Former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder appeared in court Thursday morning to plead not guilty to state charges of willful neglect stemming from the contaminated-water crisis in Flint that began during his time of office.
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Former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder was criminally charged Wednesday for his role in the Flint water contamination catastrophe that left thousands of his constituents poisoned.
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A major advancement in water filtration technology revealed Thursday may lead to lower water prices and greater availability throughout otherwise dry areas of the globe.
Read moreA federal court in California denied the city of Sunnyvale’s request to dismiss San Francsico Baykeeper’s Clean Water Act suit alleging the city’s sewer system unlawfully releases polluted stormwater and raw sewage into waterways.
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The Flint City Council voted early Tuesday to approve the city’s $20 million share of a massive $641 million settlement for injury claims stemming from the contaminated water crisis that poisoned citizens in 2014.
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Attorneys urged a federal judge Monday to grant preliminary approval of a massive settlement benefitting Flint residents poisoned by contaminated water, as local government officials wrestle with accepting their part of the deal.
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The U.S. Supreme Court was nearly unanimous Monday in clearing New Mexico over the evaporation of precious Pecos River water on its watch when the hurricane-hit Texas needed storage help.
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Defending the decision to give farm irrigation districts permanent access to low-cost, federally pumped water in California, a Justice Department lawyer urged a federal judge Thursday to flush a Native American tribe’s lawsuit against the endless entitlements.
Read moreA land swap between agrochemical giant Simplot and the federal government lacked proper environmental analysis and the resulting expansion of Simplot’s gypsum stack will harm the area’s water, flora and fauna, the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation say in a federal complaint.
Read moreOrange County, California, and several of its cities sued chemical giants 3M, DuPont and others Tuesday, complaining they manufactured products containing PFAS chemicals that have contaminated drinking water sources across the county.
Read moreA federal court in South Carolina granted the state’s request for a permanent injunction to prevent the Army Corps of Engineers from demolishing the Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam if the proposal to do so does not “maintain the pool” in existence on the date of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act.
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A proposed dam in California’s Central Valley is billed as a vital agricultural resource. But conservationists say it would also flood important cultural and recreational sites for surrounding communities and destroy wildlife habitat.
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The city of Flint, ravaged by a contaminated water crisis since 2014, has agreed to join a massive $641 million settlement with residents announced by Michigan officials over the summer.
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Lobbing another hurdle at California’s $16 billion plan to tunnel underneath the West Coast’s largest estuary, environmentalists on Thursday sued to freeze public funding for the megaproject championed by Governor Gavin Newsom.
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Two giant leaps for lunar scientists: one research paper published Monday verifies that there are water molecules on the sunlit portions of the moon, and another identifies new permanently shadowed areas of the moon where ice may lurk.
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Sudan said it will hold three-way talks Tuesday with Egypt and Ethiopia on a controversial Nile dam project that U.S. President Donald Trump has warned could spark military action.
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Just weeks after the president cast himself as a “great environmentalist” in a Florida rally, conservation groups condemned his administration Friday for undermining a court’s order to prevent water contamination with coal ash.
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Kicking off its new term, the Supreme Court heard arguments Monday over Texas and New Mexico’s agreement to share water from the Pecos River and whether the latter state is on the hook for water that evaporated before making it across state lines.
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