drinking water

The EPA made two big announcements this week that could affect your water

From a replacement Clean Water Rule to regulations on PFAS, there’s a lot going on with our water.

We can now see how humans have altered Earth’s water resources

"Our future challenges could not be more clear from looking at this map.”

The U.S. could have avoided Puerto Rico’s water crisis

There are international standards for disaster relief. The government isn't meeting them.

Puerto Rico had towering landfills and coal ash pollution. Then, Maria hit.

The scale of environmental devastation on the island is still unknown -- and the situation was already pretty bad.

Olympians prepare for a “petri dish of pathogens”

If Rio's waters weren't cleaned up for Olympic athletes, how can we expect they'll be cleaned up for the city's actual residents?

Villains who poisoned W. Va. drinking water could end up behind bars

Indictments have come down for execs at the coal-"cleaning" company that contaminated the drinking water of 300,000 people.

$50 solar-powered water purifier is so green it’s like a joke

This invention is like a parody of a green technology: It’s solar-powered, it reduces pollution, and it provides clean water. All at once!! But we have to admit, it looks pretty useful and is actually rather attractive. TreeHugger reports: The Eliodomestico works like an upside-down coffee percolator to desalinate salt water. The ceramic oven has […]

It’s almost impossible for Pa. landowners to find out about fracking violations

Fracking companies might be violating drilling rules all over the place, but in Pennsylvania, landowners who leased their property to gas companies likely have no idea. CNN Money reports: That’s because the state agency charged with regulating the wells — the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) — does not have to notify landowners if a […]

EPA: ‘This water is fine, apart from all the methane’

The Environmental Protection Agency said that Dimock, Pa., has safe drinking water in spite of fracking. But independent testing found dangerous levels of methane. What gives?