By Alex Groves From The Orange County Register Santa Ana—Flowers, shrubs, and grass are pretty to look at, but they can also transform outdoor spaces into something that feels like home. That, however, takes water. With an eye toward changing environmental conditions of the future, researchers are testing plants and newfangled tech that will help…

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba declared a local state of emergency on Tuesday after the Mississippi capital’s water system was damaged by extreme winter weather, causing little to no pressure for many. Because of the broken system, Jackson issued a precautionary boil water advisory on Christmas Day for all surface water connections until further notice….

Federal officials have intervened in the Jackson, Mississippi, water crisis to facilitate an agreement for an interim water manager to fix the broken system. According to Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba on Nov. 30, U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate signed an Interim Stipulated Order—an agreement between the city, the Mississippi State Department of Health, the…

Commentary As Republicans expand their power in Congress, high on their agenda should be a change in the country’s approach to environmental stewardship. The new strategy cannot simply be a less oppressive form of the Left’s approach. Conservative voters would reject that, and it is ineffective. Republicans should work to shift the focus of environmental…

Officials from Jackson City in Mississippi, a region that recently faced a water crisis, have voted to allow a one-year legal agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that allows the federal entity to get involved in the city’s efforts to ensure water security in the region. Jackson City has faced water problems for decades….

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Thursday it is opening an investigation into Mississippi’s role in Jackson’s water crisis, including whether state agencies have discriminated against the majority-black capital city in not funding improvements to the city’s failing water system. In a letter (pdf) in response to a complaint filed on Sept. 27 by the National Association…

Residents of Jackson, Mississippi have filed a class action lawsuit against the city and engineering firms after a recent water crisis left thousands of people without drinkable and running water. The suit, filed late on Sept. 16 in federal court (pdf), alleges that Jackson’s water supply has been long neglected and ultimately led to it…

A power crunch and record heatwaves in China have disrupted factories, offices, farmlands, and many of the cities’ essential functions. Some subway stations are reportedly dimmed, with little to no lighting. Dan Wang, chief economist of Hang Seng Bank (China) told CNBC that the power crisis and droughts would likely cause China’s GDP growth to…

JACKSON, Miss.—Frustrated residents of Mississippi’s capital on Wednesday waited in long lines at distribution sites where volunteers handed out cases of bottled water after a poorly maintained treatment plant failed this week, causing taps to run dry. Hundreds of vehicles queued outside one site in the city of Jackson operated by the Salvation Army, as…

A water agency official attributes California’s current water shortage to state laws that limit pumping water for urban and agricultural use, and a lack of water infrastructure. Darcy Burke, the board president of Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District, said she is concerned about how water resources are being distributed between human and environmental needs. “A…