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February 14, 2018
Emily Atkin
Did Flint’s Water Crisis Damage Kids’ Brains?
Third-grade reading proficiency has plunged in the lead-poisoned city, setting off a debate about the possible causes.
February 12, 2018
Sarah Jones
,
Emily Atkin
Rural America’s Drinking-Water Crisis
Sparsely populated, low-income communities across the country suffer from polluted water—an injustice expected to worsen under Trump.
February 2, 2018
Emily Atkin
The Next Cape Town
The water crisis facing the drought-stricken South Africa city is only a preview of things to come—even in the United States.
July 27, 2017
Emily Atkin
The GOP’s Sneaky Attack on Clean Water—and on the Public’s Right to Fight Back
“They want to do this in the dark without the public or judges getting a say."
July 29, 2016
Sukjong Hong
Flint officials now face criminal charges for doctoring water reports and concealing lead test results.
April 21, 2016
Tammy Chang
,
Nicole Gergen
Is Lead in Water a Problem Beyond Flint?
We won't know unless we do the testing to find out.
April 11, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
The Rain Barrel Is Only the Beginning of the West’s Water Wars
Colorado is about to let residents collect rainwater, but the debate is far from over.
January 4, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Climate change could wreak havoc on more than half the world’s power plants.
December 31, 2015
Tom Philpott
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Julia Lurie
Here’s the Real Problem With Almonds
May 11, 2015
Sandra Cuffe
Trade Deals Are Giving Corporations the Power to Intimidate Tiny Countries
February 5, 2015
Christopher Ketcham
Big Cattle, Big Gulp
Cowboys and cows are soaking the American West dry
January 14, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
House GOP Assails Clean Water Act as West Virginians Go Without Clean Water
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