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DeSantis Promised in 2018 That if Elected Governor, He Would Clean Up Florida’s Toxic Algae. The Algae Are Still Blooming

By Amy Green

As East Harlem Waits for Infrastructure Projects to Mitigate Flood Risk, Residents Are Creating Their Own Solutions

By Juanita Gordon

A visitor carries an American flag at the Viola Liuzzo memorial on the side of U.S. Highway 80 in Lowndes County, Alabama, in March 2015. Viola Liuzzo was a civil rights activist who was shot and killed by the Ku Klux Klan while shuttling fellow activists to the Montgomery airport during the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Alabama Black Belt Becomes Environmental Justice Test Case: Is Sanitation a Civil Right?

By Dennis Pillion, AL.com

Solar Is Booming in the California Desert, if Water Issues Don’t Get in the Way

By Wyatt Myskow

As the Colorado River Declines, Water Scarcity and the Hunt for New Sources Drive up Rates

By Wyatt Myskow and Emma Peterson

$Two 18-wheel tractor trailers carry fresh water to natural gas wells being fracked in Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale. After injection into the wells at high pressure, wastewater returns to the surface and is either recycled and used to frack other wells, stored above ground, or injected in storage wells below ground. The wastewater typically contains numerous toxic chemicals used in the fracking process as well as natural contaminants, such as arsenic, radium and salts. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images.$

A Pennsylvania Community Wins a Reprieve on Toxic Fracking Wastewater

By Jon Hurdle

The water crisis is maintained by an economic system that has made water bills and infrastructure exponentially more expensive; all while Black Americans’ trust in the water running through their homes has increasingly faltered. Credit: Adam Mahoney/Capital B

Record Investment Merely Scratches the Surface of Fixing Black America’s Water Crisis

By Adam Mahoney and Aallyah Wright, Capital B

This Texas Community Has Waited Decades for Running Water. Could Hydro-Panels Help?

By Martha Pskowski

Angie Mestas, a schoolteacher, used a lifetime of savings to drill a drinking well on her land in Los Sauces, Colorado. But she won't drink from it until she tests for arsenic and E. coli, which are common in the area. Credit: Melissa Bailey for KFF Health News

As Water Levels Drop, the Risk of Arsenic Rises

By Melissa Bailey, KFF Health News

Preserving the Cowboy Way of Life

By Emma Peterson

Supreme Court Sharply Limits the EPA’s Ability to Protect Wetlands

By Emma Ricketts

What Is Produced Water?

By Liza Gross, Dylan Baddour

A pontoon boat is tied up at the shore of a recently-revealed beach in one of Lake Powell's side canyons on April 10, 2023. The evening sunlight casts a reflection of the canyon's "bathtub rings" on the still water. Credit: Alex Hager / KUNC

At Lake Powell, Record Low Water Levels Reveal an ‘Amazing Silver Lining’

By Alex Hager, KUNC

Amid Continuing Drought, Arizona Is Coming up With New Sources of Water—if Cities Can Afford Them

By Wyatt Myskow

UN Water Conference Highlights a Stubborn Shortage of Global Action

By Delaney Dryfoos

Awash in Toxic Wastewater From Fracking for Natural Gas, Pennsylvania Faces a Disposal Reckoning

By Stacey Burling

Texas Eyes Marine Desalination, Oilfield Water Reuse to Sustain Rapid Growth

By Martha Pskowski

Legislative Proposal in Colorado Aims to Tackle Urban Sprawl, a Housing Shortage and Climate Change All at Once

By Wyatt Myskow

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