Legislation – Policy

Preparing for climate change: California’s huge investment in water storage

On Tuesday, the California Water Commission completed a groundbreaking process to make the state’s largest investment in water storage in…

6 years ago

Flint Water Crisis Deaths Likely Surpass Official Toll

The death toll in Flint, Michigan, from contaminated water may be much higher than state health officials have acknowledged, an…

6 years ago

‘A Civil Action’ Carcinogen Pollutes Tap Water Supplies for 14 Million Americans

Under Trump, EPA Retreats From Proposed Ban on Key Uses of TCE Drinking water supplies for 14 million Americans are…

6 years ago

A Tale of Two Basins: Why One is Thriving While the Other is Dying

To understand the issues of land loss affecting Louisiana’s coast and the restoration solutions needed to address it, one needs…

6 years ago

Mountain Valley Pipeline cited 5th time by state for violations

Photo: Sediment-laden water fills the Meathouse Fork tributary. For the fifth time since April, state regulators are citing the Mountain…

6 years ago

The Water Wars of Arizona

Homes in the Sulphur Springs Valley in Arizona stand just outside a corn field with a large irrigation system. Photo…

6 years ago

Watchdog says lack of EPA oversight helped cause ‘catastrophic’ Flint water crisis

Placards posted above water fountains warn against drinking the water at Flint Northwestern High School in Flint, Michigan, May 4,…

6 years ago

Water use in the USA, 2015

Although thermoelectric and irrigation are the dominant categories nationally, the county breakdown reveals regional variation. In the map below, you…

6 years ago

Trump Just Remade Ocean Policy—Here’s What That Means

The spill began with a bang. On August 20, 2010 a jet of natural gas surged to the Deepwater Horizon…

6 years ago

White House approves huge reservoir for Lake Okeechobee overflow

Photo: Algae collects along the the shore of Shepard Park on the St. Lucie River near downtown Stuart on June…

6 years ago