Dec 07 Navy halts use of fuel storage complex above Hawaii aquifer after reports of water contamination By Audrey McAvoy, Associated Press Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro traveled to Pearl Harbor and told reporters he was apologizing to everyone affected by what he called a “horrible, horrible tragedy.”… Continue reading
Aug 15 Watch 7:33 Amid Newark’s water crisis, questions about why it’s taking so long to resolve In Newark, New Jersey, worries and anger over contaminated drinking water are growing by the day. High lead levels have been found at many of Newark’s homes, in a case echoing the 2014 water crisis in Flint, Michigan. City officials… Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch 5:39 Contaminated Florence storm waters pose ‘dire’ threat, environmental group warns Duke Energy said Thursday that three inactive coal ash basins in Goldsboro, North Carolina, are underwater after Hurricane Florence. The electric utility said it's monitoring the site and only a small amount of ash has leaked. But the heavy flooding… Continue watching
Sep 11 Watch 9:12 Urban wildfires bring lingering worries about what’s in the ash and air By Cat Wise For weeks, smoky, unhealthy air from large wildfires has plagued much of the West Coast and beyond. What's the public health impact of an increase of urban wildfires, in which homes and other structures burn? Special correspondent Cat Wise meets… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch Are we doing enough to safeguard drinking water? By PBS News Hour Recent cases of water contamination, including an algae bloom in Lake Erie and a chemical leak in West Virginia, has stirred new worries about the state of our drinking water. Hari Sreenivasan talks to David Beckman of the Pisces Foundation,… Continue watching
Jun 09 SCOTUS deals setback to homeowners in toxic water case By Sam Hananel, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a group of homeowners in North Carolina can't sue a company that contaminated their drinking water decades ago because a state deadline has lapsed, a decision that could prevent thousands of other… Continue reading
May 13 Watch Does decades-long fuel leak threaten drinking water safety in Albuquerque? By PBS News Hour At Kirtland Air Force Base on the outskirts of Albuquerque, New Mexico, a hole in a pipeline allowed fuel containing toxic chemicals to ooze into the soil, undetected for more than four decades. Special correspondent Kathleen McCleery reports on the… Continue watching
Apr 16 Watch Are new regulations tough enough to prevent another West Virginia chemical spill? By PBS News Hour Three months ago, a storage tank leaked up to 10,000 gallons of the chemical MCHM in Charleston, W.Va., where more than 300,000 people were exposed to one of the worst cases of drinking water contamination in U.S. history. To examine… Continue watching