Facing multiple lawsuits, North America’s largest chemical manufacturer requests an “unprecedented” permit amendment to authorize its discharge of polyethylene pellets into coastal waters.

CSOs are overflow pipes which discharge untreated sewage into rivers and coasts at times of increased rainfall. These are ...

Across the U.S., hundreds of sites on land or in lakes and rivers are heavily contaminated with hazardous waste produced by ...

A new accounting of nitrogen pollution in the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin (MARB) reveals a significant decline in recent decades, suggesting positive momentum for water quality goals in local ...

Each year, thousands of pounds of trash and pollution make their way into the Houston bayous' waterways. One organization works year-round to remove debris, but crews say the problem continues to grow ...

Get answers about how the Potomac River is being cleaned up after more than 200 million gallons of sewage spilled in it more ...

Across the U.S., hundreds of sites on land or in lakes and rivers are heavily contaminated with hazardous waste produced by human activity. Many of these places, designated as Superfund sites by the ...

Earth’s a medium-size rock with some water on top, enveloped by gases that keep everything that lives here alive. Just at the ...

New report by Boston College researchers and colleagues from The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health follows up on landmark 2018 study Pollution continues to kill approximately 9 million people ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A total of 15 water systems in New Mexico that serve nearly 4,500 people tested above federal drinking water standards for PFAS, which are chemicals that are harmful to humans, ...

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency found that “extensive harm” was done to the creek ecosystem after it was flooded with water toxic to brook trout.