Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles

7 years ago

Scientists have created a mutant enzyme that breaks down plastic drinks bottles – by accident. The breakthrough could help solve…

Flint Activist LeeAnne Walters Wins Major Environmental Prize

7 years ago

LeeAnne Walters, a recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize, was key in exposing the crisis of lead-laced water in Flint,…

Scientists Create Super-Thin Flowing Water that Shimmers Like Soap Bubbles

7 years ago

SLAC: The liquid sheets – less than 100 water molecules thick – will let researchers probe chemical, physical and biological…

Algae from wastewater solves two problems: biofuel and cleanup

7 years ago

In one of the first studies to examine the potential for using municipal wastewater as a feedstock for algae-based biofuels,…

California: Nestle Lacks Permits To Extract Millions Of Gallons Of Water

7 years ago

California regulators say Nestle may have to stop collecting a large portion of the water it bottles from the San…

What logging does to your water

7 years ago

There are a lot of issues with deforestation. However, for some nations around the world, logging jobs provide stable sources…

Young woman from Rigolet — stories of protecting land and water

7 years ago

Photo: Emily Wolfrey with some of the youth and elders who gathered to talk about their stories as land and…

Plastic debris found in tap water, beer, and sea salt

7 years ago

You may think you're ingesting a safe, clean product, but you're really putting synthetic microfibers into your body. It is…

Climate change impact on communally managed water systems

7 years ago

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Shared fates and experiences in a community can help it withstand changes to water availability due to…

Chicago Tap Water Tested Positive for Brain Damaging Lead

7 years ago

Water upgrades (Cheryl Corley/NPR) A severe amount of poisonous lead was located in the water of nearly 70% of Chicago…