off grid box brings clean wate...

Oct 15, 2017 by

[Translate]   based in italy, boston and rwanda, off grid box is an all-in-one system providing sustainable energy and safe...

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Nestlé Pays $200 a Year to Bot...

Sep 30, 2017 by

Nestlé Pays $200 a Year to Bottle Water Near Flint – Where Water Is Undrinkable

While Flint battles a water crisis, just two hours away the beverage giant pumps almost 100,000 times what an average Michigan resident uses into plastic bottles.

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Detroit’s unaffordable water h...

Sep 28, 2017 by

[Translate] Grist Explainer By Vishakha Darbha     GRIST.ORG In 2014, United Nations officials sharply criticized Detroit’s practice...

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EPA Finally Concludes that Fra...

Sep 15, 2017 by

EPA Finally Concludes that Fracking is a Threat to the U.S. Water Supplies

[Translate] The country’s push to find clean domestic energy has zeroed in on natural gas, but cases of water contamination have...

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Widespread Devastation as Hurr...

Sep 7, 2017 by

[Translate] 6h www.youtube.com Hurricane Irma tore through the northeast Caribbean Wednesday, causing widespread devastation on the...

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Plastic fibres found in tap wa...

Sep 6, 2017 by

Plastic fibres found in tap water around the world, study reveals

[Translate] Exclusive: Tests show billions of people globally are drinking water contaminated by plastic particles, with 83% of...

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Harvey triggered the release o...

Sep 2, 2017 by

Harvey triggered the release of more than a million pounds of toxic pollutants

[Translate] Climate Desk By Emily Atkin GRIST.ORG This story was originally published by New Republic and is reproduced here as part...

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The Poisoning of Bangladesh: H...

Aug 16, 2017 by

The Poisoning of Bangladesh: How Arsenic Is Ravaging a Nation

[Translate] UNDARK.ORG Some 40 million people — a quarter of the population — are exposed to arsenic-contaminated drinking water. Why...

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Soon We’ll Be Able to Swim in ...

Aug 16, 2017 by

[Translate] Dana Davidsen   THEDIRT.ASLA.ORG Chicago River / Pinterest Take a dip in the Chicago River? Those familiar with its...

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Millions consumed potentially ...

Aug 15, 2017 by

Millions consumed potentially unsafe water in the past 10 years

[Translate]   WOLFFORTH, Texas – As many as 63 million people – nearly a fifth of the country – from rural central California to...

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Schools fail lead tests while ...

Aug 15, 2017 by

Schools fail lead tests while many states don’t require testing at all

[Translate] At Alice Birney Elementary School in San Diego, school officials placed signs above fountains to warn children to avoid...

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Rome, once known for flowing w...

Jul 29, 2017 by

Rome, once known for flowing water, is now running dry.

[Translate] dry spell REUTERS/Max Rossi The Eternal City’s water utility, Acea, had proposed cutting off water to 1.5 million...

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Two Billion People Don’t...

Jul 23, 2017 by

[Translate] By Roshni Majumdar, Inter Press Service | Report United Nations — More than two billion people lack access to clean...

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A JAW-DROPPING LIST OF ALL THE...

Jul 9, 2017 by

A JAW-DROPPING LIST OF ALL THE TERRIBLE THINGS TRUMP HAS DONE TO MOTHER EARTH

[Translate] Goodbye regulations designed to protect the environment and public health. Oliver Milman  MOTHERJONES Goxi/Getty Donald...

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MAKING CHANGE: NICK TILSEN

Jul 7, 2017 by

MAKING CHANGE: NICK TILSEN

[Translate] Activism On South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation, Nick Tilsen is upending entrenched poverty and rebuilding his Lakota...

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TRUMP’S ALARMING ROLLBAC...

Jul 6, 2017 by

TRUMP’S ALARMING ROLLBACK: WHAT’S BEEN SCRAPPED SO FAR

[Translate] The Guardian – Since January, the White House, Congress and EPA have engineered a dizzying reversal of regulations...

