Adding to the concerns, SAS documented 1,853 reports of illness linked to water pollution through its Safer Seas & Rivers Service app in 2024, equating to an average of five reports daily.

In its decision Thursday, the Supreme Court not only overturned the 9th Circuit, it a set a new standard for what types of water is covered by the Clean Water Act.

Kentucky’s coal industry wants a narrower definition of which waters the state can protect from pollution. Senate Bill 89 would do that.

Open-pit mining is a type of surface mining used to extract coal, gold, and other minerals. It creates immense water and air pollution, disfigures landscapes, and destroys habitats.

Relying on a dictionary definition of “waters” and ignoring the Clean Water Act’s purpose, the court’s conservative majority has adopted a radically truncated view of the reach of the law ...

Oil refineries release billions of pounds of pollution into waterways each year, according to regulatory data. NPR found that pollution is concentrated near places where people of color live.

Water Gremlin files for bankruptcy following over 90 civil lawsuits 03:43. WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP, Minn. — A manufacturing plant at the center of a years-long WCCO investigation is filing for ...

The Narragansett lab tackles emerging water pollution problems, including PFAS, microplastics, and toxic algal blooms.

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 ...

Definition of protected waters. ... The Kentucky Senate voted 30-to-5 on Friday for Senate Bill 89, to loosen the state’s water pollution laws. ...