Surprise! Chemical Companies Sue To Force People To Keep Drinking PFAS Chemicals
The EPA has issued a new rule designed to address the presence of PFAS chemicals in America’s drinking water. Is it government overreach?
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What’s Great & What Needs Fixing in the EPA’s Proposed Lead Rule
The EPA would require most water systems to remove lead pipes within 10 years. That’s great, but key improvements are needed. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently proposed improvements to its rule on lead in drinking water, which include many encouraging changes that provide us hope that we may see a day … [continued]
Floating Solar Poised For World Domination, With Tracking
The floating solar revolution is coming to America, along with a new high tech tracking system to boost efficiency.
Drought Study Finds Climate Change Responsible, Irrefutable Research
Warming Makes Droughts, Extreme Wet Events More Frequent, Intense Scientists have predicted that droughts and floods will become more frequent and severe as our planet warms and climate changes, but detecting this on regional and continental scales has proven difficult. Now a new NASA-led study (new study published in Nature … [continued]
What Are Atmospheric Rivers?
This weekend, California has been experiencing widespread flooding. The heavy rain was caused by another of the many atmospheric river events that have occurred this winter.
Mullen Dreams Of Electric Vehicles That Make Pure Water From The Air
As more electric vehicles crowd into the market, one startup is looking to stand out with an onboard water-making system.
Golf Courses & Water Parks: Why We Can’t “sHut them all!”
We recently got an e-mail tip from a reader, who will not be named, and for reasons that will soon be obvious. It read: “Golf courses and water parks perpetuate the illusion that there’s NO water shortage. sHut them all!” While it’s fun to make fun of typos and strange … [continued]
Great Salt Lake Is Still Drying Up, Threatening The Future of SLC
Last year, I wrote a series of articles about a major problem Utah is going to face: the Salt Lake is becoming less Great all the time. If things don’t change soon enough, the most populated part of the state will face toxic dust clouds and a loss of lake … [continued]
We Can Have (Just About) Everything We Want For Energy & The Climate
The only things we have to give up are killing people and wrecking the environment. Okay, let’s start with a list of the things we would really like to have for energy and the climate in the year 2050. For many CleanTechnica readers, the list of things we want to … [continued]
Beyond Renewable Energy: Giant Thermoses & Wastewater On Tap
Berlin gets creative with renewable energy and energy storage in race against Russian gas cutoff this winter.
