11-05-2022 - Michigan,USA-Parched agricultural land on a farm. Failing crops © Jim West

16-03-2022 - Coffeyville, Kansas, USA-oil spill dead zone sign. Animal skulls and signs remain as a protest in the dead zone contaminated area after a oil spill at the Coffeyville Resources oil refinery in 2007. T... © Jim West

05-02-2022 - River Rouge, USA DTE Energy River Rouge power plant. The coal fired plant was closed down in 2021 as part of its plan to reduce carbon emissions. Neaby industry still contributes air pollution. © Jim West

05-02-2022 - Detroit, USA-Dawn, US Steel mill, Zug Island. The mill now employs only a fraction of the 16,000 workers it once had. © Jim West

05-02-2022 - Detroit, USA-Dawn, US Steel mill, Zug Island. The mill now employs only a fraction of the 16,000 workers it once had. © Jim West

05-02-2022 - Detroit, USA-Dawn, US Steel mill, Zug Island. The mill now employs only a fraction of the 16,000 workers it once had. © Jim West

05-02-2022 - Detroit, USA-Dawn, US Steel mill, Zug Island. The mill now employs only a fraction of the 16,000 workers it once had. © Jim West

03-01-2022 - Detroit, USA-Chimneys, Stellantis Jefferson North Assembly Plant. The factory produces the Jeep Grand Cherokee and the Dodge Durango. © Jim West

23-10-2021 - Michigan USA: Red, white and blue chimneys and houses, Dearborn Industrial Generation plant. Burning natural gas and waste blast furnace gas to produce electricity for the River Rouge complex and the... © Jim West

23-10-2021 - Michigan USA: Red, white and blue chimneys and houses, Dearborn Industrial Generation plant. Burning natural gas and waste blast furnace gas to produce electricity for the River Rouge complex and the... © Jim West

28-09-2021 - Warren, Pennsylvania, USA-Hydroelectricity. Seneca Pumped Storage Generating Station reservoir. Water is pumped into the reservoir on top of a mountain during periods of low demand for electricity, an... © Jim West

28-09-2021 - Warren, Pennsylvania, USA-Hydroelectricity. Seneca Pumped Storage Generating Station reservoir. Water is pumped into the reservoir on top of a mountain during periods of low demand for electricity, an... © Jim West

28-09-2021 - Warren, Pennsylvania, USA-Hydroelectricity. Kinzua Dam on the Allegheny River in northwest Pennsylvania. The dam was built in the 1960s by the Army Corps of Engineers for flood control and hydroelectr... © Jim West

28-09-2021 - Warren, Pennsylvania, USA-Hydroelectricity. Kinzua Dam on the Allegheny River in northwest Pennsylvania. The dam was built in the 1960s by the Army Corps of Engineers for flood control and hydroelectr... © Jim West

28-09-2021 - Warren, Pennsylvania, USA-Hydroelectricity. Kinzua Dam on the Allegheny River in northwest Pennsylvania. The dam was built in the 1960s by the Army Corps of Engineers for flood control and hydroelectr... © Jim West

28-09-2021 - Warren, Pennsylvania, USA-Hydroelectricity. Allegheny Reservoir, which extends 25 miles behind the Kinzua Dam. Built in the 1960s by the Army Corps of Engineers for flood control, the dam flooded land... © Jim West

22-08-2021 - Michigan USA: Glyphosate resistant weed Palmer amaranth growing in a soybean field at Three Oaks. The weed has developed resistance to glyphosate herbicides and is infesting fields of GMO soybeans and... © Jim West

22-08-2021 - Michigan USA: Glyphosate resistant weed Palmer amaranth growing in a soybean field at Three Oaks. The weed has developed resistance to glyphosate herbicides and is infesting fields of GMO soybeans and... © Jim West

28-06-2021 - New Mexico desert: Pecan trees growing during severe drought. The extensive pecan farms around Las Cruces are watered by flooding orchards with irrigation water from the Rio Grande or by pumping water... © Jim West

27-06-2021 - New Mexico desert: Pecan trees growing during severe drought. The extensive pecan farms around Las Cruces are watered by flooding orchards with irrigation water from the Rio Grande or by pumping water... © Jim West

27-06-2021 - New Mexico, USA: Dying vineyard, New Mexico desert © Jim West

27-06-2021 - New Mexico, USA: Dying vineyard, New Mexico desert © Jim West

27-06-2021 - New Mexico, USA: Drought. 93% empty Elephant Butte reservoir on the Rio Grande. Supplying water for southern New Mexico and western Texas it is only 7% full due to the drought in the southwestern Unit... © Jim West

27-06-2021 - New Mexico, USA: Drought. 93% empty Elephant Butte reservoir on the Rio Grande. Supplying water for southern New Mexico and western Texas it is only 7% full due to the drought in the southwestern Unit... © Jim West

