Legislation – Policy

Flood-Resilient Homes in Pakistan: A Traditional Future

Yasmeen Lari is Pakistan's first female architect and one of the most successful providers of disaster relief shelters in the…

6 years ago

Florida lawmakers begin cracking down on polluters

Photo: City of Sarasota employees work to contain a sewage spill. Herald-Tribune archive (2011) Mike Lang But big questions remain…

6 years ago

Michigan’s Lead in Drinking Water Protections Under Attack

In the wake of the Flint Water Crisis, the State of Michigan put forth the nation’s most protective lead in…

6 years ago

EPA meeting on Michindoh Aquifer draws crowd to Fayette

FAYETTE, Ohio — They came. They demonstrated. They groaned, they rolled their eyes, and they whispered to people on either…

6 years ago

Arizona’s Water Supplies

Over the last decade and a half, the Southwest has experienced significant drought conditions. These conditions can lead to changes…

6 years ago

Members of Congress to question EPA, DoD on ‘forever chemicals’

Video screenshot, click link below to view: Exposure to some types of PFAS linked to hormone disruption, miscarriages, developmental issues,…

6 years ago

It’s time for California to let some of its thirsty farmland go

Some half a million acres of the most productive agricultural region on the planet — California’s San Joaquin Valley —…

6 years ago

Massive aquifer beneath the Mojave Desert

Photo: The sun sets on the Mojave National Preserve in Kelso, Calif., in early February. There is water under the…

6 years ago

FPL Wins Battle to Store Radioactive Waste Under Miami’s Drinking Water Aquifer

Update 1/17: Environmental activists have started a petition urging Florida lawmakers to prevent FPL from storing waste underground. South Florida…

6 years ago

In ‘Historic Vote,’ Ohio City Residents Grant Lake Erie Legal Rights of a Person

"What Toledo voters and other places working on rights of nature are hoping is to not only change laws but…

6 years ago