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Massachusetts Drinking Water Polluted With Firefighting Foam

May 25, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Massachusetts Drinking Water Polluted With Firefighting Foam

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 25, 2022 (ENS) – State Attorney General Maura Healey today sued 13 manufacturers of poly- and perfluoroalkyl, PFAS, the so-called forever chemicals used in firefighting foam. They [...]

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Bypassed for Decades, Great Lakes Get Billion Dollar Cleanup

February 18, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Bypassed for Decades, Great Lakes Get Billion Dollar Cleanup

LORAIN, Ohio, February 18, 2022 (ENS) – In Lorain, once famed for its shipyards, where the Black River flows into Lake Erie, President Joe Biden Thursday announced that his administration [...]

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World Wetlands Day: Guarding the ‘Most Threatened Ecosystem’

February 2, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on World Wetlands Day: Guarding the ‘Most Threatened Ecosystem’

GENEVA, Switzerland, February 2, 2022 (ENS) – In 2020 wildfires destroyed 30 percent of the Pantanal, South America’s largest wetland extending across Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay. For the last 60 [...]

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Climate Scientists Warn of ‘Looming’ World Water Crisis

October 12, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Climate Scientists Warn of ‘Looming’ World Water Crisis

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 12, 2021 (ENS) – The World Meteorological Organization is holding a special session of its Congress to meet the “explosive” growth in the demand for weather, climate, [...]

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Judge Terminates Trump-era ‘Dirty Water Rule’

September 1, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Judge Terminates Trump-era ‘Dirty Water Rule’

WASHINGTON, DC, August 31, 2021 (ENS) – A federal judge in Arizona Monday overturned the Trump-era Navigable Waters Protection Rule, more commonly known as the Dirty Water Rule, in a [...]

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Water Crisis Squeezes Lebanon

August 4, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Water Crisis Squeezes Lebanon

BEIRUT, Lebanon, August 4, 2021 (ENS) – More than four million of the 6.8 million people in Lebanon, including a million refugees, are at immediate risk of losing their access [...]

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Salt Pollution Threatens Human Water Security

April 22, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Salt Pollution Threatens Human Water Security

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, April 22, 2021 (ENS) – “Inland freshwater salt pollution is rising nationwide and worldwide, and we investigated the potential conflict between managing freshwater salt pollution and the sustainable [...]

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Invaluable: Waters Clean Enough to Drink

March 22, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Invaluable: Waters Clean Enough to Drink

NEW YORK, New York, March 22, 2021 (ENS) – Clean drinkable water is rare and precious. Of the waters that cover 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, roughly 97 percent [...]

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U.S. Hispanics High Risk for Arsenic in Drinking Water

December 17, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Hispanics High Risk for Arsenic in Drinking Water

 

NEW YORK, New York, December 17, 2020 (ENS) – Community water systems that fail to comply with the federal arsenic standard are most likely to occur in the Southwest, [...]

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Michigan to Pay Flint $600 Million for Water Crisis

August 23, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Michigan to Pay Flint $600 Million for Water Crisis

 

FLINT, Michigan, August 23, 2020 (ENS) – The State of Michigan has agreed to a $600 million settlement of civil lawsuits brought against the state by residents of the [...]

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Dam Development Is ‘Silencing’ the Mekong River

October 24, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Dam Development Is ‘Silencing’ the Mekong River

 

BANGKOK, Thailand, October 24, 2019 (ENS) – In five days, the Xayaburi Hydropower Project on the Mekong River in northern Laos will formally begin operations. As the first dam [...]

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World Water Week: Water Scarcity Becoming Urgent

August 28, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on World Water Week: Water Scarcity Becoming Urgent

 

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, August 28, 2019 (ENS) – When World Water Week opened in Stockholm Monday, speakers at the annual event addressing global water issues called for an immediate [...]

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Newark Drinking Water Emergency: Lead Filters Failing

August 20, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Newark Drinking Water Emergency: Lead Filters Failing

 

NEWARK, New Jersey, August 20, 2019 (ENS) – Filters intended to remove lead in the city of Newark’s tap water are not working as expected in at least [...]

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Krypton Reveals Ancient Aquifer Under the Negev Desert

August 5, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Krypton Reveals Ancient Aquifer Under the Negev Desert

 

BEERSHEBA, Israel, August 5, 2019 (ENS) – The Negev Desert, which covers half of Israel’s landmass, is so dry that parts of it get less than three inches [...]

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Himalayan Glaciers’ Melt Doubled Since Year 2000

June 21, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Himalayan Glaciers’ Melt Doubled Since Year 2000

 

NEW YORK, New York, June 21, 2019 (ENS) – The melting of Himalayan glaciers caused by rising temperatures has accelerated sharply since the start of the 21st century, [...]

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U.S. States Fight Trump Revision of Clean Water Rule

April 15, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. States Fight Trump Revision of Clean Water Rule

 

SACRAMENTO, California, April 15, 2019 (ENS) – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today joined a multistate letter urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of [...]

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Smartphone Test Detects Arsenic-Contaminated Water

April 15, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Smartphone Test Detects Arsenic-Contaminated Water

 

EDINBURGH, Scotland, April 15, 2019 (ENS) – A smartphone device developed at the University of Edinburgh could help millions of people avoid arsenic-tainted drinking water.

Water contamination by [...]

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Water Scarcity Solutions on Tap

August 13, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Water Scarcity Solutions on Tap

 

WASHINGTON, DC, August 13, 2018 (ENS) – “We have a water crisis, which is based on increasing population, urbanization and climate disruption. And there’s unsustainable use of our [...]

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Warming Rivers Emit Greenhouse Gases

July 20, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Warming Rivers Emit Greenhouse Gases

 

BIRMINGHAM, England, UK, July 20, 2018 (ENS) – Watercourses with high levels of fine sediment and organic materials building up in their stream beds are increasing greenhouse gas [...]

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Malawi’s Capital to Get US$100 Million Water Upgrade

January 9, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Malawi’s Capital to Get US$100 Million Water Upgrade

 

LILONGWE, Malawi, January 9, 2018 (ENS) – The half million residents of Malawi’s capital city, Lilongwe, are smiling in anticipation of improved water services and safely managed sanitation [...]

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