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...
Michigan Governor declares Flint water safe, ends free bottled water service
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has announced that Flint water is once again safe to drink, and the state will soon...
Uravu’s zero-electricity Aqua Panels produce gallons of water from thin air
Uravu, a startup based in Hyderabad, India, has created a device that can produce water from an unlikely source--the...
China’s new rain-making system could increase rainfall by billions of cubic feet
China needs water — and their answer to the issue is a massive weather modification system being developed by...
26,000 tons of radioactive waste sits at the bottom of Lake Powell
Located on the Arizona-Utah border, Lake Powell serves the drinking water needs of 40 million people in the Southwest...
Natural wetland in India filters 198 million gallons of wastewater a day with zero chemicals
The East Kolkata Wetlands in India processes almost 198 million gallons of wastewater and sewage produced by the...
One in four of world’s largest cities under water stress
Cape Town, South Africa is rapidly approaching what has been called "Day Zero," the moment when the diverse metropolitan...
South Africa declares national disaster amid water crisis
South Africa's has declared a national disaster over the country's devastating drought. Although Cape Town has...
Cape Town’s water pipes could run dry by April
Cape Town in South Africa is battling its worst drought in a century - and the city's water supply is in trouble....
170 million Americans drink radioactive tap water
Up to 170 million Americans in all fifty states may be exposed to radiation-tainted drinking water. Using data...
“Raw water” craze draws concern from health professionals
Are you drinking dead water? Live Water founder Mukhande Singh claims that filtered and bottled spring water is...
Shanghai’s sponge districts fight flooding with green space
Shanghai's Lingang District has installed major green spaces in an effort to improve the city's drainage and environment....
New rooftop solar hydropanels harvest drinking water and energy at the same time
Sunlight + Air = Water. It’s a befuddling equation, but it’s at the heart of a new solar hydropanel developed...
‘Great American Desert’ threatens to swallow eight US states as massive aquifer dries up
The Ogallala aquifer is one of the world's largest underground bodies of water, and many ecosystems and communities...
Study finds pollution is more deadly than war, natural disasters, and disease
Environmental pollution isn’t just inconvenient - it’s downright deadly. Every year, more people are killed...
The world’s mightiest river is dying
The Nile River, the longest in the world at 4,258 miles (6,853km), is shrinking in the face of several harsh environmental...