December 1, 2017 Wastewater employees find human body parts in ravine City employees in Ohio have found human body parts in a ravine.
November 28, 2017 Agency says US, Canada fall short on protecting Great Lakes A joint U.S.-Canadian agency says untreated sewage releases, chemical pollution and algae blooms show that the two nations have a long way to go to meet their pledge to clean up the Great Lakes.
November 28, 2017 Flint utilities official pleads no contest in water probe The former utilities director in Flint, Michigan, has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor in an investigation of the city's lead-tainted water.
November 25, 2017 Critics: Ohio's plan to cut Lake Erie algae lacks direction Ohio has come out with an updated plan to sharply reduce what's making algae flourish in Lake Erie, but some environmental groups say the strategy lacks direction about what to do next.
November 19, 2017 Magnitude 3.7, 2.9 quakes rattle Oklahoma town early Sunday The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded two earthquakes that struck near a central Oklahoma town.
November 15, 2017 Ex-Oklahoma seismologist felt pressured in earthquake work Oklahoma's former lead seismologist says he felt pressured by a University of Oklahoma official to not link the state's surge in earthquakes to oil and gas production.
November 10, 2017 Clearing ruins launches new phase in California fire cleanup Rumbling bulldozers and front-loaders have started scraping up the ash, charred wood and crumbled bricks and concrete left from thousands of homes and buildings destroyed by blazes in California wine country, launching a new phase in the largest wildfire cleanup in state history.
November 7, 2017 Fatal shooting of protected sea otter probed by California California authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a protected southern sea otter that had been rescued and returned to the ocean last year.
November 6, 2017 US 'doesn't give a crap' about Mexico sewage spills sickening Calif. beachgoers, critics say Up to 200 days a year, this otherwise pristine beach in Southern California is closed because of raw sewage and industrial waste from Mexico, a treaty violation for which Washington has shown little interest in enforcing.
November 6, 2017 Flint water crisis: Some residents still unable to drink tap water three years later Justice McDonald, 8, keeps a bottle of water nearby so he could clean up and brush his teeth every morning.
