Yamuna Cruise To Launch Before Chhath, But Data Shows River Still Polluted

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• Trump administration wants to remove regulations on a super planet-heating gas

  Aiming to alleviate domestic compliance burdens and spur energy production ahead of midterm elections, federal officials plan to scale back Clean Air Act requirements for oil and gas drillers. The proposed rollback dismantles major oversight tools, including satellite leak monitoring and strict standards for marginal wells. Critics warn that abandoning these measures sacrifices valuable tax revenue while releasing an emission 80 times more warming than carbon dioxide.

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• ‘Worldwide legacy’: almost $20m raised to protect majestic tract of land in far north Queensland

  Bush Heritage Australia is working to secure Wooroora, a 20,000-hectare cattle station located southwest of Cairns, to safeguard vital headwaters entering the Great Barrier Reef. This planned purchase connects wet tropics rainforest to create a 429,000-hectare wildlife corridor that will safeguard vulnerable habitat from industrial development. The initiative also aims to partner with traditional owners to restore Indigenous access and protection across sacred cultural sites.

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• Maine river sees preliminary count of 5.85m herring after dams removed

  State officials recorded the massive migratory rebound at the Milford fish lift following long-term restoration efforts along the Penobscot River. Decades of obstruction had previously choked off critical freshwater spawning runs, leaving historical counts at only a few hundred fish annually. Reopening the waterways has successfully revived runs of alewives and blueback herring, demonstrating the ecological benefits of coordinated river reconnection.

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