Legislation – Policy

Hillsborough School District found lead in its water, didn’t tell parents for a year.

Patrick Anding stands with his wife, Lakesha, and nine-year-old son DáVeon near their home across from Foster Elementary School. Patrick…

6 years ago

As bouts with killer algae rose, Florida gutted its water quality monitoring

When Florida Sea Grant director Karl Havens, who is a well-regarded expert on water and has studied pollution all over…

6 years ago

California Groundwater Law Means Big Changes Above Ground, Too

The state’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act is likely to result in fallowing thousands of acres of farmland. Local governments are…

6 years ago

Officials dismissed benefits of national monuments

Photo: a look at Bears Ears monument, which encompasses 1.35 million acres of land in Utah. (The Wilderness Society) In…

6 years ago

SCOTUS: Upstream States to Reduce River Usage, Aid Downstream States in Drought

Markel Saez de Jauregui/Flickr (Public Domain) NASA says droughts are becoming more common, and will continue to be. If that’s…

6 years ago

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