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Frani's interest in water and the environment started when she was a Girl Scout in Southern California. Someone’s father, who was less enthusiastic about cookie sales and sewing and more driven to make outdoorswomen of the young ladies, led the troop to acquire a reverence for the natural world, which she holds to this day.

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Dec 15, 2024 · However, according to a new study led by the University of Cambridge, some trees can make urban areas hotter—because of what happens at night. During the day, trees cool cities by blocking the sun’s rays, transpiring water during photosynthesis, and changing airflow with their leaves. At night, their canopies can trap urban heat at the ground level.

Aug 18, 2024 · Last May, the Environmental Protection Agency ordered the U.S. Air Force to make a plan to clean up groundwater from massive contamination by two dangerous chemicals—PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” and trichloroethylene (TCE). Both are associated with serious health problems and have been used across the country, particularly at military bases. ...

The approval of the Willow project has some people challenging the idea that Joe Biden is the “environmental president.” This past week, the administration took some steps that may help him reclaim that title. On March 21, 2023, in an effort to protect federal land, the Biden administration announced the establishment of two new monuments—the Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in …

As many communities across the country remove lead water lines following the Flint, Michigan, crisis, there’s concern they may be “leaping from the frying pan into the fire” if they replace those pipes with ones made from polyvinyl chloride or PVC.A report by the nonprofit organization Beyond Plastics says using plastic pipes made from polyvinyl chloride can threaten human health.

Dec 8, 2024 · On December 5, that possibility entered the consciousness of around five million people in Oregon and California following an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale that struck off the coast of Petrolia, California—about 200 miles north of San Francisco. Shortly after, text alerts went to residents as far south as the Bay Area warning of a possible tsunami.

Sep 29, 2024 · Professionals who work to provide safe drinking water and who handle waste and stormwater are aging out, and, as Michigan Public reports, finding young people to replace them is a challenge.A report six years ago by the Brookings Institution said that about 50 percent of the water workforce has only a high school diploma and …

A prophetic poem written by a man from Derna, Libya, just days before catastrophe struck his country last week, has gone viral.His poem warned of a failed state—and rain as a “a sign of goodness, a promise of help, an alarm bell.” Tragically, the poet, Mustafa al-Trabelsi, was himself a victim of the flooding in Libya, which left more than 11,000 people dead and 10,000 missing.