More than three years after voters dedicated $2.7 billion toward bolstering California’s water supply, state regulators appear ready to crack open the coffers and jump-start proposed new dam projects.
Read moreA federal class action filed late Thursday accuses food and beverage giant Nestle of misleading consumers about the quality of its Pure Life bottled water, which a recent study found contains high levels of microplastics.
Read moreFour citizens of Flint, Michigan, filed a federal lawsuit Thursday claiming they were wrongfully arrested at a town hall meeting last year about the city’s water-contamination crisis.
Read moreNew York state and the United States brought a federal complaint Wednesday that says the town of Ticonderoga has failed since 2014 to remove cryptosporidium from public water sources including Gooseneck Pond, the Chilson Reservoir and the Baldwin Road filtration plant.
Read moreOne of the largest water agencies in Southern California agreed Tuesday to pay for the bulk of a $16 billion plan to build a pair of water tunnels that will send water from northern parts of the state south, a move some critics say will increase rates for customers and harm the environment.
Read moreAnticipating how rising atmospheric carbon dioxide will affect the water cycle, including extreme weather forecasts, is critical to preparing for and predicting the future of the planet.
Read moreGeorgia lawmakers reignited a simmering feud with Tennessee by recently approving a resolution that would establish a commission to convince the Volunteer State and North Carolina to give up a one-mile strip of land so it can access the Tennessee River.
Read moreA newly designed surface inspired by rice leaves and pitcher plants outperforms cutting-edge liquid-repellent surfaces in water-harvesting applications, according to a study published Friday in the journal Science Advances.
Read moreThe Environmental Law Foundation and others filed three lawsuits in superior court this week against the California Water Resources Control Board and associated entities, claiming they wrongly extended an agricultural irrigation pollution permit in the Central Valley without data to tell whether farmers are polluting groundwater.
Read moreDespite hosting some of the largest creatures on Earth, the ocean limits mammal growth more so than land, according to a new study.
Read moreFollowing years of foot-dragging, Ohio conceded Thursday the waters of Lake Erie’s western basin are impaired by pollution, a declaration welcomed by environmentalists fighting to clean up open waters that have become associated with an unpleasant slimy green sheen.
Read moreJust past its midway mark, the Savannah Harbor expansion project is set to get $49 million in federal funds from the spending package signed Friday by President Donald Trump. Georgia officials say they need twice that, however, to finish on schedule in 2021.
Read moreEarth is losing plants, animals and clean water at a dramatic rate, according to four new United Nations scientific reports that provide the most comprehensive and localized look at the state of biodiversity.
Read moreThe Environmental Protection Agency has invited governors from across the country to a summit in D.C. this spring to develop a multistate strategy to combat pollution from perfluorinated compounds, a group of manmade chemicals linked to increased risk of cancer and developmental problems in children.
Read moreDominion Power went before the Fourth Circuit Wednesday to challenge a lower court ruling that found wastewater seeping from Dominion’s coal ash ponds into local groundwater counted as a Clean Water Act violation.
Read moreMarch hasn’t brought a miracle to California, but it has improved the state’s water picture enough to at least delay any drought declarations.
Read moreA new study led by a nonprofit journalism group found that 90 percent of several top brands of bottled water were contaminated with tiny pieces of plastic.
Read moreA $100 million project removing dams and helping fish route around others is returning a badly endangered salmon to spring-fed waters in northernmost California, giving cold-loving native fish a life-saving place to chill as scientists say climate change, drought and human diversions warm the waters.
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