Friday the 13th was a lucky day this June for the southwest Iowa city of Avoca, pop. 1,700. Restaurants along Main Street had ...

A bill passed by the Illinois legislature could slow the growth of carbon sequestration proposals—and proposals, in ...

In 2021, Illinois lawmakers created the Mahomet Aquifer Council. But now, as they ponder legislation that would ban carbon sequestration activity within the aquifer's footprint, lawmakers will be ...

The highly anticipated plan to stop carbon capture and sequestration near the Mahomet aquifer has arrived on Gov. JB Pritzker's desk.

Groundwater levels are declining across Eastern Washington’s aquifer system and threaten its sustainability, according to a ...

Researchers say holes in the clay that overlays the Memphis aquifer could have let pollutants from as early as the 1940s into the groundwater.

A five-year study has found that the protective layer of clay above Memphis’ drinking water is “more like Swiss cheese,” with six known and 36 suspected breaches. Prior to the study, which ...

Under the Great Plains, there's an aquifer powering the region's agriculture system. But it's running out of water, prompting farmers in middle America to consider more environmentally friendly crops.