The Punjab Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made septic tanks mandatory for all homes and plazas in housing societies across the province. The decision aims to protect underground water and ...

A woman seeks a dignified burial for her sister found in a mass grave in Tuam Ireland The St Marys Mother and Baby Home was run by Bon Secours Sisters from 1925 to 1961 Nuns informed the mother in ...

It's understandable a private developer would be interested in building new tract housing in a scenic coastal spot increasingly close to South Carolina's fourth-largest municipality, but it's ...

Read full article: New protections for Indian River Lagoon manatees after judge’s ruling A manatee comes to the surface to breathe at Manatee Lagoon, a free attraction operated by Florida Power & ...

In June 2025, a years-old rumor resurfaced, alleging that 796 babies had been buried in the septic tank of what was known as a mother-and-baby home in Ireland. These were homes run by Catholic nuns ...

Beneath the ground at this peaceful spot in the town of Tuam, 220km west of Dublin, significant quantities of human remains have been identified. The land, attached to a home run by nuns between 1925 ...

CHARLESTON — Environmental groups are celebrating a legal victory that makes the process of installing large-scale septic systems in subdivisions more transparent — and holds developers accountable.

A federal judge ordered Florida to reinstate a manatee feeding program and halt new septic tank permits near the Indian River Lagoon. The order mandates Florida to apply for an Incidental Take Permit ...

More than half of 1,400 domestic septic tanks inspected by local authorities last year failed to meet the required standard. The Environmental Protection Agency said this is a real concern because ...

Over half of septic tank inspections by local authorities failed last year, with a “significant number” identified as a risk to human health and the environment, the Environmental Protection Agency ...

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Around one-fifth of the U.S. population uses septic tanks to treat wastewater from their homes. Because the microorganisms that break down the tanks' waste produce greenhouse gases including methane, ...