The city of Flint and Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) are scrambling to address a drinking-water-supply crisis that went on for months before local officials admitted lead levels in the water were dangerously high.
The North Carolina Dept. of Environmental Quality has proposed classifications for 32 coal-ash impoundments at 14 powerplant sites owned by Duke Energy.
California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) declared a state of emergency in Porter Ranch, Calif., on Jan. 7, following the failure of one of the world’s top drilling contractors to plug Southern California Gas Co.’s Aliso Canyon gas leak.
The people claiming that our economy will collapse under the burden of efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions are the same ones who tout the free market’s infinite ability to solve technical problems.
A new report from an environmental advocacy group criticizes the slow pace of environmental cleanups under the chronically underfunded Superfund program, which turned 35 on Dec. 11.
Engineering and construction firm executives say the historic climate change pact reached on Dec. 12 in Paris could continue the power sector’s shift away from traditional fossil fuel projects and create new markets in developing countries.
Environmental Defense Fund project to map leaky gas mains and call them out for repairs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions meets willing partner in distribution company with lines to upgrade
Around the world, concerns related to stresses on water systems—availability, quality and impacts from intense storm events—are creating increasing demand for water and wastewater projects.