Tests found PFAS in nearly all the public drinking water in Vancouver, Washington. The city is testing a solution that could take years — and more than $170 million — to build.
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USGS research confirms widespread PFAS contamination in drinking water — including in rural communities and private wells that are almost never tested.
As spring gets weirder, warmer and less stable, water supplies, ecosystems and agriculture are getting out of whack.
From a jump in ER visits and gun violence to fears for maternal health, the Northwest’s May heat wave shows the dangers of more moderate, early heat waves.
In March, conservationists worldwide celebrated the historic agreement, which governs the ocean waters where salmon spend most of their lives.
Engineers struggled to keep snow geese away from Montana’s deadly Superfund site, but ecologists have a new plan.
The EPA just proposed new rules on toxic ‘forever chemicals.’
A parade of atmospheric rivers dumped historic rain and snow on California and beyond. What happens next?
Drought can stress trees to death, but heat’s effects are less known. New research could hold the keys to protecting conifer forests.
In 2016, David Cottrell dropped $400 worth of rock on Washaway Beach to see what would happen. Now engineers are watching, too.
Back-to-back storms in California threaten lives, homes, and infrastructure — but will also bolster the West’s water supply.
As dam removal nationwide accelerates, experts are learning just how quickly rivers and fish respond.
In eastern Oregon, one strategy has proven effective at inoculating communities against extremist ideology.
A new report aims to advance transforming rangeland conservation across 13 states and 115 million acres.
Thousands of seabirds, geese, eagles and vultures are dead, as wildlife health experts recommend a revolution in disease management.
What happens when the Earth can’t cool off overnight?
Reintroduction of the marine mammals may restore coastal ecosystems but also threatens shellfish industries and tribal self-governance.
Cogongrass is the latest of a fast-growing number of invasive plants threatening Idaho’s fire-prone rangelands.
The invasive emerald ash borer threatens the state’s salmon habitat, urban forests and agency budgets.
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