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Fresh Water

microplastics
Pollution & Toxins

Something Fishy: Toxic Plastic Pollution Is Traveling Up the Food Chain

Chemicals collect in microplastics, which then get eaten by fish, birds and seals — and by humans.
May 14, 2018
by
Erica Cirino
Chemicals collect in microplastics, which then get eaten by fish, birds and seals — and by humans.
reading
Sustainability

Climate Change, Entangled Whales and the Bundy Militia: 15 New Environmental Books for May

Eco-books coming out this month cover some of the most important topics on the planet — and give you some tools to help.
May 2, 2018
by
John R. Platt
Eco-books coming out this month cover some of the most important topics on the planet — and give you some tools to help.
Beaver
Voices

Can Wildlife Services Learn to Believe in Beavers?

The U.S. Department of Agriculture killed more than 23,000 beavers last year. There’s a better way to manage our ecosystem engineers.
April 30, 2018
by
Ben Goldfarb
The U.S. Department of Agriculture killed more than 23,000 beavers last year. There’s a better way to manage our ecosystem engineers.
gavel
News

From Australia to El Salvador to Vietnam, the Environment Is Finally Getting Its Day In Court

Specialized environmental courts are now operating on every continent except Antarctica. What’s behind the boom?
April 26, 2018
by
Anna-Catherine Brigida, Ensia
Specialized environmental courts are now operating on every continent except Antarctica. What’s behind the boom?
Mexico flooding
Oceans & Clean Water

While Mexico Plays Politics With Its Water, Some Cities Flood and Others Go Dry

In many Mexican cities, water is treated as a political bargaining chip – a favor that public officials can trade for votes, bribes or power.
April 24, 2018
by
The Conversation
In many Mexican cities, water is treated as a political bargaining chip – a favor that public officials can trade for votes, bribes or power.
Phoenix dust storm
Oceans & Clean Water

Will the Southwest U.S. Run Short of Water in 2019?

Water managers say no, but Native American tribes are keeping careful watch on the “water that connects us.”
April 9, 2018
by
Debra Utacia Krol
Water managers say no, but Native American tribes are keeping careful watch on the “water that connects us.”
Critically endangered Higgins eye pearlymussels. Photo: Katie Steiger-Meister/USFWS
Extinction Countdown

America’s Freshwater Mussels Are Going Extinct — Here’s Why That Sucks

Dozens of these water-filtering species are at risk of vanishing, and that’s bad news for every living creature that relies on them.
April 4, 2018
by
John R. Platt
Dozens of these water-filtering species are at risk of vanishing, and that’s bad news for every living creature that relies on them.
Rio Grande sewage
Investigations

U.S.-Mexico Commission Fails to Stop Sewage Plaguing Border

The Trump administration is backing away from treaty mandate to “give preferential attention to the solution of all border sanitation problems.”
March 29, 2018
by
John Dougherty
The Trump administration is backing away from treaty mandate to “give preferential attention to the solution of all border sanitation problems.”
Orange golf ball
Oceans & Clean Water

The Six Stages of Trump’s Resistance to Environmental Regulations

State regulators tried to get the future president to address problems on two golf courses. They got a lesson in how he handles regulatory challenges.
March 26, 2018
by
Peter Elkind, ProPublica
State regulators tried to get the future president to address problems on two golf courses. They got a lesson in how he handles regulatory challenges.
pollution epa
Pollution & Toxins

The Fight to Save the EPA

With environmental regulations under attack and EPA budgets being slashed, can the destruction of the agency be prevented?
March 22, 2018
by
John R. Platt
With environmental regulations under attack and EPA budgets being slashed, can the destruction of the agency be prevented?

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