The U.S. is on the cusp of a water utility workforce shortage, with retirements in the sector far exceeding recruitment. Following Zimbabwe’s worst drought in four decades, which wrought havoc on ...
As they span significant areas of Asia, Europe and the Americas, karst landscapes cover some 15 percent of the Earth’s land mass. Scientists estimate that these areas of porous bedrock are home to as ...
Contamination of the food-supply chain in Michigan in the 1970s was one of the worst mass poisonings in U.S. history. The events still resonate today. Alpha Clark was there when they started to bury ...
The Rundown Army Corps builds a temporary barrier on Mississippi River bed to block upstream movement of salt water that threatens municipal drinking water. EPA announces $7.5 billion in low-interest ...
Having detected toxins in its water distribution system since Memorial Day weekend at levels that occasionally exceeded state and federal health guidelines, officials in Salem are warning children, ...
Six months ago Cape Town was a city on edge. The mayor had declared that Day Zero, when officials would shut off water to most homes and businesses in order to preserve fast-shrinking reservoirs, was ...
And lastly, the CDC investigates Legionnaires’ disease cases linked to hot tubs on cruise ships. $344 Million: Funding for lead service line removal that probably should not have been allocated to ...
Contests for control of the White House and Congress are the main events in the upcoming national elections. Those results will determine the direction of federal water and environmental regulation.
Amanda Rodewald is taking us down a path in Sapsucker Woods. It’s a chilly, windy early spring day in Ithaca, New York. In fact, there are a few snowflakes falling along the wooded path. Rodewald is ...
Billions in Taxpayer-funded incentives for new, loosely regulated U.S. energy sector. Articles in this project are edited by Carey Gillam, managing editor of The New Lede. This report, co-published ...