UC RIVERSIDE: Tijuana River waste is polluting San Diego’s air UC Riverside Water quality November 4, 2026What happens in the river doesn’t stay in the river By Jules Bernstein, UC Riverside Waste dumped into the Tijuana...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Boeing’s demolition of a SoCal nuclear testing facility has nearby families worried about cancer Inside Climate News Water quality October 26, 2026The Ventura County Air Pollution Control District said local regulators do not require specific dust control measures as the buildings...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Feds find Tijuana River pollution poses public health hazard in San Diego Courthouse News Service Water quality September 24, 2026“Polluted water becomes polluted air, and air reaches everyone who breathes it, far beyond anyone who touches the water,” one...
CAL MATTERS: Moss Landing battery storage fire flares up again, raising new safety fears in California Cal Matters Water quality September 20, 2026Almost two years after a fire at a battery storage site in Moss Landing, another one is smoldering. The fire resurfaces...
CAL MATTERS: Residents of a polluted California town pinned hopes on new state rules. They’re still waiting Cal Matters Water quality January 27, 2026A 2015 law required the state Department of Toxic Substances Control to overhaul its permitting process to consider how multiple...
CAL MATTERS: The U.S. is committed to cleaning up Tijuana River pollution. Will California follow through? Cal Matters Water quality December 17, 2025San Diego leaders are calling on California to take stronger action to address the ongoing environmental crisis caused by sewage...
THE CONVERSATION: When the world’s largest battery power plant caught fire, toxic metals rained down – wetlands captured the fallout The Conversation Water quality December 1, 2025By Ivano W. Aiello, San José State University When fire broke out at the world’s largest battery energy storage facility...
EOS: 5,500 toxic sites in the U.S. at risk of flooding as seas rise American Geophysical Union Water quality November 21, 2025By Grace van Deelen, EOS Rising sea levels have put thousands of facilities containing hazardous materials at risk of flooding...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: As seas rise, so do the risks from toxic sites Inside Climate News Water quality November 20, 2025Flooding from surging seas is likely to inundate thousands of U.S. hazardous sites in coming years as global temperatures rise,...
EOS: When disaster science strikes close to home American Geophysical Union Wildfires and watersheds August 27, 2025How have scientists across Los Angeles used their skills to help their communities recover from the 2025 fires? by Kimberly...
GRIST: Pollution from wildfires can contaminate our water for up to 8 years, study finds Grist Wildfires and watersheds June 27, 2025An analysis of 500 watersheds found levels of organic carbon, phosphorus, and other pollutants up to 103 times higher after...
THE CONVERSATION: After the smoke clears, a wildfire’s legacy can haunt rivers for years, putting drinking water at risk The Conversation Wildfires and watersheds June 23, 2025Ben Livneh, University of Colorado Boulder, The Conversation Picture a wildfire raging across a forested mountainside. The smoke billows and...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: After the LA fires, scientists study the toxins left behind Inside Climate News Water qualityWildfires and watersheds May 27, 2025By Nina Dietz, Inside Climate News This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that...
USGS: The good, the bad, the ugly: How wildfires reshape landscapes USGS Wildfires and watersheds May 6, 2025Wildfires reshape landscapes, both to the benefit and detriment of impacted areas. After the smoke clears, they can continue to...
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: What’s in the Burnt Remains of the LA Wildfires? Desert Research Institute Water quality May 1, 2025DRI scientists deployed to Los Angeles to collect ash, soil, and dust samples from burn zones in the hopes of...
