Incarcerated People Are Drinking Unsafe Water in Illinois State Prisons Prisoners' rights advocates and environmental groups are taking their concerns to the federal government By Nicole Greenfield August 2, 2024 In this story: environmental justice, clean water, social justice, water, racial justice
The Future of Desalination Lies With Small-Scale Household Systems Large municipal desalination plants create more problems than they solve By Julia Sklar April 9, 2024 In this story: clean tech, water, clean water
Should Chicago Dye Its River Green for St. Patrick’s Day? The dye is considered environmentally friendly, but some groups say the river shouldn’t be altered By Lydia Larsen March 16, 2024 In this story: water, clean water, holidays, urban living
The Twisted Tale of Indianapolis’s White River Once considered one of the most polluted waterways in the nation, the White River has been neglected and abused for 200 years. Can it make a comeback? By Robert Annis February 4, 2024 In this story: clean water, water, rivers, racial justice
A New Hope for Shutting Down the Dakota Access Pipeline An unusual, after-construction public comment period opens the door for correcting a grave mistake By Juliet Grable November 14, 2023 In this story: Dakota Access Pipeline, NoDAPL, indigenous communities, clean water
New Orleans’s Saltwater Intrusion Scare Is a Reminder of a Nationally Looming Threat Climate change is worsening drought and sea level rise across the country—and that’s a major problem for securing safe drinking water By Marlowe Starling , Emily Driehaus , Aarohi Sheth October 31, 2023 In this story: lead, clean water, flint water crisis
It’s Long Past Time to Rewrite Outdated US Mining Laws The White House and some legislators have a plan to reform the General Mining Act By Jeremy Miller October 24, 2023 In this story: clean water, saving wild places
What We Cannot Permit The Republican plan for energy-permitting “reform” will end up sacrificing people and places By Ben Jealous May 26, 2023 In this story: dirty fuels, pipelines, clean water
Supreme Court Waters Down the Clean Water Act In its latest ruling against environmental safeguards, SCOTUS decides that polluting or destroying some wetlands is OK By Jason Mark May 25, 2023 In this story: Supreme Court, clean water, EPA
A Battle for the Future of the Great Lakes A pipeline carrying Canadian tar sands crude has already leaked a million gallons. These are the resisters dedicated to shutting down Enbridge Line 5. By Donovan Hohn March 16, 2023 In this story: pipelines, Line 5, indigenous communities, clean water, tar sands