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The Supreme Court Deals a Blow to the Navajo Nation’s Water Rights Claim
The decision could reverberate along the Colorado River Basin where 30 tribal nations rely on the river’s water supply.
Arizona Is Extracting Steep Concessions to Thwart Navajo Nation’s Water Rights
When handed tribes’ water claims, Arizona has responded by creating cumbersome hurdles that don’t exist in other states.
Drinking Water Threatened and Thousands Evacuate After Ukrainian Dam Destroyed
Already heightened concerns about the operational safety of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant have intensified.
EPA Fails to Monitor Almost Half of All “Forever Chemicals” in Drinking Water
Dozens of PFAS are quietly lurking in many municipalities' drinking water — and residents might not even be aware.
Chemical Plant That Polluted Delaware River Forced My School to Evacuate in 2007
Who will guarantee our safety in the future when this inevitably happens again? Because it will, and it already has.
White Communities More Likely to Receive Funds to Fix Aging Water Infrastructure
A new report blames systemic racism and disinvestment for the rise in inequities in water infrastructure.
Fracking Firm Agrees to Pay a Small Town’s Water Bills for 75 Years
A fracking company has been convicted 14 years after polluting water wells in Dimock, Pennsylvania.
GOP Opposed Infrastructure Upgrades; Now This Mississippi City Has No Safe Water
As many as 180,000 people in Jackson, Mississippi, may not have access to safe running water for the foreseeable future.
The Climate Crisis’s Impact Is Worse in Black Cities Facing Disinvestment
Mississippi activist Kali Akuno attributes the water crisis to decades of abandonment of Black and Brown cities.
EPA Proposal to Limit PFAS in Drinking Water May Boost Grassroots Efforts
The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose new limits on PFAS chemicals in drinking water this year.