Water & Oceans

"In California's water-stressed Central Valley, farmers are fallowing land and installing solar, providing financial stability and saving water."

"House Republicans passed a measure Thursday that would repeal the government’s decision to place California’s longfin smelt, a finger-sized fish, on the endangered species list."

"Florida is poised to outlaw fluoride in drinking water under a bill approved Tuesday by the state legislature, adding the state to a growing backlash against a long-standing public health measure."

"A grassroots effort successfully pushed back on a development in Homewood that would have destroyed a critical salamander habitat. Still, amphibians face constant risks."

"The Trump administration has terminated the leases of 25 U.S. Geological Survey Water Science Centers, which inform the water decisions of local and state governments across the country."

"As ecologists debate what to do about “invasive” swans in New York City, volunteers fight to keep them alive."

"Daily exposure to certain chemicals used to manufacture household plastics may be connected to more than 356,000 cardiovascular-related deaths in 2018 alone, a new analysis has found."

"A Canadian company announced Tuesday that its U.S. subsidiary submitted applications to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to mine the seafloor, sparking outrage by bypassing a U.N. agency that regulates deep international waters."

"The governor wants assurances that the federal government will pay its share before moving forward." "Pritzker was reacting to the administration’s freezes and cancellation of funding around the country. But the move concerns Great Lakes advocates and freshwater biologists."

"As the Environmental Protection Agency works to roll back multiple public-health protections, it announced Monday that it intends to take action to combat toxic forever chemicals. Advocates are skeptical, saying the language of the announcement raises red flags." "The announcement emphasizes research, failing to mention ongoing litigation and existing regulation."