KEY POINTS Cities are facing increasing costs to acquire water supplies and build the infrastructure to access it. The cost of new water supplies is expected to continue to rise. Water-supply projects ...

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Discover the crucial role of the Colorado River in the American West and the severe water challenges it faces. This video ...

McGraw to pass the torch after building a national movement for clean water access; Board launching search for next ...

Two suppliers provided dried milk powder that could be a culprit in the outbreak of botulism tied to ByHeart infant formula that has sickened dozens of babies, The Associated Press has learned.

Erin Brockovich, who has been a national advocate for clean water for decades, said she is taking action in Wayne ...

The world can be flooded one year and still be running out of water. A new UN report explains why our water problem can’t be ...

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Opinion: With millions of aging septic systems leaking pollution, lawmakers face an urgent choice: protect public health or ...

Years of economic and social crisis, political repression, insecurity, and collapsing institutions forced millions of Venezuelans to leave their country and rebuild their lives abroad during Nicolás ...

Life around the world has been feeling the effects of climate change, land degradation, deforestation, pollution and the overuse of water. Ultimately, most regions are using too much of their ...

"We are facing a silent epidemic of chemical pollution," co-author Angelika Hilbeck, a biologist at ETH Zürich, told Mongabay. "Chronic diseases are surging, biodiversity is collapsing, and public ...