On the banks of Nagdaha, a polluted and lotus-infested lake in Nepal, Soni Pradhanang is putting trash back into the waterโ€”on purpose. She carefully assembles a platform of styrofoam and bamboo mats, ...
WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to the Environmental Protection Agency in a ruling on Tuesday involving a wastewater treatment facility owned by the city of San ...
Access to safe drinking water remains a major challenge, especially in regions lacking centralized treatment. Cellulose nanomaterials (CNMs) offer renewable, biodegradable options for membranes with ...
Parts of North America are poised to become โ€œhotspots of water scarcityโ€ within decades, partly because pollutants will make some water sources harder to use, scientists warned on Tuesday, urging ...
Claire Carlson โ€™23 was a 2022-23 Environmental Ethics Fellow with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are her own. Improper dumping and waste disposal from corporations impacts the ...
The justices heard arguments on Wednesday in a long-simmering dispute between San Francisco and the E.P.A. over regulation of water pollution. By Abbie VanSickle Reporting from Washington The Supreme ...
As the glaciers of South America retreat, the supply of freshwater is dwindling and its quality is getting worse. Dark red pools of meltwater from acid rock drainage on Pastoruri peak in the ...
The Clean Water Act (CWA) is the foundation for the protection of surface water quality in the United States. Section 106 of the CWA (33 U.S. Code §1256), authorizes EPA to provide financial ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Major rivers in the Amazon Basin of Brazil are contaminated with a wide range of pharmaceuticals as well as with sewage and wastewater, largely ...