Feb 25 Cold wreaks havoc on aging waterworks in the South By Melinda Deslatte, Leah Willingham, Associated Press Cities across Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana and Mississippi are still grappling with outages that crippled health care facilities and forced families to wait in line for potable water. Continue reading
Jan 13 Navajo Nation, New Mexico reach settlements over 2015 mine spill By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press The Navajo Nation and the state of New Mexico have settled with mining companies to resolve claims stemming from a 2015 spill that sent wastewater rushing downstream from the inactive Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado. Continue reading
Dec 22 EPA announces new rules on lead-tainted water systems. Critics say it gives utilities more leeway By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press Critics charge that Tuesday’s rules give utilities far more time than before to replace old, lead-contaminated pipes and lines. Continue reading
Nov 22 Watch 4:58 Erin Brockovich on America's water crisis and why no one is coming to save us By Christopher Booker Erin Brockovich, the environmental activist who shot to prominence after her successful lawsuit against the Pacific Gas & Electric Company in 1993, joins Christopher Booker to discuss her new book “Superman’s Not Coming: Our National Water Crisis And What We… Continue watching
Sep 27 New rule may strip pollution protections from popular lakes By John Flesher, Associated Press Nearly 50 years ago, a power company received permission from North Carolina to build a reservoir by damming a creek near the coastal city of Wilmington. It would provide a source of steam to generate electricity and a place to… Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch 5:50 News Wrap: Firefighters battle new blaze in Southern California In our news wrap Thursday, firefighters in Southern California braved blistering heat to battle a raging wildfire. It broke out Wednesday in dense forest north of Los Angeles and has already scorched more than 10,500 acres. Also, another riot was… Continue watching
Aug 13 WATCH: Trump's EPA drops methane emissions rule for oil, gas fields By Ellen Knickmeyer, Marc Levy, Associated Press Andrew Wheeler, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, signed the rollback of the 2016 methane emissions rule in Pittsburgh, in the heart of the nation's most prolific natural gas reservoir and in the premier presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania. Continue reading
Jul 01 Trump fast-tracks environmental rollbacks to deliver on campaign promises By Courtney Norris, Alex D'Elia As the nation grapples with a pandemic and continued protests against systemic racism, calling for police reform, President Donald Trump is rolling back environmental regulations in an effort to deliver on some of his major campaign promises as November nears. Continue reading
May 29 AP report: Top U.S. official misused office to get son-in-law job By Matthew Brown, Associated Press Investigators in a report obtained by The Associated Press say a senior Trump administration official misused his office for private gain by capitalizing on his government connections to help get his son-in-law hired at the Environmental Protection Agency. Continue reading
Apr 23 Supreme Court rejects EPA's narrow view of Clean Water Act By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that sewage plants and other industries cannot avoid environmental requirements under landmark clean-water protections when they send dirty water on an indirect route. Continue reading