Photo ©2009 J. Carl Ganter Raw sewage flows beneath an elevated pipeline toward the Yangtze River in Chongqing, China. According to the McKinsey report, 21 percent of China’s surface water resources are unfit for agriculture. By Andrea Hart Circle...

Chemicals used to make pesticides are still leaching into the groundwater and poisoning the drinking water in areas up to 3 kilometers away, two studies found. Two reports published this week found that chemicals released in the 1984 gas explosion...

Photo courtesy of the James Workman The Los Angeles Aqueduct carries water from the Owens River to the city of Los Angeles. Built in the early 20th century, the pipe allowed for the settlement and cultivation of the San Fernando Valley. Courtesy of...

Members from Alabama, Florida and Georgia hope that grassroots negotiations will spur a resolution from higher levels of government over Lake Lanier. Environmental groups, business organizations and power companies have united to form the ACF...

Rare event may or may not be linked to climate change, expert says More than 100 icebergs are drifting toward New Zealand’s southern coast in a rare phenomenon that has only been recorded once before since 1931. The icebergs are thought to have...