27-06-2021 - Truth or Consequences, New Mexico - The Elephant Butte reservoir on the Rio Grande holds water for southern New Mexico and western Texas, but is only 7% full due to the drought in the southwestern Uni... © Jim West

27-06-2021 - New Mexico, USA: Drought. 93% empty Elephant Butte reservoir on the Rio Grande. Supplying water for southern New Mexico and western Texas it is only 7% full due to the drought in the southwestern Unit... © Jim West

27-06-2021 - New Mexico, USA: Drought. 93% empty Elephant Butte reservoir on the Rio Grande. Supplying water for southern New Mexico and western Texas it is only 7% full due to the drought in the southwestern Unit... © Jim West

27-06-2021 - San Acacia, New Mexico: Extreme drought. Empty, dry irrigation canal near the Rio Grande © Jim West

27-06-2021 - San Acacia, New Mexico: Extreme drought. Dry irrigation canal near the Rio Grande © Jim West

27-06-2021 - San Acacia, New Mexico: Extreme drought. Irrigation canal gate allowing water from the Rio Grande to be directed to a specific field. Much of the state is experiencing extreme drought, and farmers are... © Jim West

27-06-2021 - San Acacia, New Mexico: Extreme drought. Irrigation canal gate allowing water from the Rio Grande to be directed to a specific field. Much of the state is experiencing extreme drought, and farmers are... © Jim West

25-06-2021 - Algodones, New Mexico Extreme drought. An irrigation canal carrying water diverted from the Rio Grande but farmers are not getting all the water they need to grow their crops in the desert. © Jim West

23-06-2021 - New Mexico, Jicarilla Apache Nation, dried out Dulce Lake due to prolonged drought © Jim West

23-06-2021 - New Mexico, Jicarilla Apache Nation, dried out Dulce Lake due to prolonged drought © Jim West

23-06-2021 - New Mexico, Jicarilla Apache Nation, dried out Dulce Lake due to prolonged drought © Jim West

30-05-2021 - Flint, Michigan, USA: The Flint Water Treatment Plant. Thousands of children were exposed to harmful concentrations of lead after the city water supply was contaminated in 2014. © Jim West

30-05-2021 - Flint, Michigan, USA: The Flint Water Treatment Plant. Thousands of children were exposed to harmful concentrations of lead after the city water supply was contaminated in 2014. © Jim West

30-05-2021 - Sanford, Michigan, USA: Aftermath of 2020 Tittabawassee River flooding which breached poorly maintained dams and drained Sanford and Wixom Lakes © Jim West

30-05-2021 - Sanford, Michigan, USA: Aftermath of 2020 Tittabawassee River flooding which breached poorly maintained dams and drained Sanford and Wixom Lakes © Jim West

30-05-2021 - Sanford, Michigan, USA: Aftermath of 2020 Tittabawassee River flooding which breached poorly maintained dams and drained Sanford and Wixom Lakes. The boat launch ramp at Sanford Lake Park now leads to... © Jim West

30-05-2021 - Sanford, Michigan, USA: Aftermath of 2020 Tittabawassee River flooding which breached poorly maintained dams and drained Sanford and Wixom Lakes The river now flows through the collapsed section of th... © Jim West

30-05-2021 - Sanford, Michigan, USA: Aftermath of 2020 Tittabawassee River flooding which breached poorly maintained dams and drained Sanford and Wixom Lakes. Docks at the Stryker Lakeside Marina on Wixom Lake pro... © Jim West

30-05-2021 - Sanford, Michigan, USA: Aftermath of 2020 Tittabawassee River flooding which breached poorly maintained dams and drained Sanford and Wixom Lakes. Docks at the Stryker Lakeside Marina on Wixom Lake pro... © Jim West

30-05-2021 - Sanford, Michigan, USA: Aftermath of 2020 Tittabawassee River flooding which breached poorly maintained dams and drained Sanford and Wixom Lakes. Docks at the Stryker Lakeside Marina on Wixom Lake pro... © Jim West

30-05-2021 - Sanford, Michigan, USA: Aftermath of 2020 Tittabawassee River flooding which breached poorly maintained dams and drained Sanford and Wixom Lakes. Docks at the Stryker Lakeside Marina on Wixom Lake pro... © Jim West

30-05-2021 - Sanford, Michigan, USA: Aftermath of 2020 Tittabawassee River flooding which breached poorly maintained dams and drained Sanford and Wixom Lakes. Docks at the Stryker Lakeside Marina on Wixom Lake pro... © Jim West

12-05-2021 - Detroit, USA: Rally to shut down Enbridge oil pipeline. Native American and environmental activists want the pipeline, which runs under the Straits of Mackinac closed on the grounds that any oil leak... © Jim West

