Ahead of the International Day of Clean Air, here’s a look at what causes air pollution, what it does to people and how the ...

Scientists have discovered that tweaking the composition of biochar, a charcoal-like material made from biomass, can ...

The question now is whether increasing human pollution of the stratosphere might also increase perchlorates contaminating groundwater, when they eventually fall to Earth's surface. "We don't know if ...

For more than a decade, some residents of the tiny Richmond, Rhode Island, neighborhood of Canob Park drank and bathed using tap water that had been tainted by gasoline that leaked from storage tanks ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Story spent five nights last week reporting on the groundwater crisis in eastern Oregon's Lower Umatilla Basin, where decades of commercial food production have contaminated the ...

Houston faces hazardous air quality Friday as a dome of stagnant high pressure lingers, worsening pollution and creating ...

Oregon regulators would gain new powers to enter private rural properties under a bill that aims to make the state government more proactive in preventing groundwater pollution. Senate Bill 1154 would ...

Millions of Americans have been urged to avoid driving and drive-thru lanes amid concerns over air pollution levels. The ...

LAKESIDE, Mont. — The Department of Environmental Quality is extending the public comment period on a proposed Mountain Ground Water Pollution Control System permit in Lakeside. The permit aims to ...