Water
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Tiny plastic pieces enter the body in ways you'd never think of
By Julieta Cardenas for Sentient.Broadcast version by Freda Ross for Texas News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration …
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Toxic 'forever chemicals' taint rural CA wells
By Hannah Norman for KFF Health News.Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting for the KFF Health News-Public News Ser…
Monday, December 23, 2024
Idaho's role in Canadian mining pollution cleanup
Cross-border governing bodies, including the state of Idaho, are taking steps to address mining pollution coming from Canada. Coal mining pollution …
Monday, December 23, 2024
Colorado’s new tool for preserving aquifers for farming
By Jennifer Oldham for Civil Eats.Broadcast version by Eric Galatas for Colorado News Connection reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public…
Maine voters who backed Trump still want EPA protections
A majority of Republicans and Democrats oppose attempts to weaken the regulatory power of the Environmental Protection Agency, according to a new …
TX group works to give Latinos seat at table in fight against methane
Members of the environmental nonprofit GreenLatinos are involved in a push to get more Latinos across Texas involved in the fight against methane gas…
Iowa trains CAFO operators on manure application
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is training operators of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations on the safest ways to apply manure to their f…
Potential moneymaker, water protector sits on MN's frozen farm fields
Clean drinking water doesn't just come from replacing lead pipes. Solutions also rest on Minnesota's farm fields, and this time of year, some rural …
Documentary brings WI tribe's pipeline resistance to national stage
By Amy Felegy for Arts Midwest.Broadcast version by Judith Ruiz-Branch for Wisconsin News Connection reporting for the Arts Midwest-Public News Servic…
NY to ban PFAS in clothing; wider bans being considered
A New York law takes effect in January, banning the use of PFAS in clothing. The law is another step in ending the unnecessary use of the long-…
Iowa livestock producers increase antibiotic use
Livestock being raised with antibiotics is on the rise in Iowa, the nation's number one hog producer. Doctors say the trend increases the risk of …
Utah lawsuit could affect public lands in Colorado, nation
As the U.S. Supreme Court considers a lawsuit brought by Utah officials, asking the court to transfer more than 18 million acres of federal lands to …