Tag: Water environment
Foam containing ‘forever chemicals’ used against plant fire
A company hired to help extinguish a fire that gutted a northern Illinois chemical plant this week used foam containing toxic compounds that have...
Dakota Access foes seek environmental review updates from US
BISMARCK, N.D. — Dakota Access oil pipeline opponents asked a judge Friday to require the pipeline company and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...
Undoing Trump rule won’t likely affect Okefenokee mine plan
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Biden administration’s plan to revive protections for some wetlands and streams that got eliminated during Donald Trump’s presidency isn't likely...
Bolivia’s ‘People of the Water’ try to survive loss of lake
PUNACA TINTA MARIA, Bolivia — For many generations, the homeland of the Uru people here wasn't land at all: It was the brackish waters...
Biden moves to restore clean-water safeguards ended by Trump
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration began legal action Wednesday to repeal a Trump-era rule that ended federal protections for hundreds of thousands of small...
Fate of planned mine near Okefenokee left to Georgia agency
FOLKSTON, Ga. — More than 160 years after her great-great-grandfather settled on a patch of land surrounded by water in the Okefenokee Swamp, Sheila...
Drought-stricken Nevada enacts ban on ‘non-functional’ grass
CARSON CITY, Nev. — In Sin City, one thing that will soon become unforgivable is useless grass.
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Central Oregon farmers struggle in drought
BEND, Ore. — Cate Havstad-Casad, co-owner of Havstad-Casad Family Farms in Jefferson County, didn’t hold back last week while speaking on a Zoom call...
Turkish president vows to save sea from ‘sea snot’ outbreak
ISTANBUL — Turkey’s president promised Saturday to rescue the Marmara Sea from an outbreak of “sea snot” that is alarming marine biologists and environmentalists.
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Dispute over Flint bone scan device heats up in water cases
FLINT, Mich. — Lawyers are defending the use of a handheld device to check for lead in Flint residents, despite the manufacturer's warning that...