Water

* Seas to rise 16.5 to 69 cm with moderate warming-ice2sea * Melt of Greenland, Antarctica less severe than expected By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO, May 14 (Reuters) - A melt of ice on Greenland and Antarctica is likely to be less...

OSLO (Reuters) - A melt of ice on Greenland and Antarctica is likely to be less severe than expected this century, limiting sea level rise to a maximum of 69 cm (27 inches), an international study said on Tuesday. Even so, such a rise could...

Climate change needs to start becoming a bigger factor in decisions about Palm Beach County transportation plans and development proposals, county officials said Tuesday. Raising roads near the coast to brace for sea level rise and considering pollution...

SOUTH BEND — A proposed ordinance that would require the Building Department to determine the natural groundwater level in an area before granting a permit to build there was tabled Monday to allow more time for discussion of the measure....

Superstorm Sandy barely laid a glove on Smith Island last fall, to hear residents tell it. Though storm-driven flooding damaged hundreds of homes in Crisfield and the rest of Somerset County, only a couple islanders got any water in their homes from the...

Ashland, Missouri – April 29, 2013 – The Callaway 2 Water District has the best tasting water in Missouri! That determination was declared by judges April 24, 2013, during final judging of the Great American Water Taste Test. Water samples...

Fresh water threat The Tribune's prominent April 22 editorial urging the Illinois Legislature to hurry up and allow fracking could not have been more heavily spun nor more badly timed ("Put Illinois to work; The stall on fracking is a job-killer")....

A federal jury didn't hear from prosecutors about toxic chemicals in the drinking water of south suburban Crestwood. Or about higher-than-normal cancer rates in the working-class village. But on Monday, the jury ensured that the only public official...

Two Republicans who have been in different roles in Quincy Township, Pa., are running for the township’s board of supervisors this year. Pennsylvania’s primary election is May 21. Robert “Bob” Gunder is seeking his third six-...

News briefs from the Tri-Cities. Geneva District 304 renames building to honor Coultrap The Geneva Community Unit School District 304 Board of Education has voted to change the name of the central office on Fourth Street to the Coultrap...

(John Kemp is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own) By John Kemp LONDON, April 29 (Reuters) - The village of Balcombe in West Sussex, with fewer than 2,000 residents, is set to test whether Britain's politicians, media and public...

In celebration of Connecticut Drinking Water Week, the Department of Public Health (DPH) Drinking Water Section will recognize Robert J. Longo of the Bristol Water Department for his outstanding contributions to the health and safety of the state's...