12-05-2021 - Detroit, USA: Rally to shut down Enbridge oil pipeline. Native American and environmental activists want the pipeline, which runs under the Straits of Mackinac closed on the grounds that any oil leak... © Jim West

12-05-2021 - Detroit, USA: Rally to shut down Enbridge oil pipeline. Native American and environmental activists want the pipeline, which runs under the Straits of Mackinac closed on the grounds that any oil leak... © Jim West

12-05-2021 - Detroit, USA: Rally to shut down Enbridge oil pipeline. Native American and environmental activists want the pipeline, which runs under the Straits of Mackinac closed on the grounds that any oil leak... © Jim West

12-05-2021 - Detroit, USA: Rally to shut down Enbridge oil pipeline. Native American and environmental activists want the pipeline, which runs under the Straits of Mackinac closed on the grounds that any oil leak... © Jim West

12-05-2021 - Detroit, USA: Rally to shut down Enbridge oil pipeline. Native American and environmental activists want the pipeline, which runs under the Straits of Mackinac closed on the grounds that any oil leak... © Jim West

12-05-2021 - Detroit, USA: Rally to shut down Enbridge oil pipeline. Water is Sacred, Native American and environmental activists want the pipeline, which runs under the Straits of Mackinac closed on the grounds t... © Jim West

12-05-2021 - Detroit, USA: Rally to shut down Enbridge oil pipeline. Native American and environmental activists want the pipeline, which runs under the Straits of Mackinac closed on the grounds that any oil leak... © Jim West

12-05-2021 - Detroit, USA: Rally to shut down Enbridge oil pipeline. Native American and environmental activists want the pipeline, which runs under the Straits of Mackinac closed on the grounds that any oil leak... © Jim West

12-05-2021 - Detroit, USA: Rally to shut down Enbridge oil pipeline. Native American and environmental activists want the pipeline, which runs under the Straits of Mackinac closed on the grounds that any oil leak... © Jim West

10-05-2021 - Detroit, USA: Low income area by Marathon Petroleum refinery. The area is the most polluted. Pollution comes from the refinery, other industry and from 100,00 cars and trucks a day on the Interstate 7... © Jim West

10-05-2021 - Stranded juvenile minke whale Teddington Lock, London. It was put to sleep after a failed rescue attempt. Chiswick RNLI. Whales normally beach themselves when they are sick or injured. It is thought h... © Duncan Phillips

10-05-2021 - Stranded juvenile minke whale Teddington Lock, London. It was put to sleep after a failed rescue attempt. Chiswick RNLI. Whales normally beach themselves when they are sick or injured. It is thought h... © Duncan Phillips

10-05-2021 - RNLI, Stranded juvenile Minke whale, Teddington Lock, London. Positioning an inflatable cradle. It was put to sleep after a failed rescue attempt. Chiswick RNLI. Whales normally beach themselves when... © Duncan Phillips

10-05-2021 - RNLI, Stranded juvenile Minke whale, Teddington Lock, London. Positioning an inflatable cradle. It was put to sleep after a failed rescue attempt. Chiswick RNLI. Whales normally beach themselves when... © Duncan Phillips

10-05-2021 - RNLI, Stranded juvenile Minke whale, Teddington Lock, London. Positioning an inflatable cradle. It was put to sleep after a failed rescue attempt. Chiswick RNLI. Whales normally beach themselves when... © Duncan Phillips

10-05-2021 - RNLI, Stranded juvenile Minke whale, Teddington Lock, London. Positioning an inflatable cradle. It was put to sleep after a failed rescue attempt. Chiswick RNLI. Whales normally beach themselves when... © Duncan Phillips

10-05-2021 - RNLI, Stranded juvenile Minke whale, Teddington Lock, London. Positioning an inflatable cradle. It was put to sleep after a failed rescue attempt. Chiswick RNLI. Whales normally beach themselves when... © Duncan Phillips

10-05-2021 - RNLI, Stranded juvenile Minke whale, Teddington Lock, London. Positioning an inflatable cradle. It was put to sleep after a failed rescue attempt. Chiswick RNLI. Whales normally beach themselves when... © Duncan Phillips

10-05-2021 - RNLI, Stranded juvenile Minke whale, Teddington Lock, London. Positioning an inflatable cradle. It was put to sleep after a failed rescue attempt. Chiswick RNLI. Whales normally beach themselves when... © Duncan Phillips

25-04-2021 - Rockwood, Michigan, USA: Invasive species Phragmites growing Lake Erie Metropark. Phragmites is an invasive wetland grass that displaces native plants and is very difficult to eradicate. Grow Zone © Jim West

25-04-2021 - Rockwood, Michigan, USA: Invasive species Phragmites growing Lake Erie Metropark. Phragmites is an invasive wetland grass that displaces native plants and is very difficult to eradicate. Grow Zone © Jim West

