Last month, Gov. Wes Moore signed a new executive order creating a “whole of government” approach to environmental justice in order to address pollution in disproportionately exposed communities. With ...

The Office for Environmental Protection said existing regulations are insufficient to deliver necessary water quality ...

Owners of a large Addison County dairy farm already found liable for polluting a neighbor’s land want to expand, raising concerns that increased runoff could damage a public water supply and worsen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Mississippi River, shown here at Davenport, Iowa, transports 3.5 billion to 4 billion pounds of nitrogen a year south to the ...

An environmental organization is suing a major fish farming company for violating Maine's Clean Water Act. According to ABC News, the Conservation Law Foundation alleges that Cooke Aquaculture's ...

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George van Vlaanderen used to spend hours each day moving fences so his dairy goats could graze on fresh forage. Now an app does the job. Van Vlaanderen, who makes cheese and kefir at Does’ Leap Farm ...

Increasing use of nitrogen-based fertilizer over the last half-century is putting Americans' health at risk. Excess nitrate in drinking water increases the risk of cancer, birth defects and thyroid ...

Agriculture under pressure Over the past decades, European agriculture has increasingly relied on intensive farming methods ...

Three Dorset farm businesses have been forced to pay £33,500 after slurry pollution incidents contaminated local waterways.