Former radioactive site collapses into Detroit River
A site on the Detroit River that was used to produce radioactive materials during World War II collapsed last week, raising concerns about whether the adjacent water supply is safe to drink.
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India's tech cities are choking on their success
Like thousands of others, Megha Mathur moved to the Indian city of Gurgaon for a coveted job in tech. She soon realized she wouldn't be able to live there very long. The pollution was so bad she had to check an air quality app on her phone several times a day to see whether it was safe to go outside without a mask.
As deadly Australia bushfires rage, Sydney may be running out water
Australia is reeling from deadly bushfires and the worst drought in decades -- but fears are now growing that things could get worse, as a water shortage in the country's biggest city begins to bite.
Why frackers are using sewage to collect oil and gas
America's oil industry faces a number of challenges, including low oil prices, the rise of electric vehicles and proposals to limit fracking. But one of its biggest problems: The industry is running out of water.
Fact-checking Trump's California wildfire criticism
As wildfires swept across California, President Donald Trump took to Twitter Sunday to criticize the state's Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, for the way his administration has handled the crises.
World's first Monopoly-themed attraction to open in Hong Kong
Hong Kong's Victoria Peak, home to the world's two most expensive properties, will soon have a new neighbor -- the top-hat wearing, mustachioed Rich Uncle Pennybags, aka Mr. Monopoly.
Feeding the largest cruise ships in the world
Napoleon is said to have claimed that an army marches on its stomach.
Greta Thunberg isn't alone. Meet some other young activists
Greta Thunberg has become a household name since she began her climate strikes in 2018, inspiring thousands of students to walk out of class and demand action on the climate crisis.
Waste could contaminate Florida's water as seas rise
A major UN report released this week shows the sea level is rising around the globe, which means people who live in coastal cities face real risks from losing their property, and in some cases their lives, to the rising ocean and the intense storms these warmer waters bring.
Drinking water in California contaminated with toxic PFAS, report says
Chemical contaminants were detected in water sources serving more than 7 million Californians, according to a new report by the Environmental Working Group.
Water quality on planes has been studied
You've probably never given much thought to the quality of the water on an airplane.
EPA repeals Obama-era water regulation
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday announced the repeal of the Obama-era Waters of the United States rule that extended federal authority and protections to streams and wetlands.
Trump EPA set to officially roll back Obama clean water regulation
The Environmental Protection Agency is set Thursday to announce the repeal of the Obama-era Waters of the United States rule that extended federal authority and protections to streams and wetlands, according to a source familiar with the details of the announcement.
Some claim neighborhood was flooded to save Houston in 2017
Two days after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas in August 2017, as historic rainfall submerged parts of Houston, the Army Corps of Engineers released water from two reservoirs into a river running through one of the country's richest zip codes.
WHO: Drinking water microplastics 'don't appear to pose health risk'
They may be in our oceans, rivers and ice but there's little evidence to suggest that microplastics in the water we drink pose a risk to our health.
Study raises questions about how fluoride affects children's development
Water fluoridation has been hailed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as one of the top great public health achievements of the 20th century, but a new study raises questions about its role as a potential neurotoxin in utero.
Climate change killed an Iceland glacier
Scientists say they are bidding farewell to Okjökull, the first Icelandic glacier lost to climate change, in a funeral of sorts.
Lead in Newark's water has mom worried 5-year-old 'being poisoned'
Bryce Thomas' toy prehistoric reptiles nosedived into the cold, soapy tap water in the kitchen sink, scooping up schools of imaginary fish, when his mother started weeping in the living room.
How the Newark water crisis unfolded
Residents and officials in Newark, New Jersey, are trying to determine exactly when lead began leaching into the water supply.
Newark, NJ, hands out bottled water
Officials in New Jersey's largest city began offering bottled water Monday to residents who may have been drinking tap water contaminated with lead for months or possibly years.
Deadly Legionnaires' outbreak hits Atlanta hotel
An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease tied to a prominent Atlanta hotel is the largest recorded Legionella outbreak in Georgia, an official with the public health department told CNN on Sunday.
EPA dropped salmon protection after Trump met with Alaska governor
The Environmental Protection Agency told staff scientists that it was no longer opposing a controversial Alaska mining project that could devastate one of the world's most valuable wild salmon fisheries just one day after President Trump met with Alaska's governor, CNN has learned.
As Democrats debate in Detroit, distrust remains in Flint
Trash bags still cover the water fountains at First Trinity Missionary Baptist Church to keep thirsty congregants from drinking from them.
Officials: For Lauderdale without water due to water main break
Officials in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, said a temporary fix has water running again after a main break left an estimated 220,000 customers without service Thursday.
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