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Pollution, precipitation, floods: close encounters with the elixir of life.

Once destined for raw bars, 5 million oysters are being rerouted to coastal restoration efforts

02.23.2021
Lela Nargi
The pandemic has accelerated a water debt crisis for households unable to pay their bills. Families fear water shutoffs are coming
02.01.2021
by Jackie Botts
Hurricane Sandy battered NYC 8 years ago. Since then, how has the city shored up against future superstorms? Oyster castles.
12.22.2020
by Carmen Russo
Millions of Americans lack access to running water. An ancient method of capturing rainwater could help solve this.
12.07.2020
by Chris Malloy
Unsafe to drink: Wildfires threaten rural towns with tainted water
11.24.2020
by Rachel Becker
Farmers are depleting the Ogallala Aquifer because the government pays them to do it
11.19.2020
by Matthew R Sanderson + Burke Griggs + Jacob A. Miller
Trump spent four years gutting food and farm protections. Here’s what we predict will be reversed on day one of Biden’s term.
11.12.2020
by H. Claire Brown + Jessica Fu + Sam Bloch
The U.S. Army Corps opened up a controversial fish farm proposal for public comment. Just one problem: It directed people to a faulty email.
10.29.2020
by Jessica Fu
Largest ever fine for water pollution goes to a CAFO—and it’s a horse track in New Orleans
10.08.2020
by Sam Bloch
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