Nation May 21 PHOTOS: Dam failure floods Michigan city, displacing thousands amid pandemic Floodwaters surging through Central Michigan on Wednesday were also mixing with containment ponds at a Dow Chemical Co. plant and could displace sediment from a downstream Superfund site.
Nation Apr 22 Earth Day turns 50, and the green movement faces fresh challenges Black, brown and poor communities suffer disproportionately from ongoing contamination. Deforestation, habitat loss and overfishing have wreaked havoc on global biodiversity. And the existential threat of climate change looms larger than anything that came before.
Nation Mar 04 San Antonio official says CDC planned to drop cruise passengers at mall A San Antonio official says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention planned to drop off some cruise ship passengers at a mall after their release from a two-week quarantine. City spokeswoman Laura Mayes says that was one reason the…
Science Feb 04 As forests burn around the world, drinking water is at risk Australia's wildfires have illuminated a growing global concern over water quality. That's because forests, grasslands and other natural areas that supply drinking water to millions of people are increasingly vulnerable to fire in a hotter, drier world.