From the San Francisco Baykeeper San Francisco Baykeeper recently issued a notice of intent to take legal action against the San Francisco...
American drinking water has some of the highest concentrations of microscopic plastic waste of anywhere in the world, a group...
At the January meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, interim Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Lisamarie Windham-Myers highlighted recent research on Harmful Algal Blooms, and highlighted upcoming Delta science events. This month’s article spotlight focuses on research funded by the Delta...
From the USGS: During November 2018, the Camp Fire burned more than 150,000 acres in Butte County, California, including the...
State officials said a Humboldt County cannabis operation took water from streams and damaged wetlands for years without authorization. The...
By Joseph Winters, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. At this point, it’s common knowledge that bottled water contains microplastics — fragments of the insidious material that can be as small...
Environmentalists must offer concrete examples of harm in their suit against a modular home builder over river contamination. By Alan...
Scientists teamed up with nonprofit Clean Up the Lake to collect and analyze litter found on the bottom of Lake...
Sea life, stuck to plastic bottles and other human trash, has journeyed far from coastal habitats — and may threaten local species By Tim Brinkhof In the Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and California, at least 79,000 metric tons of plastic...
The issue of water quality in the Delta has become increasingly important in recent years. The drought has made the...
Conservationists say that a chemical used by the 13 largest car-tire manufacturers in the U.S. — including Bridgestone America, Goodyear...
From Earthjustice: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today granted a petition submitted by the Yurok, Port Gamble S’Klallam, and Puyallup Tribes, which asked EPA to develop regulations that prohibit the use of the chemical 6PPD in tires due to the...
They contend that nitrates in runoff from chemical fertilizers and other sources contaminate thousands of drinking water wells, and the...
LA Waterkeeper and NRDC agree to updated settlement terms aimed at capturing and cleaning stormwater from Los Angeles region’s roadways...
By Holly Michael, University of Delaware, for The Conversation Seawater intrusion is the movement of saline water from the ocean or estuaries into freshwater systems. The seawater that has crept up the Mississippi River in the summer and early fall...