A federal judge allows a lawsuit against the EPA over the Flint water crisis to continue. ● EPA internal watchdog will begin assessments of wildfire and inland flood risk to Superfund sites. ● USGS ...

Explore the devastating implications of the USAID closure on the global water crisis and its impact on clean water access.

Explore the plight of Mekong River endangered fish, including the giant catfish and their struggle against extinction.

Just two years after the City SARL gold mine began operating in the Republic of Congo, a major river in a biosphere is running dry and contaminated with mercury. ● Over the past year, Switzerland’s ...

Explore the impact of Lake Superior invasive mussels on the ecosystem and water quality in the Great Lakes region.

Explore the PFAS ban in consumer products as Illinois takes steps to eliminate toxic chemicals in everyday items by 2032.

Explore how EPA funding cuts impact the Great Lakes and the vital resources they support in our latest analysis.

By Mitch Tobin, The Water Desk Every spring, high-country streams and rivers in the American West begin to swell with water as the region’s snowpack starts to dissipate. It’s easy to assume that the ...

Explore the Wasaga Beach piping plovers conservation efforts and their significance for biodiversity in the Great Lakes region.

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Ecuador this week to protest a gold mine that many say would pollute a crucial regional water source. ● For the third consecutive year, Colombia is ...

Explore the Calumet River redevelopment in Chicago: cleaning up industrial damage and discovering new opportunities.

Uncontained byproduct from an abandoned oil field in eastern Syria is seeping into the soil and slowly flowing closer to the Euphrates River, threatening its contamination. ● Heavy monsoon rains ...