Modern car batteries are typically sealed and maintenance-free, but extreme heat can shorten their lifespan. It is crucial for vehicle owners to address any open safety recalls, which can be checked ...

One of the major problems faced by most countries today is water scarcity. This scarcity is mainly due to the wastage of water. There is an urgent need to control water wastage to protect the ...

The cities of Napier and Hastings are under Level 3 water restrictions, which means only hand-held hoses can be used on gardens. Fire and water restrictions are tightening around Hawke’s Bay as dry ...

Michaelyn Mankel is a senior Iowa organizer with the national advocacy group Food & Water Watch. She lives in Des Moines. Dani Replogle is a staff attorney with Food & Water Watch, based in Minnesota.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

One common factor has likely played a role in water levels plunging in the Detroit River and Lake Erie this fall, along with the running aground of two freighters in Detroit in November: wind. U.S.

Texas is running out of water. The booming population and industry growth, coupled with declining water supply, have many parts of the state on a path to severe shortages in the coming decades.

PHOENIX — Bartlett Lake, nestled within the middle of Tonto National Forest, is expected to see its water levels rise starting on Monday afternoon after Salt River Project (SRP) releases water from ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — People walking, running or launching boats along Lake Erie’s shorelines may have noticed more exposed beach and rock than in recent years — a subtle sign the lake has dipped below ...

IIHR research associate Tom Stoeffler checks the sensor unit for a nitrate sensor at Waterworks Prairie Park in Iowa City on Sept. 11. The state’s automated network of sensors allows for monitoring of ...

They linger in our water, our blood and the environment—so-called "forever chemicals” that are notoriously difficult to detect. But researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of ...

California water officials are warning that the state "must be prepared for extreme weather events of all kinds," even as water levels for the state's reservoirs remain near or above average as the ...