Report Finds Tainted Drinking Water Across North Carolina, Triad
A new report from an advocacy group says drinking water across much of the country is polluted with a potentially dangerous chemical.
Environment
Farmers Enlist Chickens And Bugs To Battle Against Pests
In an effort to turn away from chemical pesticides, which have the potential to damage the environment, some farmers are looking in a new direction in the age-old struggle against pests.
UN Secretary General Pushes Climate Change Agreement Before Next Administration
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is working to wring commitments out of 55 nations to ratify the Paris Climate Change treaty.
EPA Weighs In On Glyphosate, Says It Doesn't Cause Cancer
The Environmental Protection Agency says that the country's most widely used weedkiller, glyphosate, does not cause cancer. The chemical has been under intense international scrutiny.
Chemicals In Drinking Water Prompt Inspections Of U.S. Military Bases
Synthetic chemicals have been found in Colorado water supplies. The Pentagon is examining hundreds of military sites for possible contamination by PFCs, which have been linked to health problems.
Mystery Of White Trees Among California's Redwoods May Be Solved
Albino redwoods are white because of a genetic mutation. A researcher in California thinks he might have figured out what purpose the trees serve in the forest.
Outdated FEMA Flood Maps Don't Account For Climate Change
Flood managers suspect August's big rainstorms and floods in Louisiana are becoming more common there and elsewhere because of climate change. One clue: Much of the damage was beyond the flood plain.
Obama Designates 1st Marine National Monument In The Atlantic Ocean
The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the coast of New England is the size of Connecticut and has been called an "underwater Yellowstone" and "a deep sea Serengeti."
Scientists Warn Of Deluges, Droughts In Carolinas
Experts are warning that the Carolinas face a future that's both drier and wetter. Droughts and floods are in the forecast.
Epic Climate Cartoon Goes Viral But It Has One Key Problem
People talk a lot about the warming of the Earth by a few degrees. Now a cartoon shows you what it looks like.