A River Parishes refinery is under heightened scrutiny from state regulators after it unlawfully discharged industrial waste containing arsenic, cadmium, chromium and other toxic heavy metals into ...

Yvonne Sorovacu (right), Hannah Hohman (center) and Jay Beal monitor a creek for signs of contamination from the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Belle Vernon, Pa. Off a back road in the hilly ...

A new study reveals that children in e-waste regions face a fourfold higher risk of hypertension, as toxic metals and VOCs alter gut-related metabolic pathways and disturb the body’s blood pressure ...

An environmental group has kept its promise to sue the owner of Brunner Island power plant for failing to control coal ash pollution from a storage impoundment near the Susquehanna River. The Center ...

A Jersey Shore environmental group says damage from decades of toxic waste dumping at one of America's most notorious pollution sites caused $1 billion worth of damages. Trees are reflected in the ...

Across coal country, the same toxic sludge and rust-colored water that once symbolized the end of an industry is starting to look like the beginning of something else. Buried in coal ash ponds, mine ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rivers in Corby, home to Britain’s worst toxic waste scandal, are polluted with metals that could pose a risk to aquatic life, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cypress trees remain in the wetlands and swamps of Lake Maurepas. Cypress trees remain in the wetlands and swamps of Lake Maurepas ...

The Supreme Court recently directed the Rajasthan High Court to establish special courts in Jodhpur, Pali and Balotra to ...

Air pollution is a critical public health issue, with cities worldwide facing challenges in maintaining safe air quality.

Not only the Barahi, but other rivers and wetlands are also being polluted. The Swaramangala River flows along the eastern ...