Parts of North America are poised to become “hotspots of water scarcity” within decades, partly because pollutants will make some water sources harder to use, scientists warned on Tuesday, urging ...

Jennifer Mayerle happily returned to Minnesota and WCCO, where she began her career as a summer intern. The Emmy and Edward R. Murrow award-winning journalist returned to WCCO as a reporter in 2014 ...

The Clean Water Act has reached its 50th anniversary. Still befuddling federal regulators is nonpoint-source pollution — a technocratic term describing pesticides, oil, fertilizers, toxins, sediment ...

At 50 years, the Clean water Act has had success. But there are key sources of water pollution yet to be addressed. A glossy ibis feeds in the Los Angeles River, California. Sections of the river are ...

Oil refineries release billions of pounds of pollution annually into waterways, and that pollution disproportionately affects people of color, according to a new analysis of Environmental Protection ...

Pollution entering the Chesapeake Bay has dropped, but water quality remains below restoration targets, according to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. In 2023 nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment levels ...

The United States will never achieve its goal of restoring and maintaining the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of its waters without implementing a comprehensive, aggressive program to ...

The water quality of the Blue Earth River has declined severely since the Rapid Dan Dam failed last year. Our Randall Gimm ...

(This article forms a part of the Science for All newsletter that takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Subscribe now!) Ganesh Chaturthi is one of India’s most celebrated festivals, and ...

Today the Council agreed its negotiating mandate on the directive which will amend the water framework directive, the groundwater directive and the directive on environmental quality standards. The ...

A coal mine in southeastern B.C. seeking to expand operations could face setbacks after the federal government this week said more work is needed to address cross-border water pollution risks. The ...