Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Tag: water

Millions of Americans struggle to pay their water bills—here’s how a...

Access to a safe and affordable water supply and sewer services is codified in the U.N.‘s Human Right to Water and Sanitation.

The politics of water

It's in your sink...

New study identifies regions of greatest conservation potential for species, water...

A new study has mapped out the regions where conservation actions can maximize the protection of biodiversity, carbon stocks, and water, while a separate study has identified regions of the world where land animals are most at threat.

What happens to wildlife swimming in a sea of our drug...

Our rivers and streams have become a soup of hundreds of drugs—mostly pharmaceuticals—that come from the treated water released from wastewater facilities.

Here’s how the climate crisis is impacting the water cycle

The current extreme fluctuation in precipitation across the globe is due in large part to climate change.

EPA warns of Mountain Valley Pipeline impact on streams, says project...

The natural gas pipeline already has hundreds of water quality violations. Opponents are hopeful the EPA’s warning brings the project’s cancelation closer.

Biden has a chance to oversee biggest river restoration project in...

Removing four dams would promote salmon recovery, clean energy, agriculture and Indigenous rights.

Israel’s assault on Gaza left 400,000 without regular access to clean...

"Attacks on water and sanitation infrastructure are attacks on children."

Rivers are key to restoring the world’s biodiversity

Biodiversity is plummeting, but restoring rivers could quickly reverse this disastrous trend.

What to do about the water

You don’t have to be a person in poverty to see water as a real problem.

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Trump’s plan to gut Postal and Federal Workers’ Unions sparks fierce resistance

Unionized postal and TSA workers face a growing assault on collective bargaining rights as the Trump administration moves to dismantle protections and pave the way for privatization.

Trump’s legal offensive: How his executive orders seek to stifle opposition and punish dissent

Through executive actions targeting lawsuits and law firms, President Donald Trump is attempting to undermine legal challenges to his authority while retaliating against those who stand in his way.

Courage is contagious

Moving from fear to action in a disturbing world.

Is this the beginning or the end of a new Cold War?

The United States and our friends in Europe have a new chance to make a clean break from the three-way geopolitical power struggle between the United States, Russia and China that has hamstrung the world since the 1970s.

Rule Breakers: The compelling true story of Afghan girls who risked all to learn

Rule Breakers highlights the unique transformative power of education and raises awareness about the crucial importance of the right to education for girls in Afghanistan.