Rules Aimed at Contaminated Groundwater Drive Calif. Farmers and Residents to Court December 28, 2023 By Amy Taxin Near fields awash with strawberries and greens, Ileana Miranda and her family pay $72 a month to get water piped...
Major Water Main Break Impacts Thousands, Prompts State of Emergency in a Northern N.Y. County October 23, 2023 WATERTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — A state of emergency was issued Thursday in a northern New York county, where the Fort...
Philadelphia: Still No Sign of Chemicals from Upriver Spill March 29, 2023 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia water officials say they continue to see no sign of contamination following a chemical spill into...
Gas Driller Pleads no Contest to Polluting Town’s Water December 1, 2022 By Michael Rubinkam MONTROSE, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s most active gas driller pleaded no contest Tuesday to criminal charges, capping a landmark environmental...
Flooding Exacerbates Water Crisis in Mississippi Capital August 31, 2022 By Emily Wagster Pettus and Michael Goldberg JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — In Mississippi’s capital, emergency officials are going to distribute bottled water to residents, a local university...
Major Boston Suburb Finds ‘Forever Chemicals’ in its Water August 30, 2022 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — The city of Cambridge is temporarily switching the source of its drinking water after finding elevated...
Dozens Dead, Thousands Homeless in Bangladesh, India Floods June 22, 2022 By Al-Emrun Garjon and Aniruddha Ghosal SYLHET, Bangladesh (AP) — Villagers in northeastern Bangladesh crowded makeshift refugee centers and scrambled to meet boats arriving with food...
EPA: ‘Forever Chemicals’ Pose Risk Even at Very Low Levels June 21, 2022 By Matthew Daly WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is warning that two nonstick and stain-resistant compounds found in drinking water are...
Officials Try to Deliver Aid to Flooded South Asia Villages June 21, 2022 By Julhas Alam and Wasbir Hussain DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Authorities in India and Bangladesh struggled Monday to deliver food and drinking water to hundreds of...
Typhoon Deaths in Philippines Top 140; Mayors Plead For Food December 20, 2021 By Jim Gomez MANILA, Philippines (AP)–The death toll in the strongest typhoon to batter the Philippines this year has reached at least 146,...