Water & Oceans

Labor Day Swimmers Face Fecal Contamination At Beaches Along US Coastline

"Beaches from Crystal River, Florida, to Ogunquit, Maine, have been under advisories warning about water quality this week because of elevated levels of bacteria associated with fecal waste. The advisories typically discourage beachgoers from going in the water because the bacteria can cause gastrointestinal illness, rashes and nausea."

Source: AP, 09/02/2025
September 9, 2025

Pulitzer Center Webinar: How To OSINT the Ocean

The Pulitzer Center invites investigative journalists, environmental reporters and data enthusiasts to this webinar on how open-source intelligence (OSINT) tools are changing the way we monitor — and report on — the ocean. Noon ET.

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"These Investigators Patrol Las Vegas Looking For One Thing: Water Waste"

"About two dozen investigators patrol neighborhoods throughout Las Vegas every day searching for signs of wasted water. They're known as water waste investigators who are part of the Southern Nevada Water Authority. For more than 20 years, they have been helping conserve water in the growing desert city."

Source: NPR, 08/29/2025

‘Sea War’ Brews Off Gambia As Local Fishers Attack Foreign Vessels, Each Other

"BANJUL, Gambia — Kawsu Leigh writhed in pain on the fishing boat, his burned skin as mottled as the paint on the deck beneath him. Raw and slick, the burns covered large parts of his upper body."

Source: AP, 08/29/2025

"Chicago Has The Most Lead Pipes In The Nation. We Mapped Them All."

"As Gina Ramirez buckled her 11-year-old son into her car last month for their daily drive to school, she handed him a plastic water bottle."

Source: Grist/ICN/WBEZ, 08/29/2025

RFK Jr Deputy Jim O’Neill As Acting CDC Director After Monarez Ouster: Sources

"Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Jim O’Neill is expected to serve as acting director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an administration official and another person familiar with the matter."

Source: CNN, 08/29/2025

"An Industry Insider’s Changes at the EPA Could Cost Taxpayers Billions"

"A Trump appointee has proposed rewriting a measure that requires companies to clean up “forever chemicals,” documents show. The new version would shift costs from polluters."

Source: NYTimes, 08/29/2025

"Hurricane Science Has Come Far Since Katrina. That Progress Is Now At Risk"

"In the 20 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, hurricane scientists have made great strides toward understanding how climate change influences tropical cyclones, at the same time as they have vastly improved hurricane forecasting. Better forecasts, in turn, save the country billions every time a storm makes landfall, according to a 2024 analysis published in the National Bureau of Economic Research."

Source: NPR, 08/28/2025

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