There is no substitute for clean, fresh water. We can live weeks without food but only days without water. Every day our bodies need four to five gallons of water--just to survive.

The local branch of the United Nations Association of Canada hosted a round table on water in the Quinte watershed at the Belleville library May 14.

Prices at the pump are so high these days, they have some consumers singing the blues. Those sky high fuel costs are pushing researchers to find alternatives. The higher the price of gasoline, it seems the more ideas emerge.

In a corner of the Navajo Nation burdened by old and heavily polluting coal-fired power plants, it matters little to many tribal elders that another facility promises to be the most efficient and cleanest of all.

According to a report in Discovery News , given that crop production uses about 1,800 trillion gallons (1,700 cubic miles) of water a year, almost 40 per cent of which comes from irrigation rather than rainwater, that loss represents a lot of water.

Working with an area hauler and landfill company, wood processor diverts green waste for booming mulch and compost business.

A region that suffers from drinking water shortages and low stream flows learns how to treat its wastewater as a resource.

An unusual swarm of earthquakes off the coast of central Oregon has been detected by scientists listening to underwater microphones called hydrophones. More than 600 earthquakes were recorded during the first ten days in April by Oregon.........

Faced with increasing demand for water, Tucson Water Company has recommended that the city eventually use its growing stream of sewage to augment its drinking water. Using a procedure known as the Fountain Valley process, Tucson Water could completely....

On Dec. 19, Stephen Johnson, administrator of the federal government's Environmental Protection Agency, rejected a request from California to create its own statewide regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from cars.