drinking water

Falling oxygen levels harming already struggling wildlife and drinking water supplies, say scientists.

Road-building approvals for coal exploration already exceed legal limits in some parts of Alberta's Rocky Mountains and foothills, suggest documents from the province's energy regulator.

Alberta's environment minister is reassuring rural municipalities in the province's dry south that their water supply isn't threatened by industrial development such as coal mines.

Indigenous Services Canada won't set a deadline for lifting all remaining long-term drinking-water advisories in First Nations communities, but it will create a website to provide estimated completion dates for each one that remains.

The Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation is expanding its water system to deliver clean drinking water to hundreds of residents who have been grappling for more than a decade with seven drinking water advisories.

Research shows lead exposure worse for poor and black children and highlights risk from contaminants in unregulated private wells

Coldwater Indian Band says it knew the chances of the Supreme Court hearing its case were slim "given the momentum of the project" and an earlier federal court decision, "but we felt we had to use every tool available to us.”

Years of pumping, drought and a thirsty agriculture industry have taken a heavy toll on the water supply – and new plans are leaving vulnerable residents behind

A community in Pennsylvania says clay-colored water appeared during a drilling mud spill, but the pipeline company insists it’s not to blame

Exclusive: email exchanges show senior employees knew Michigan residents might risk being poisoned by tap water months before city admitted to problem

A First Nation on the Manitoba-Ontario boundary is closer to getting safe drinking water.

For the first time in his life, Chief Erwin Redsky won't have to fight for each small stone that lies along the 24-kilometre road that connects his First Nation to the outside world after more than a century.

Many nations have pledged to reforest vast swaths of land, but ensuring ecosystems’ recovery and survival will require long-term commitment.

What gets flushed down in Bolivia's capital city is used to irrigate the green, leafy fields that supply its produce markets.

Forest fires like the ones currently burning in Ontario can have long-term impacts on the environment, experts say, noting that increasingly warmer and drier weather conditions are making such blazes more common.