Water May 3, 2018 Florida school on lockdown when mama bear, 3 cubs visit A Florida school went into lockdown mode when a mama bear and her three cubs wandered onto campus.
Earth Quakes May 1, 2018 Kansas experiences earthquake increase in April Geologists are blaming a spate of small Kansas earthquakes on an underground pressure wave that is slowly creeping northward from the Oklahoma border region.
Water April 23, 2018 Michigan water activist, 6 others win environmental prize A woman who played a key role in exposing the lead-tainted water disaster in Flint, Michigan, is among seven people from around the world to be awarded a Goldman Environmental Prize for grassroots environmental activism.
Water April 18, 2018 Feud erupts between utility, US states over Colorado River Tension over the drought-stressed Colorado River escalated into a public feud when four U.S. states accused Arizona's largest water provider of manipulating supply and demand, potentially threatening millions of people in the United States and Mexico who rely on the river.
Earth Quakes April 9, 2018 Oklahoma orders cut in water injection after earthquakes Earthquakes are rattling part of northwest Oklahoma where more than a dozen temblors have struck since Friday.
Water April 9, 2018 Red tide outbreak killing fish off Florida Gulf Coast An outbreak of red tide is killing fish off the southwest Florida coast.
Water April 6, 2018 Rain shuts Yosemite, threatens problems at tallest US dam Northern California is bracing for a major spring storm that is expected to dump several inches of rain on burn-scarred areas of wine country and could present the first test of the partially repaired spillway at the nation's tallest dam.
Water April 5, 2018 Fines paid by US agency over nuke waste surpass $3.5M Fines paid by the U.S. Department of Energy to Idaho for missing a deadline to get radioactive liquid waste out of underground storage tanks have surpassed $3.5 million and the money could be used for enhanced monitoring of a huge aquifer beneath the site, officials say.
Water March 23, 2018 Great Pacific Garbage Patch, floating 'island' of trash in ocean, is now twice the size of Texas The Pacific Ocean is being treated like a giant dumpster -- and it's starting to look like one, too.
Endangered Species March 22, 2018 Endangered Colorado River fish no longer an extinction risk An endangered fish that makes its home in the Colorado River basin no longer is at the brink of extinction.
Water March 22, 2018 Texas company settles Oklahoma pollution lawsuit A Texas-based oil field service company has settled a lawsuit with more than 100 southern Oklahoma residents who allege their homes and businesses were damaged by groundwater contamination caused by the company.