Water & Oceans

"Many ‘dark vessels’ fish illegally in oceans worldwide. New studies show how often they go into Marine Protected Areas."

"Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet"

"There has been evidence for a few years that levels in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence were higher than the national average, but not high enough to cause immediate alarm. But what is considered safe is evolving, as research increasingly links forever chemicals to an array of potential health risks, such as cancer and reproductive issues."

"More than 50 years after the Safe Drinking Water Act was passed to ensure that Americans’ water is free from harmful bacteria, lead and other dangerous substances, millions of people living in mobile home parks can’t always count on those basic protections."

"The United States and Mexico have signed an agreement outlining specific steps and a new timetable to clean up the longstanding problem of the Tijuana River pouring sewage across the border and polluting California beaches, officials from both countries announced Thursday."

"The Trump administration just dealt another blow to U.S. environmental regulations — one that could allow more contamination of drinking water from toxic coal ash contamination. The Environmental Protection Agency proposed on July 17 to extend deadlines for required reporting and groundwater monitoring at coal ash landfills and dumps."

"The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s urban search and rescue unit has resigned, telling colleagues he was frustrated by bureaucratic hurdles the Trump administration imposed that delayed the agency’s response to deadly flooding in Texas, according to three people familiar with his reasoning."

"Some dolphins in Australia have a special technique to flush fish from the seafloor. They hunt with a sponge on their beak, like a clown nose."

"In the nation’s leading pork-producing state, animal waste fuels crop growth but impairs water quality in a leaky circular system."

"Extreme weather has stoked food prices around the world in recent years and could lead to more political instability and inflation, with the world’s poor bearing most of the economic pain and health impacts, according to new research."