Not so terribly long ago the International Energy Agency issued one of the early century’s most optimistic projections for the environment, human health, and water quality. It declared 2013 the year ...

Ethiopia announced the completion of a new hydropower dam on the Nile River, a project Egypt has called an “existential threat” to its own water supply. ● Extreme heat in France and Switzerland has ...

The Rundown President Trump’s budget bill targets a few water projects while eliminating some climate and environment programs. Agencies move to constrain environmental reviews under NEPA. EPA says it ...

A new report identifies global drought hotspots since 2023 and outlines vulnerabilities, impacts, causes, and response strategies. Some 60,000 residents in northeastern France are under a tap water ...

Each year it is expected, and yet the shock is fresh when waters cascade from Mendenhall Lake toward homes. Residents were taken by surprise again when the Mendenhall River overtopped last August and ...

To address global chemical pollution of water, air, and soils, the United Nations has announced the formation of a new Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel. A new study identifies naturally ...

The second tropical cyclone to hit southern China this month continues to drop heavy rain while also damaging cropland, public infrastructure, and homes. The fate of the Salween River, a target for ...

“The existential threat that we’re facing is not one or two degrees of climate change in 2100, because we’ll solve all that. And we’ll solve all that in the next decade or two by the innovation that ...

Summer may bring warmth, but it also increases environmental threats. Learn about the changing risks of the season.

The long-term drying of the American Southwest poses a gathering and measurable threat to hydropower generation in the Colorado River basin. Should Lake Mead, the reservoir formed by Hoover Dam, ...

The annual UN climate conference, which will be held in Belém, Brazil, in November, has acquired greater depth in its third decade. From an initial focus on limiting heat-trapping emissions, the ...

Near Houston, an LLC’s request to withdraw nearly the entirety of a local aquifer’s water capacity has sparked outrage from residents and officials. A new law went into effect last week in the United ...