Pure, clean water — it’s one of the absolute true essentials in the world. Unfortunately, it’s also not easy for many people to get. Furthermore, we’e got new problems even in the richest nations and communities in the world. We’ve got microplastics leaching into everything, including people’s water. How many … [continued]
Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes and the most polluted. Now digital technology will help restore it to health.
When I first relocated to southeast Florida, neighbors invited me to watch the buoyant manatees lounge and dive in the marina area. Oysters clung to the Indian River’s shorelines and dock areas. Fish jumped around us as we kayaked through the mangrove channels. At sunset, we’d bike down the road … [continued]
Operation Bomb, Bomb, Iran is now in full swing, but the people of that country are facing another existential threat — water bankruptcy.
In California’s Central Valley, a plan is being put forth to turn unused farmland into the largest solar installation in the US.
We hear a lot about sea level rise and the effects it is having on coastal communities. The media sometimes morbidly plays and replays footage of homes collapsing from their high cliff footings into the pounding surf. As someone who is lucky enough to live at the beach, I’ve tried … [continued]
Washington, D.C. — Today, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency dismantled a bedrock environmental and public health standard that protects Americans from mercury and other dangerous toxic air pollutants, such as arsenic, lead, and chromium. Rolling back the new and more protective Mercury and Air Toxics Standards will allow coal- and oil-fired power … [continued]
MONTGOMERY, AL — A new report released today has found PFAS in nearly all of Alabama’s waterways, confirming the statewide threat of these deadly toxins. PFAS are man-made “forever chemicals” that don’t break down in the environment and are highly toxic to people. They are virtually unregulated by the US … [continued]
There is less water in the Colorado River today and more demand for it as cities and farms in the southwest continue to expand.
When I was in elementary school, my classmates and I learned how New England mill owners sited their factories near mighty rivers. We know now those factories dumped their waste directly into public waters without any consideration to the pollution and damage they were causing. Sulfite and phosphorus. Sulfuric acid, … [continued]
