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Some cities are digging up water mains and leaving lead pipe in the ground

Some cities are digging up water mains and leaving lead pipe in the ground

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Prandy Tavarez and his wife were expecting a baby when they bought a four-bedroom house in a well-kept neighborhood of century-old homes here.
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Here’s why there is still so much lead pipe in Chicago

Here’s why there is still so much lead pipe in Chicago

Even though lead in drinking water damages children's development, the Environmental Protection Agency has forced very few cities to replace their lead pipes. Consider Chicago, with more water pipes made out of lead than any U.S. city, some 400,000.
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South Korean lawmakers berate IAEA chief over Japanese plans to release treated Fukushima wastewater

South Korean lawmakers berate IAEA chief over Japanese plans to release treated Fukushima wastewater

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean opposition lawmakers sharply criticized the head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog for its approval of Japanese plans to release treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant during a t
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9 missing in China landslide sparked by heavy rains amid flooding and searing temperatures

BEIJING (AP) — Nine people are missing in central China after a landslide sparked by heavy rains amid flooding and searing temperatures across much of the country, authorities said Sunday.
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Underwater music show in the Florida Keys promotes awareness of coral reef protection

Underwater music show in the Florida Keys promotes awareness of coral reef protection

BIG PINE KEY, Fla. (AP) — Hundreds of divers and snorkelers listened to an underwater concert that advocated coral reef protection Saturday in the Florida Keys.
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Climate-hit Pakistan to cooperate with Switzerland on ways to manage the risks of natural disaster

Climate-hit Pakistan to cooperate with Switzerland on ways to manage the risks of natural disaster

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday his country looked forward to cooperating with Switzerland on managing the effects of climate change and receiving an advanced weather warning system from the European country
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'Tornado detectives' at Western University out to demystify Canada's twister history

'Tornado detectives' at Western University out to demystify Canada's twister history

WASHINGTON — Confirming a tornado in Canada used to be a bit like the proverbial tree falling in the forest: if no one was there to see it, it never officially happened.
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Climate change ratchets up the stress on farmworkers on the front lines of a warming Earth

Climate change ratchets up the stress on farmworkers on the front lines of a warming Earth

Mily Trevino-Sauceda was 9 when her mother fell as she worked to move irrigation pipes along rows of potato and alfalfa on an Idaho farm.
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As whiskey and bourbon business booms, beloved distillers face pushback over taxes and emissions

As whiskey and bourbon business booms, beloved distillers face pushback over taxes and emissions

MULBERRY, Tenn. (AP) — For decades, the whiskey and bourbon makers of Tennessee and Kentucky have been beloved in their communities.
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Sailors rejoice after snowy winter raises Great Salt Lake - for now

Sailors rejoice after snowy winter raises Great Salt Lake - for now

ON THE GREAT SALT LAKE (AP) — A brisk wind caught a Kevlar-fiber sail, sending it snapping as Bob Derby and Randy Atkin pulled lines to turn Red Stripe, their 25-foot boat, through the briny waters of the imperiled Great Salt Lake .
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