‘Living With Water’: Facing Climate Change, Cities Trade Sea Walls for Parks

6 years ago

Photo: A firefighter wades through Boston floodwater earlier this year. Under a new plan, the city would allow the rising…

Why the EPA won’t get the lead out of our water

6 years ago

Photo: AP/Carlos Osorio The agency was slow to revise its lead pipe regulations under Obama. It’s even worse under Trump…

Duke Study: Rivers Contaminated With Radium and Lead From Thousands of Fracking Wastewater Spills

6 years ago

Bakken Oil and Gas in Williston, North Dakota on the Missouri River. Photo Credit: EcoFlight Thousands of oil and gas…

$321 million to improve Hudson water quality — Riverkeeper

6 years ago

Water quality in the Hudson River and its tributaries will benefit from a $320.8 million investment announced by Gov. Cuomo…

The Seafloor Is Dissolving Because of Climate Change

6 years ago

Carbon emissions are acidifying the ocean so quickly that the seafloor is disintegrating. According to a new study, ocean acidification…

The EPA can’t wait to reopen the mine that poisoned North Idaho

6 years ago

Photo: Tubbs Hill on Lake Coeur d'Alene. - Kyle Johnson for Bloomberg Businessweek The Bunker Hill Mine deposited 75 million…

Did You Know Reducing Your Energy Use Conserves Water?

6 years ago

Water is one of the most important utilities in our lives, which is why ensuring our ability to use it…

New Mexico weighs options for reusing oil and gas wastewater

6 years ago

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — With drought a constant consideration for New Mexico, state and federal officials are warning that decisions…

Hormone-Disrupting Weed Killer Taints Tap Water for Millions in Corn Belt

6 years ago

Seasonal spikes of atrazine–a weed killer that can disrupt hormones and harm developing fetuses–contaminate drinking water in corn-growing areas of…

California voters rejected Proposition 3. Where now on water?

6 years ago

In this Feb. 25, 2016 file photo, water flows through an irrigation canal to crops near Lemoore, Calif. Rich Pedroncelli…