Water & Oceans

Even in This Toxic River — A Salmon Story

Seattle’s heavily polluted Duwamish River is no place to catch fish — except for salmon, which pass quickly through these troubled waters on their way from the sea to their freshwater spawning grounds. With fishing pole in hand, environmental journalist Alex Brown joins jostling crowds of industrial-zone anglers and catches a firsthand view of a spectacle that is both anomalous and awe-inspiring.

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"U.S. Takes a Step Toward Approving Seabed Mining in International Waters"

"The Trump administration said on Tuesday that it had received an application for seabed mining exploration in international waters, the first in its effort to encourage the controversial industry."

Source: NYTimes, 12/24/2025

"The ‘Toxic Cocktail’ Brewing in Pennsylvania’s Waterways"

"Pennsylvania is still cleaning up decades’ worth of coal mining pollution. Now it must also contend with millions of tons of fracking waste, some of it radioactive."

Source: Inside Climate News, 12/23/2025

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