Residents of the Michigan city of 100,000 people had complained for months about discolored water, but officials moved slowly to address the problem.
Finding good drinking water and pastures are matters of life and death for traditional pastoralists in Ethiopia, whose fortunes are tied to their domestic animals.
The departure of Susan Hedman, effective Feb. 1, came on the same day that President Barack Obama announced $80 million in federal aid to Flint, Michigan.
Rick Snyder is expected to testify on Capitol Hill on Feb. 3 in connection with a water-contamination crisis in the Flint area.
Excess lead has made the city's water undrinkable, the governor has declared a state of emergency and relief agencies are calling for donations.
In his first big speech of the climate negotiations, Secretary of State John Kerry announced today the U.S. would double its spending to help poorer nations adapt to climate change.
With funding from France's EDF, the 420-megawatt hydroelectric dam at Nachtigal Falls will solve 20 percent of the African nation's energy needs.
China’s naval commander warned that an incident involving a U.S. warship in the South China Sea could spark war if the U.S. did not stop its “provocative acts” in the contested waterway.
Several projects, worth a total of about $45 billion, have reportedly been held up by funding bottlenecks and poor planning by local governments and agencies.
An ongoing government corruption scandal could deter foreign aid and investment amid the gravest food crisis Malawi has seen in a decade.
Starting Friday, the United Nations will discuss the 17 new ambitious development goals that include ending poverty and taking action to combat climate change.
The amount of snow blanketing the Sierra Nevada mountains in California has been severely depleted as a result of successive years of lower-than-expected precipitation.
Connecticut native Nicholas Upton, 19, was last seen swimming in the East Cape province when he vanished into the surf.
“This is a very serious matter, and we are doing our absolute best to protect the athletes’ health,” the head of Rio's Olympic committee said.
Birds ingest the poisonous material at such high rates because they often confuse the plastic floating on surface waters with food, researchers found.
American astronauts drink recycled urine while aboard the International Space Station, but the Russian crews, who also inhabit the station, do not.
The Wii U exclusive horror title will be part of Nintendo's new "Free to Start" program.
Venice welcomes millions of tourists every year, but some are more welcome than others.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is planning on spending $500,000 to clean up the wastewater breach on Animus River.
The dead zone, which is caused by the overuse of farmland fertilizers, is the size of Connecticut and Rhode Island combined.
An evacuation has been ordered for some residents in Pasco County, Florida, after major flooding threatened the area.
It is impossible to determine a single requirement for everyone, since recommendations depend on diet, weather and level of physical activity.
