The proposed regulation will phase out fracking in the light of increasing public concern about the practice and its contribution...
EPA Restarts Assessment of Health Risks from Nitrate in Water
The agency will evaluate the hazards from agriculture’s primary water pollutant. Farming regions in northeastern Nebraska and elsewhere have some...
Boiling Point: Would filling a new reservoir give off lots of greenhouse gases?
Plans call for building Sites Reservoir in this valley north of Sacramento. (Risa Johnson / Calif. Dept. of Water Resources)...
Top Methane Emitter is a Vast Cattle Feedlot. Federal and State Greenhouse Gas Regulators Are Giving It a Pass.
Photo: The Brandt Cattle Company feedyard in Southern California’s Imperial Valley composts dry manure in an open field, a process...
IPCC report: ‘possible loss of entire countries in this century’
Pacific island nations are already being battered by king tides, catastrophic cyclones and sustained droughts Global heating above 1.5C will...