March 22, 2019 We McDonald: I used to take water for granted but then THIS changed me forever Going to Rwanda for the first time felt a lot like entering my blind audition on "The Voice" three years ago: some nerves, but no expectation, just wide open to the experience.
March 8, 2019 Despite California’s long drought, trillions of gallons of rainwater wastefully flowing into sea California’s rainy season could be the wettest in 40 years, but experts say the state is missing a major opportunity by failing to collect the trillions of gallons of storm runoff that currently flows wastefully into the ocean.
March 7, 2019 The Latest: Major Colorado highway reopens after avalanche The Latest on Colorado avalanches (all times local): 7:10 p.m.
March 1, 2019 3.1 magnitude earthquake shakes Oklahoma City metro area No injuries have been reported after a 3.1 magnitude earthquake shook parts of the Oklahoma City area.
February 28, 2019 Winter storms wash away California drought, burnish snowpack California is drenched and its mountains are piled high with snow amid a still-unfolding winter of storms that was unimaginable just a few months ago.
February 14, 2019 Dayton-area water crisis affecting 400,000 nearly over, reports say A break or leak in the water system serving the Dayton, Ohio, area resulted in a “significant loss of water” to area homes and businesses Wednesday afternoon and into the evening, affecting some 400,000 people, according to reports.
February 9, 2019 Lawsuit seeks action on Lake Erie algae cleanup Environmental groups have filed a federal lawsuit pushing for more action to prevent the toxic algae blooms that plague Lake Erie's western basin each summer.
January 22, 2019 Deepwater Horizon settlement offers once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to save our oyster reefs Between 50 and 85 percent of the Gulf of Mexico’s original oyster reefs are gone. Funding from the Deepwater Horizon settlement offers a unique opportunity to rebuild them.
January 3, 2019 California water below normal in season's first snow survey Winter storms have blanketed California's Sierra Nevada in snow, but the drought-prone state is still off to another drier-than-normal start to the crucial wet season, state officials said Thursday.
December 12, 2018 Spill in Mexico sending millions of gallons of sewage into coastal waters off California The recent break of a sewage pipe across the border in Mexico is allowing millions of gallons of sewage to flow into the Tijuana River -- and, eventually, the Pacific Ocean -- impacting coastal areas in California.