The head of the EPA said Tuesday in San Diego that Mexico must stop the flow of billions of gallons of sewage and chemicals ...

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin visited the polluted Tijuana River on the U.S.-Mexico border, calling for a '100% solution' to ...

Before Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, U.S. factories and cities could pipe their pollution directly into ...

Earth Day has its roots in growing concern over pollution in the 1960s, when author Rachel Carson's 1962 book “Silent Spring,” about the pesticide DDT and its damaging effects on the food chain, hit ...

I first spoke to freshwater scientist Calum MacNeil in February 2022. He explained to me that The Isle of Man – a ...

According to The Ocean Cleanup, rivers are the primary source of plastic pollution in our oceans. River currents transport plastic waste downriver into estuaries, where they empty into the ocean. Due ...

Islanders gathered along the shores of Martha’s Vineyard on Saturday to participate in the largest beach cleanup event in the region, marking the 33rd year of the Vineyard Conservation Society’s Earth ...

The mega project has shocked the resort town and shows how gas stations' toxic legacy complicates future development.

Using advanced DNA sequence analysis, a research team has discovered that tiny organisms in Brooklyn's highly contaminated Gowanus Canal have developed a comprehensive collection of pollution-fighting ...

The Baseco beach in Manila has been temporarily closed to swimming and other water-related activities after authorities from ...

Decades of industrialisation have polluted the waters of Italy's Mar Piccolo and brought mussel farming to its knees. Can ...

"COA (Clean Ocean Action) has used the beach sweeps data for years to formulate policies and campaigns to try to eliminate pollution at its source," said Toni Groet, the South Jersey coordinator for ...