25-04-2021 - Rockwood, Michigan, USA: Invasive species Phragmites growing Lake Erie Metropark. Phragmites is an invasive wetland grass that displaces native plants and is very difficult to eradicate. Grow Zone © Jim West

24-04-2021 - Detroit, USA: Earth Week Spring Cleanup. Volunteers picking up rubbish from Belle Isle State Park. Using kayaks to collect rubbish from the Detroit River © Jim West

24-04-2021 - Detroit, USA: Earth Week Spring Cleanup. Volunteers picking up rubbish from Belle Isle State Park © Jim West

24-04-2021 - Detroit, USA: Earth Week Spring Cleanup. Volunteers picking up rubbish from Belle Isle State Park. Using kayaks to collect rubbish from the Detroit River © Jim West

24-04-2021 - Detroit, USA: Earth Week Spring Cleanup. Volunteers picking up rubbish from Belle Isle State Park © Jim West

24-04-2021 - Detroit, USA: Earth Week Spring Cleanup. Volunteers picking up rubbish from Belle Isle State Park. Girl Scouts helping © Jim West

24-04-2021 - Detroit, USA: Earth Week Spring Cleanup. Volunteers picking up rubbish from Belle Isle State Park © Jim West

24-04-2021 - Detroit, USA: Earth Week Spring Cleanup. Volunteers picking up rubbish from Belle Isle State Park © Jim West

22-03-2021 - Colorado USA: Emerald Ash Borer warning sign on an ash tree. Emerald Ash Borer is an invasive species which has killed many millions of ash trees in the USA. A green buprestid or jewel beetle native t... © Jim West

19-03-2021 - Belleville, Michigan, USA, Don't Eat The Fish PFAS pollution sign by the Huron River. Don't swallow Huron River foam ?and keep your pets away from it, Lower Huron Metropark, signs warning against cont... © Jim West

17-03-2021 - Felled trees being burnt, Tredington, Warwickshire © John Harris

17-03-2021 - Felled trees being burnt, Tredington, Warwickshire © John Harris

05-03-2021 - Dearborn, Michigan, USA: Ford River Rouge manufacturing complex which includes several Ford factories and an AK Steel mill © Jim West

05-03-2021 - Dearborn, Michigan, USA: Ford River Rouge manufacturing complex which includes several Ford factories and an AK Steel mill © Jim West

07-02-2021 - Sarnia, Ontario, Canada: Imperial Oil Sarnia Refinery and chemical plant on the St. Clair River. ExxonMobil is the majority owner of Imperial Oil. © Jim West

07-02-2021 - Sarnia, Ontario, Canada: Suncor Energy Sarnia oil refinery on the St. Clair River © Jim West

07-02-2021 - Algonac, Michigan, USA: Muskrat Crossing sign, St. John's Marsh © Jim West

07-02-2021 - Algonac, Michigan, USA: Man hiking, St. John's Marsh, a wet prairie with hiking trails. Native cattails and other plants have been largely replaced by the invasive phragmites. © Jim West

07-02-2021 - Algonac, Michigan, USA - St. John's Marsh, a wet prairie. Native cattails and other plants have been largely replaced by the invasive phragmites. © Jim West

20-01-2021 - Council worker removing graffiti, Bristol © Paul Box

20-01-2021 - Council worker removing graffiti, Bristol © Paul Box

20-01-2021 - Council worker removing graffiti, Bristol © Paul Box

20-01-2021 - Council worker removing graffiti, Bristol © Paul Box

11-01-2021 - Are you doing okay? graffiti, beds dumped in the street Bristol © Paul Box

21-12-2020 - Water pollution, River Avon, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire. Yellow foam & rubbish on the riverbank © John Harris

21-12-2020 - Water pollution, River Avon, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire. Yellow foam & rubbish on the riverbank © John Harris

05-12-2020 - Rubbish piled up by a No Fly Tipping sign, Lawrence Weston, Bristol. Council sign indicating that offenders leaving waste will be prosecuted © Paul Box

05-12-2020 - Rubbish piled up by a No Fly Tipping sign, Lawrence Weston, Bristol. Council sign indicating that offenders leaving waste will be prosecuted © Paul Box

13-10-2020 - Detroit, USA. Lorries dumping rubbish at a landfill site, Republic Services Carleton Farms Landfill, New Boston © Jim West

13-10-2020 - Detroit, USA. Lorries dumping rubbish at a landfill site, Republic Services Carleton Farms Landfill, New Boston © Jim West

13-10-2020 - Detroit, USA. Lorries dumping rubbish at a landfill site, Republic Services Carleton Farms Landfill, New Boston © Jim West

13-10-2020 - Detroit, USA. Lorries dumping rubbish at a landfill site, Republic Services Carleton Farms Landfill, New Boston © Jim West