
The Yakama Nation is flying thousands of tree trunks back into rivers to fix a decades-old mistake. What was once removed as "barriers" are now restoring habitats and bringing salmon home.
New York City just took a major step toward bringing river herring back to the Bronx River after decades of decline. State grants and federal plans aim to remove century-old dams that have blocked fish from reaching their spawning grounds.
A new conservation project is helping critically endangered European eels recover in England's River Tees, where populations have crashed 98% since the 1980s. The "Eels of Steel" initiative is transforming how locals see these misunderstood travelers that swim 3,700 miles from the Caribbean to British rivers.
Six people are safe tonight after Atlanta Fire Rescue pulled off a daring river rescue on the Chattahoochee. When recreational plans turned dangerous, trained responders jumped into action.
Volunteers transformed Rotary Park in Moorhead by planting 300 native trees along the Red River's banks in a single day. The annual community event protects the river from erosion while creating shade for people and wildlife.
A cleanup organization shared stunning time-lapse footage showing how they extracted 140 tons of garbage from a polluted river. The visual transformation from trash-choked waterway to flowing river is giving people hope that environmental damage can be reversed.
A polluted Mumbai river that's been black for decades just got its first major cleanup, with new treatment plants making the water 40 times cleaner. The project brings hope that the historic Dahisar River could soon host boats and tourists again.
Aquatic plants in Germany's Spree River are solving a water crisis naturally, raising water levels by 50 centimeters even as flow has dropped by half. This discovery offers hope for drought-stressed rivers worldwide.
After explosive demolition removed four dams from the Klamath River, nearly 70,000 salmon returned in 2025—180% more than scientists predicted. The $450 million restoration project turned a dying river into a thriving ecosystem in just two years.
For 20 years, volunteers called the Mudcrabs have been restoring Sydney's Cooks River from one of Australia's most polluted waterways into thriving wildlife habitat. Their grassroots efforts are now recognized as the driving force behind the river's remarkable transformation.
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