July 29, 2016 Six more Michigan state workers face charges over Flint water crisis Six current or former state employees were charged Friday with misconduct and other crimes in the Flint water crisis, bringing to nine the number of public officials facing prosecution over the lead contamination that alarmed parents across the country.
July 26, 2016 Restaurant halts golf game after official complains golf balls littering Alaska river A complaint has driven a Fairbanks hotel and restaurant to stop offering patrons the opportunity to smack golf balls across the Chena River.
July 23, 2016 Toxic algae bloom closes Utah lake, sickens more than 100 people A huge toxic algae bloom in Utah has closed one of the largest freshwater lakes west of the Mississippi River, sickening more than 100 people and leaving farmers scrambling for clean water for days during the hottest part of the year.
July 13, 2016 8 manatee deaths reported in Florida lagoon plagued by algae Wildlife officials say more manatees have died in a Florida lagoon plagued by algae and pollution.
May 30, 2016 Florida boy, 13, hospitalized after shark attack A Florida teenager was rushed to a local hospital Sunday after he was bitten on the calf by a shark, officials said.
May 27, 2016 'It was shooting waterfalls': Clemson students describe harrowing cave rescue Gary Russell was a mile deep in a Kentucky cave, leading a group of geology students on a five-hour tour, when he turned a corner and saw water rushing by where water wasn't supposed to be.
May 19, 2016 California to let local officials set water conservation goals California decided Wednesday to allow hundreds of local water districts to set their own conservation goals after a wet winter eased the five-year drought in some parts of the state.
May 17, 2016 Pipeline company says it's been indicted in California oil spill A Texas oil pipeline company responsible for spilling more than 140,000 gallons of crude on the California coast last year has been indicted on dozens of criminal charges, the company said Tuesday.
May 13, 2016 Shell oil flow line leaks nearly 90,000 gallons into Gulf of Mexico About 88,200 gallons of oil have leaked from a Shell flow line into the Gulf of Mexico about 90 miles off the coast of Louisiana, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
May 3, 2016 Former BP engineer accused of deleting texts about spill size sentenced A former BP engineer who was accused of deleting text messages about how much oil spewed into the Gulf during the 2010 spill pleaded guilty Friday to a lesser charge and was sentenced to six months of probation.
