Bergen, Norway, is home to one of the world’s largest underground waste management systems. Beneath the narrow, cobbled streets of this 955-year-old city lies a network of 7.5 kilometers (about 4.7 …
US and Mexico Sign MOU to End the Tijuana River Sewage Crisis
On July 24, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin and Mexico’s Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, signed a …
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Flint Achieves Clean Water with Full Lead Pipe Replacement
A decade after the Flint, Michigan, water crisis, which sparked national outrage, the city has finally completed the replacement of all lead pipes, marking a historic milestone for a community once …
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Do California’s Historic Wildfires Pose Lingering Health Hazards?
After the historic fires that burned for nearly a month in January 2025, researchers from Harvard and universities in California and Texas are studying the toxic hazards that the fires left behind in …
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Reasons Some US Towns Struggle to Get Federal Infrastructure Funding
The US drinking water is one of the world's safest and most reliable, but its aging infrastructure can disrupt supplies and threaten water quality. Extreme weather events due to climate change …
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How Extreme Climate Events Threaten US Water Infrastructure
Heavy rainfall poses risks for dams to overtop and overflow, causing uncontrolled release of impounded water downstream. When dams fail or breach, the result could be catastrophic. Surging water …
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