For Flint, an 1882 Play About Bad Water Is ‘Exactly What We’re Living’

By MONICA DAVEY June 11, 2017 FLINT, Mich. — The play was written in 1882, originally set in a small town in Norway — about as removed as imaginable from the daily struggles of this Michigan city. But as an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s...

Michigan Allots $87 Million to Replace Flint’s Tainted Water Pipes

By JULIE BOSMAN March 27, 2017 The State of Michigan has agreed to spend $87 million in a proposed settlement to replace thousands of lead pipes throughout Flint over the next three years, the latest effort by state and city officials to fix the contaminated...

Crews Race Storms as Water Ebbs at California Dam

By JESS BIDGOOD February 13, 2017 Water stopped flowing Monday over a spillway that has eroded at the nation’s tallest dam, allowing crews to assess the damage — and figure out how to shore it up — before another round of rain anticipated...

Army Approves Construction of Dakota Access Pipeline

The pipeline, which has been the focus of protests for months, is set to run under the Missouri River near the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s reservation in North Dakota.