EWG warns ‘forever chemicals’ are contaminating US drinking water at levels far worse than expected
Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ known as PFAS, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, persist in the environment,...
Not sure how to identify reef-safe sunscreen this summer? Here's what eco-friendly ingredients to look for
Modern studies have shown that certain types of sunscreen contain dangerous chemicals that are harmful to coral...
Jaden Smith launches Water Box to aid with the Flint water crisis
For the past three years, the First Trinity Missionary Baptist Church has been battling the Flint water crisis...
Cheap drainage nets keep water pollution at bay in Australia
Water pollution is a growing crisis around the world, but one city in Australia is doing its part to tackle the...
Pipeline leaks 8,000 gallons of jet fuel into Indiana river
An oil company based out of Texas has confessed to a faulty pipeline leaking 8,000 gallons of jet fuel into an...
Recent figures reveal Spain's human population is now outnumbered by pigs
Environmentalists are alarmed by recent data that reveals Spain's pig population now outnumbers its human one by...
Trump Tower river violations incur a swift lawsuit by Illinois attorney general
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a lawsuit against the Trump International Hotel & Tower for...
This 3D-printed device could help its users breathe underwater
Japanese designer and material scientist Jun Kamei has invented an underwater breathing device constructed with...
Michigan adopts most robust lead water rules in US
In the wake of the Flint crisis, Michigan is adopting new lead water rules — the strictest in the U.S., according...
Point Nemo, the most remote spot in the ocean, is plagued with plastic
Point Nemo is so remote that those on the International Space Station, hundreds of miles above Earth, are usually...
NASA study shows water shortages could worsen without action
In a recent "first-of-its-kind" study led by NASA, scientists found major changes to freshwater availability...
Record-breaking paper water purifier operates at near 100% efficiency
Researchers at the University at Buffalo have created a highly efficient device that uses sunlight and black carbon-dipped...
California's wild extremes of flooding and drought will only get worse as the planet warms
Between 2011 and 2017, California suffered through one of the worst droughts in its history. After the drought...
Flint activist and stay-at-home mom wins the Goldman Environmental Prize
A stay-at-home mother of four children just won an award often described as the Nobel Prize for the environment....
This moss can naturally eliminate arsenic from water
Through the magic of moss, anything is possible. Scientists at the University of Stockholm have discovered that Warnstofia...
