Legislation – Policy

Judge Orders Michigan Health Director to Face Trial Over Flint Water Crisis Deaths

Photo: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon, seen here speaking to the press about the Flint…

6 years ago

Out of spotlight, tribes keep fighting Dakota pipeline

Photo: DAPL pipeline protesters 9/25/2016 (Morton Co. Sheriff) (Reuters) - Native American tribes that tried to block the Dakota Access…

6 years ago

Massive Medicine Bow logging plan sparks critics

Conservation and water interests are at odds over a plan to log, cut, burn and build roads across 562 square…

6 years ago

Flint: EPA Upholds State Ability to Set Deadlines to Fix Deficiencies in Water System

Flint Mayor Karen Weaver. Photo: Brett Carlsen (Getty Images) As of Thursday, the people of Flint, Michigan, have gone 1,569…

6 years ago

Explore the Largest Coastal Restoration Project Completed In Louisiana’s History

Map: a depiction of Isles Dernieres Barrier Island in 1853 and the chain of islands that now make up Isles…

6 years ago

Hillsborough School District found lead in its water, didn’t tell parents for a year.

Patrick Anding stands with his wife, Lakesha, and nine-year-old son DáVeon near their home across from Foster Elementary School. Patrick…

6 years ago

As bouts with killer algae rose, Florida gutted its water quality monitoring

When Florida Sea Grant director Karl Havens, who is a well-regarded expert on water and has studied pollution all over…

6 years ago

California Groundwater Law Means Big Changes Above Ground, Too

The state’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act is likely to result in fallowing thousands of acres of farmland. Local governments are…

6 years ago

Officials dismissed benefits of national monuments

Photo: a look at Bears Ears monument, which encompasses 1.35 million acres of land in Utah. (The Wilderness Society) In…

6 years ago

SCOTUS: Upstream States to Reduce River Usage, Aid Downstream States in Drought

Markel Saez de Jauregui/Flickr (Public Domain) NASA says droughts are becoming more common, and will continue to be. If that’s…

6 years ago