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UPDATE: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is concerned Hurricane Matthew could erode the Herbert Hoover Dike or even cause sinkholes. The dike surrounds…

The Seminole Tribe of Florida has filed a legal challenge against controversial new state water-quality standards, arguing they don't adequately take...

The EPA wants to "clarify" the scope of its oversight of water under the Clean Water Act. Big farm groups like the American Farm Bureau Federation call this a power grab that would place every ditch and mud puddle under federal regulation, forcing farmers to get permits for small trenches around the farm.

Justin Lamar Sternad ran in a Democratic congressional primary, and is at the center of a scandal. He put up a warning sign at his home reading: "Trespassers will be WET." An inquisitive TV reporter ignored that, and video of him splashed in the face became an Internet sensation.

Mayor Ray Nagin says 60 percent of New Orleans remains under water, down from 80 percent. However, he cautions that the city remains unsafe, and the toxicity of the floodwaters has caused concern.

Pulitzer Prize winning author Annie Dillard offers a commentary on the unimaginable number of lives claimed by last week's tsunami. She asks how can we remind ourselves that the thousands of victims were individuals with lives and loved ones and not just faceless statistics.

Florida and Georgia have renewed their fight over the impact of Georgia’s water consumption on the Apalachicola River system.

The Extended Continental Shelf Project has made America larger and the Gulf of Mexico's resources off Fort Myers is one of the reasons why

In the 1990s, Israelis and Palestinians made temporary arrangements in the West Bank as they worked toward a peace deal. The talks are now in the deep freeze, but the arrangements are entrenched.

Mongolia is now tapping huge natural resources. But they're in the Gobi region, where traditional nomadic herding is under assault and desertification is a major problem. Herders are worried the mines will siphon off already dwindling water supplies, while trucks and roads destroy pastureland.