People and planet Clean water Topics View all Climate and energy People and planet Business and innovation Subcategories View all Clean air Food safety Fisheries and oceans Forests Clean water Chemicals and health Environmental justice Profile March 6, 2026 Dr. Ruth Patrick: A pioneering ecologist who helped us understand the harms of... On International Women’s Day, we celebrate the legacy of ecologist Dr. Ruth Patrick. Analysis February 27, 2026 Arizona residents win long-sought water protections After a decade of relentless community advocacy to protect local groundwater supplies, rural communities in Arizona make history — again. Video January 29, 2026 Finding common ground, locals revive a Nevada river Thanks to an unusual collaboration between people who used to disagree, a threatened river basin in the Nevada desert is restored to life —... Profile December 29, 2025 Meet LaTricea Adams, champion of change The founder of Young, Gifted & Green talks about her unexpected journey into environmental activism. Explainer December 12, 2025 Texas voters say yes to $20 billion water fund Texas voters in November overwhelmingly approved a $20 billion fund to patch leaky pipes and protect groundwater resources. Climate change December 11, 2025 New Trump EPA proposal would strip wetland protection New potential rules from the Trump EPA would remove Clean Water Act protections from millions of acres of wetlands that filter drinking... Q&A August 14, 2025 Trump EPA’s most extreme environmental rollback is expected to spike pollution... Environmental Defense Fund's Stephanie Jones explains what's at stake if the EPA's Endangerment Finding is repealed. Deep dive August 6, 2025 When a lead poisoning crisis coincided with federal staffing cuts, kids... Lead paint was found in Milwaukee schools just as the Trump administration fired its federal lead experts. How a preventable crisis unfolded... Explainer March 21, 2025 “You can’t undo this:” Grieving mom urges lawmakers not to overturn ban on... After losing her daughter to rare brain cancer, Kari Rhinehart spent years pushing the EPA to ban the toxic chemical TCE. The agency acted... 1 2 3 The only climate stories you need, straight to your inbox