SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Voted into law a half-century ago, the Clean Water Act of 1972 is still far from achieving its ambitious goals. The landmark law aimed to make U.S. waters safe for swimming and ...

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

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President Donald Trump’s campaign to carve up federal environmental agencies and paralyze statutes that cleared the air, cleaned U.S. waters, and protected wildlands marks the opening of MAPA, the new ...

A new Georgia bill could block families from suing some of the companies they say caused the major contamination of forever ...

An Oregon wood treatment facility polluted a town’s water source for years with a now-banned chemical. Regulators who knew didn’t stop it. After decades trapping crayfish in northwest Oregon, Mike ...

One of South Dakota’s top lawmakers said Wednesday that it may be time to move beyond financial incentives and consider new regulations on agriculture to address the state’s polluted rivers and lakes.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WINKLER COUNTY — The first sign of trouble appeared in 2003 when the water samples came back salty. This remote corner of West ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stella-Jones began operating a wood treatment facility in Sheridan, Ore., in 2013. The facility was designated a Superfund site in ...