The plants need flexibility to meet rising electricity demand, the EPA says. Environmental groups argue that undermines Clean Water Act protections for rivers and drinking water sources.

What do microplastics, water color, and satellites have in common? Dr. Karl Kaiser, professor of marine and coastal ...

The EPA wants to give Duke Energy and others more time to cut emissions that pollute ground and surface waters with heavy ...

Plastic waste is no longer just an eyesore floating on the surface of rivers and seas. A growing body of research now shows that it is reshaping the chemistry and biology of water itself, creating ...

A global review of more than 6,000 records shows that water pollution now affects nearly half of the world’s waters.

A Maryland program that lets oyster farmers capitalize off the environmental benefits of the bivalves had few takers.

California is again updating the system it uses to decide which polluted communities get cleanup funding. The tool, ...

Smyrna-based Chattahoochee Riverkeeper filed the suit in September 2023, claiming the city had unlawfully discharged pollutants into the river.

Children growing up in homes with water damage or dampness and exposed to higher levels of outdoor air pollution during early childhood face a greater risk of developing asthma, according to new ...

The air is polluted, the water is drying out and the land collapsing. Many Iranian farmers have been forced to give up their ...