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The Global Rundown A training center in Alpena, Michigan becomes the third military base in the state to test positive for contaminated groundwater. High temperatures and drought help fuel the deadly wildfires blazing throughout California. The outbreak of the Zika virus in Ecuador was likely made worse by El Niño and the country’s 2016 earthquake, […]
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The Rundown Neighbors once again unite over the Colorado River. Millions in Puerto Rico are still without drinking water or wastewater service. The EPA finds cancer chemical in water near Superfund site flooded by Hurricane Harvey. A House hearing reveals political divisions in water infrastructure funding debate. In moving the Office of Environmental Justice, the […]
Toxic emissions from common pipe repair are a health risk, researchers say. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Just before lunch on September 21, the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department responded to a report of three dozen ill students at Zamorano Fine Arts Academy, an elementary school in the Bay Terraces neighborhood. The students were the […]
The Global Rundown The second major earthquake in less than two weeks strikes Mexico, toppling buildings and causing water tanks to crack and rupture. Millions of California water customers could potentially fund a costly water re-engineering project. Winter temperatures in Australia were two degrees Celsius above average, making 2017 the warmest winter on record. As […]
The Rundown The EPA postpones two power plant water pollution rules and suspends enforcement of water pollution rules for power plants in Florida while they restore electricity after Hurricane Irma. The EPA also reconsiders Obama-era rules on coal waste disposal. The House passes a budget package that includes a six percent cut to the EPA. […]
Republican support will be needed for the Democratic proposal. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Motivated by the Flint lead scandal and Detroit water shutoffs — events that heightened public and political attention to water policy — lawmakers who represent those cities in the Michigan Legislature have revived their effort to pass a law recognizing […]
The Global Rundown Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Florida, causing widespread damage and leaving millions without electricity. Further to the south, Hurricane Jose shifts away from the Caribbean. Toxic chemicals from illegal marijuana farms in California are polluting rivers that feed the state’s water supply. New research finds that thunderstorms located directly above busy shipping […]
The Global Rundown Western Australia bans onshore hydraulic fracturing in order to examine the risks associated with the practice. Hurricane Irma barrels toward the Caribbean and southern Florida. The Metropolitan Water District of Los Angeles, California begins a review of its own ethics office. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte upholds a recent open-pit mining ban. A […]
As rates rise, water authorities question longstanding affordability measurement.
The Global Rundown Millions in Pakistan may be exposed to water with unsafe levels of arsenic. Alaska’s permafrost is on the verge of thawing, which would release large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere. Residents in Washington State take a stand against mining along the Green-Toutle River. Greenland’s Lake Catalina could release up to 9 […]
