Olympic sailors and other athletes demonstrated on Saturday at Rio de Janeiro's Yacht Club over poor water quality in the once-pristine Guanabara Bay, site of the future Olympic Park. Demonstrators want the Brazilian authorities to take...

HEADLINE: Algae chokes bay that will host Olympic sailing CAPTION: China's latest Olympics nightmare is a vast algae bloom that covers one-third of the sea where the world's best sailors are supposed to be competing in just over a...

HEADLINE:Wildlife Caretakers Rescue 'Orphans of the Spill' CAPTION: Among the thousands of animals rescued from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, hundreds of juvenile pelicans and sea turtles. As AP's Haven Daley reports,...

HEADLINE: Ask AP: Drug-tainted water supplies CAPTION: In response to an Associated Press investigation into the contamination of drinking water supplies with prescription drugs, a woman asks about the safety of bottled water. Ask AP...

1. Wide of beach with destruction 2. Wide of makeshift shelters amid destruction 3. Mid shot makeshift shelters 4. Mid shot man and girl 5. Two boys sit in shelter 6. Wide of area hit by tsunami 7. Wide people walk in front of damaged...

Residents in the Edgewood neighborhood of Charlestown, West Virginia, were told late Monday night and Tuesday morning they could begin flushing their tap water and that it was safe for normal use after that. Residents Beverly Farrow and...

Spanish/Nat In El Salvador ecological devastation is turning parts of the once-lush country to desert, causing severe water shortage and making respiratory disease from air pollution the most common cause of death among children. The...

HEADLINE: Barataria estuary now ground zero in oil spill CAPTION: The biologically diverse Barataria Bay in Louisiana has become the epicenter of the oil spill. Local fisherman are upset and fear that the wildlife and fisheries will...

Two state regulators and a utility worker were charged on Wednesday in connection with the lead-tainted water crisis in Flint, in the US state of Michigan. State Attorney General Bill Schuette charged Stephen Busch and Michael Prysby,...

Sick villagers in eastern India are suing a company three decades after it abandoned an asbestos mine claiming it's hazardous waste is still poisoning local people. They want a court to decide whether the waste left behind is still...

1. Wide of traditional Ameyoko market in downtown Tokyo 2. Fish laid out for sale 3. Fishmonger trying to sell fish to passers by 4. Close of a fish 5. Wide of fish stalls 6. Woman looking at fish for sale 7. Wide of fish stalls 8....

HEADLINE: NOAA official: Gulf oil spill is of 'grave concern' CAPTION: A top NOAA official says the Gulf Coast oil spill is a major blow to the U.S. economy and the environment. David Kennedy is the acting administrator for the National...

1. Various of protesters running into the offices of Dow Chemical Company 2. Mid of protesters going up the staircase 3. Mid of protester tying a head band 4. Wide of protesters running towards the building, security chasing them 5. Mid...

1. Tilt down shot from PETA activist taking a shower at roadside to curtain saying "1 kg of meat equals 1 year of showers" 2. Cutaway of photographers 3. Various of activist taking shower 4. Pan from traffic on road to the activist...

1. Worker turning on the faucet of the water tank 2. Close of hand turning on the faucet 3. Mid of the worker climbing down ladder and turning on another faucet 4. Close of the worker 5. Water coming out from the water tank 6. Main...

HEADLINE: Worries grow over oil spill's impact on marine life CAPTION: The calamitous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has forced the shutdown of the gulf's rich fishing grounds, and environmentalists are expressing concerns about the...

English/Nat Scientists in Malaysia are trying to come up with a bigger, tastier freshwater fish. Dwindling marine fish stocks and pollution have seen many Malaysian's adding freshwater fish to their diet. And they look set to remain on...

Cuts available: z043124 June 5th is the United Nations Environment Day. The world body has now set up an environmental protection programme (UNEP) with its headquarters in Nairobi, to carry out the resolutions taken at the UN Conference...

Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang met with US Trade Representative Michael Froman during the eighth round of the US-China Economic and Strategic Dialogue on Monday to work on topics such as how to advance both countries' economic openness....

1. Mid of flags in front of IAEA headquarters building 2. Wide of building, tilt down 3. Shift focus of flagpole with building 4. Shift focus, close of IAEA sign 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Denis Flory, Deputy Director General of the...

President Barack Obama has taken a drink of the filtered water in Flint, Michigan.Obama is visiting the city for the first time since its drinking water became contaminated with lead.After a briefing Wednesday on the federal government's...

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLYWashington DC - 18 January 20171. Wide of hearing2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Ben Cardin (D) Maryland:"Do you believe there is any safe level of lead that can be taken...

LEADIN: One of Cambodia's most vital freshwater ecosystems is at risk from a combination of hydroelectric dams, overfishing, deforestation and pollution. The Tonle Sap Lake is called 'the beating heart of...

Dozens of rusty barrels and plastic tubs filled with a dark, oily liquid cluttered a muddy yard where chickens roamed. More brimming containers packed a wooden barn. The property in northern Serbia, located next to farmland...