The plants need flexibility to meet rising electricity demand, the EPA says. Environmental groups argue that undermines Clean ...

Over-allocation of water, chronic groundwater depletion, pollution and climate change have pushed the world into a drastic ...

Underground environments like soil and aquifers teem with microbial life. These tiny microbes play a big role in cycling ...

Water pollution from synthetic chemicals needs NC regulations with more teeth than what state board proposes, environmental ...

The long-term health of the ocean off the coast of Southern California, and the health of the region's freshwater streams and ...

Products made from plastic have become a critical problem, polluting bodies of water worldwide. Plastics in oceans have become so ubiquitous that a term was coined — ocean-bound plastic — to describe ...

The state’s environmental agency has the authority to investigate and issue fines for illegal spills, but lacks sufficient ...

A study shows "significant faecal sources of pollution" were found at Staveley's treatment works.

My pick for the worst bill of the year is House Bill 479, which would ban cities and counties from imposing “laws, ...

Minnesota is very proud of its water. Of all of our state nicknames, we are most famous in the United States for being the “Land of 10,000 Lakes.” That name is even a bit of a misnomer, as we are ...

Florida has more than 2 million septic systems, writes environmental scientist Iuliia Istratiy, and the runoff from them has become one of the state’s most persistent polluters.

MINE water pollution is causing concern as 'sludge' is flowing into Whitehaven harbour, according to the campaign group, ...