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Trump Admin Makes Key Decision...

Jun 28, 2017 by

Trump Admin Makes Key Decision That Threatens Water Supply of Millions (Video)

[Translate] Environment Repealing the Clean Water Rule will make it easier for polluters to contaminate the water supply for millions...

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QUARTER OF ENGLAND’S RIV...

Jun 24, 2017 by

QUARTER OF ENGLAND’S RIVERS AT RISK OF RUNNING DRY, FINDS WWF

[Translate] Freedom-of-information data reveals threat of drought that would devastate wildlife, with government slow to act on water...

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FARMING, HUNTING PUSH THOUSAND...

Jun 20, 2017 by

FARMING, HUNTING PUSH THOUSANDS OF SPECIES TOWARD EXTINCTION

[Translate]   John C. Cannon, NEWS.MONGABAY.COM | Report   An African elephant in Tanzania. (Photo: John C. Cannon) Unless we sort...

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KEYSTONE XL UPDATE

May 15, 2017 by

On Wednesday, May 3rd, several hundred Pipeline Fighters and landowners showed up in force to testify at the Nebraska Public Service Commission’s (PSC) 10-hour public meeting on TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline at the Holthus Convention Center in York, NE.

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REX TILLERSON HAS BEEN MISLEAD...

May 12, 2017 by

[Translate] Environment In a 2013 interview, Tillerson made the false claim that there had “never been a verifiable case of...

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REPORT REVEALS COAL MINING A M...

May 10, 2017 by

REPORT REVEALS COAL MINING A MAJOR OBSTACLE TO INDONESIAN FOOD SECURITY

[Translate] “Hungry Coal – Coal Mining and Food Security in Indonesia,” that shows coal mining is the main threat to Indonesian food...

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MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE DRIN...

May 8, 2017 by

MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE DRINKING CONTAMINATED WATER — AND DON’T EVEN KNOW IT

[Translate] Flint is not alone. Nathalie Baptiste   MOTHER JONES.COM Lukas Schulze/DPA/ZUMA America’s crumbling water...

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Flint Water Crisis: More Than ...

May 6, 2017 by

Flint Water Crisis: More Than 8,000 Residents at Risk of Losing Homes After Refusing to Pay for Poisoned Water

[Translate]     Environment “I don’t want to pay for this poison… It’s made us sick.” By...

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CALL YOUR SENATOR TO PROTECT O...

Apr 25, 2017 by

Tomorrow morning, the U.S. Senate is holding a hearing about the Clean Water Rule.

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How the Lower Colorado Shows W...

Apr 18, 2017 by

How the Lower Colorado Shows What’s Really at Stake for America’s Rivers as Trump Rolls Back Protections

[Translate] Environment By starving key federal conservation initiatives, President Trump’s budget threatens rivers and...

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HEROES OF THE HEARTLAND QUIETL...

Apr 4, 2017 by

HEROES OF THE HEARTLAND QUIETLY PROTECTING OUR LAND AND WATER

[Translate] Building sod, busting stereotypes By Nathanael Johnson  GRIST My social media bubble tells me that coastal liberals work...

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EAST CHICAGO LEAD CRISIS HIGHL...

Apr 3, 2017 by

[Translate] Nexus Media Stories from Nexus Media “I thought we had regulations in place to protect us from pollution like this.” East...

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THIS INVENTION LETS RURAL HOND...

Apr 2, 2017 by

THIS INVENTION LETS RURAL HONDURANS CLEAN THEIR WATER — AND OWN THE TREATMENT PLANTS

[Translate]  Carrie Koplinka-Loehr, YES! Magazine | Report Students working on PF300 at Cuatro Communidades. (Photo: Courtesy of...

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ASLA OUTLINES INFRASTRUCTURE P...

Mar 30, 2017 by

ASLA OUTLINES INFRASTRUCTURE PRIORITIES

[Translate] The Dirt Queens Plaza in Queens NYC, 2012 / Sam Oberter The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) urges policy...

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