Gulf Coast Oil Spill May Be Largest Since 2010 BP Disaster

7 years ago

LLOG reports as much as 9,350* barrels spilled last week Release dwarfed by multimillion-barrel Deepwater Horizon spill *Updated figures given…

4 million Americans could be drinking toxic water and would never know

7 years ago

Photo: Laura Ungar, USA TODAY RANGER, Texas — The leaders of this former oil boomtown never gave 2-year-old Adam Walton…

Puerto Ricans given drinking water from a hazardous-waste site

7 years ago

Photo: Puerto Ricans given water from hazardous site. Dorado, Puerto Rico (CNN) Jose Luis Rodriguez waited in line Friday to…

Gov. Brown Signs Bill Requiring California Water Districts to Test School Water for Lead

7 years ago

Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill Friday requiring water districts to test school water for lead in California. NBC 7…

Removing Trace Metals From Stormwater at Industrial Hard Chrome Plating Facility

7 years ago

Industrial stormwater can contain trace metals above regulatory limits. Although standard water treatment processes are available to treat this water,…

Keeping Cows Cool With Less Water and Energy

7 years ago

Photo: cows cool off at UC Davis. (Paul Fortunato/UC Davis) Innovative cooling technologies tested on dairy cows at the University…

Judge throws out industrial wells permits scientists said would harm public waters

7 years ago

A Dane County judge has thrown out eight high-capacity well permits the state granted to businesses despite warnings from its…

Lake Superior No Longer the Clearest of the Great Lakes

7 years ago

Photo: Lake Superior, seen from the Park Point beach in Duluth in August. Many people who've spent much time around…

Hawaiians have more than 200 words for rain

7 years ago

Like the Islands themselves, ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (the Hawaiian language) is a living, breathing part of the native culture. This reflection…

Easy Fix: How to Stop Poisoning Fish in the Gulf of Mexico

7 years ago

Saturated buffer along unnamed tributary to the Skunk River, Iowa. Photo by Kent Heikens USDA, Agricultural Research Service. Fertilizer used…